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N.C. Wyeth Depiction of McCormick Reaper Demonstration

Date: 1931
Description: Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh...
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Chippewa Falls

Date: 1850
Description: Painting depicting Chippewa Falls and the first sawmill on the Chippewa River, built by Jean Brunet. The residence of H.S. Allen, one of the owners of the...
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Men Wearing Top Hats

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Description: Studio portrait of two nattily-dressed men wearing top hats. One man is pointing at the other man. They are posing for the camera on a low stone wall in fr...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1730

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Pettigrew's Brigade Supporting P...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1736

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: 1st Headquarters of General Geor...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1737

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Wheelers Battery Coming into Act...
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Battle of Missionary Ridge Panorama #1765

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Panorama of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Confederate Fortifications in McFarland's Gap, painted in 1885. It was painted by Eugen Br...
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Battle of Missionary Ridge Panorama #1750

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Panorama of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Historical Sycamore Tree, Orchard Knob in the Distance, painted in 1885. It was painted by...
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Family on Entryway Steps

Date: 1874
Description: Family on entryway steps of two-story brick house with hipped roof; board fence in foreground. There is fruit, probably apples, on a window sill and an ova...
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Henry Hooker Family

Date: 1871
Description: The Henry Hooker family in front of a picket fence before their stone house, which has a bird cage and a picture hanging on its front porch. In the 1870 c...
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Red Caboose Day Care Mural

Date: 03 20 1977
Description: A mural painted on the side of the Red Caboose Day Care Center at 654 Williamson Street. Images in the mural include children playing, grasshoppers, a turt...
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Studio Portrait of Woman

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Description: Studio portrait of a woman standing behind a stone fence in front of a painted backdrop.
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Studio Portrait of Three Women

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Description: Studio portrait of three women standing behind a wooden fence in front of a painted backdrop.
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Two Girls and Stone Fence

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Description: Studio portrait of two small girls leaning on a stone fence, with one sitting on the fence in front of a painted backdrop.
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Girl Posing with Doll

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Description: Studio portrait of a girl, in a dress with a sash around the waist, standing with her hand on a wooden fence near a doll sitting on the ground in front of ...
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Mr. and Mrs. William Hall, Sr.

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on a prop wooden fence, and two Ho-Chunk men flanking her. The woman is wearing a shawl over her head, a...
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Portrait of Well-Dressed Man

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Description: A studio portrait of a well-dressed man in front of a painted backdrop, standing and holding a cane next to a wooden fence. He is wearing a suit jacket, ne...
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Man with Fur Coat

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Description: Studio portrait of a well-dressed man wearing a fur coat, hat, vest with watch fob, and trousers in front of a painted backdrop. He is posed with his hand ...
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Studio Portrait of Couple

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Description: A man and woman pose for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. The man sits on a low fence holding a hat and wears a matching checked suit jack...
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Portrait of Two Young Women

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Description: Two women stand facing each other for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing long dresses, and are posed near a gate in a prop ...

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