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| Date: | 1838 |
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| Description: | Ox-drawn cart in which Mr. and Mrs. Salmon Upson traveled from Connecticut in 1838. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of Bland Ballard (1761-1853). Ballard was a noted Kentucky pioneer, and also served as a scout for General George... |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of Col. William Martin of Tennessee. Williams was an early Tennessee settler who fought in the Indian Wars and the War of 1812.... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | This is a reproduction of a map originally published in 1829 by R.W. Chandler, a pioneer settler of Galena. It is based on an earlier map by surveyor Luciu... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Harrison Ludington, the future 13th governor of Wisconsin (left) and Talbot C. Dousman (right). They are both wearing top hats and suits. They ... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Pictorial map showing historical events and locations within the state of Wisconsin, as well as waterways and counties. Original caption on the bottom marg... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | This pictorial bird's-eye-view map shows the United States of America with parts of Canada and Mexico. Landscape, trade, industry, points of interest, peop... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | This map shows scenes from America's history with names of historical events superimposed on a map of the United States. |
| Date: | 1998 |
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| Description: | This map shows the number of Welsh-born heads of households around 1870. A small inset map in the lower left corner shows Welsh land ownership in the heart... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | This map with north oriented to the upper left shows military forts, Indian villages, settler's houses with surnames, trading houses, lodges and encampment... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype. Head and shoulders portrait of Mrs. Augustus A. Bird. A pioneer woman who came from New York to Milwaukee by a team of horse... |
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| Description: | Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype quarter-length portrait of Mrs. Crandall, pioneer settler of Sheboygan Falls. She is wearing a dark dress with a white lace c... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Ceylon Childs Lincoln. Full-length seated pose facing 45 degrees to the right, with left arm on cloth covered table and ... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Engraving of the Peck Cabin, after the painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. Caption at bottom reads: "First House in Madison. 1837." |
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| Description: | Ferrotype/tintype of John Jay Smith and Mary A. Hoadley Smith, pioneer settlers of Sheyboygan Falls, Wisconsin. Both are seated, facing forward, with hands... |
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| Description: | Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype of James McKesson, pioneer settler in Superior, Wisconsin. Waist-up portrait, seated, facing forward wearing a suit, tie, and... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ambrotype of Matilda Hood, first female settler in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, in 1829. Three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing forward, ha... |
| Date: | 1845 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of Leverett Steele Kellogg, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin pioneer in 1836, from Connecticut. Waist-up portrait, facing forward. He is we... |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of five Sawyer sisters, Sylvia, Zernia, Anna, Artemus, and Cordelia. They are facing front, and are wearing striped or prin... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ambrotype. Waist-up portrait of Doctor John M. Henderson, seated, facing forward with torso turned slightly left. He is wearing a suit and tie,... |
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