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| Date: | 11 25 1871 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of Peshtigo Fire showing people trying to escape the flames by boat and on horseback. A team of cattle also seek refuge and several birds tak... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | View across water of a Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad locomotive (No #33) pulling a pay car across a trestle over the Fox River. Several large... |
| Date: | 02 21 1882 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph poster advertising a Milwaukee Mardi Gras celebration, arranged by the Turnverein and Milwaukee Musical Societies, and held at the Exposit... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Horse-drawn carriage stuck in a rut on a muddy road near the Ohio River in Floyd County, Indiana. One man is holding the horse while another attempts to di... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | A rare photograph of U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Howard rowing a boat on the Fox River. Fort Howard, built in 1816, was the first in the chain of ... |
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| Description: | Schooners docked on river. The view is downriver from the Grand Avenue Bridge. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | President Calvin Coolidge fishing at Cedar Island Lodge, rustic lodge of Henry C. Pierce, 35 miles from Superior, Wisconsin, on the Brule River. This lodge... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards eight men trout fishing on the Brule River. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Log driving crew on river in five bateaux. In the background on the left is a bridge. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Buildings and storefronts in town near bridge and river. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | The Yahara River from Williamson Street with Lake Monona in the background. House & Barn pictured is located at 601 Riverside Drive. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down the canal, with buildings along the shoreline, and a boat coming down the canal. |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of Morgan L. Martin standing in a landscape, with a dog sitting at his feet. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The sidewheel steam rafter "Clyde," which was the first iron hull steamboat. Sign on side of boat reads: "Dubuque, Reads Landing & Eau Claire." Agricultura... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline towards Indian log drivers, two in a bateau, and one man standing on the bank of the Chippewa River. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for the Dodge improved combined self raking reaper and mower featuring a color illustration of a well-dressed farmer on the machine pull... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Soldiers' Grove with a bridge in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1842 |
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| Description: | This hand-colored lithograph of the second Fort Howard, with Indians canoeing on the Fox River, shows the hospital built 1834-1835 outside the stockade on ... |
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