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Governor Washburn's House

Date: 1876
Description: Home of Governor Cadwallader C. Washburn on Monroe Street at the east end of what is now the Edgewood College campus. Washburn is probably the man at left.
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Wisconsin Farm

Date: 1873
Description: Three people are posing in the foreground, with a man with a long beard standing in front of two women sitting in a horse-drawn carriage. There is a barn a...
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Farm and Rolling Hills

Date: 1873
Description: View of a prosperous farmstead from a neighboring hill. A man is standing near a woman in a horse-drawn vehicle in front of a board fence in the foreground...
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Family outside for Coffee

Date: 1876
Description: A family is grouped around a table set for coffee in a yard and on the porch of a house in a grove. House has "rounded rock" foundation and brackets.
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The Robert Bashford House

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of the Robert M. Bashford house on Pinckney and Gilman Streets. A man wearing a hat stands in the landscaped yard near a small child wearing ...
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Long Tail Point Lighthouse

Date: 1890
Description: Second Long Tail Point lighthouse, built in 1859.
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Fairchild at Gettysburg Monument

Date: 1869
Description: Governor Lucius Fairchild of Wisconsin and an unidentified group visiting the still uncompleted national monument at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1869. Fair...
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Waumandee Mill

Date: 1895
Description: View of a mill, sluice and dam on Waumandee Creek. The mill was built by John Oschner in 1863. Two products produced by the mill were White Rose Flour and ...
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Walworth County Courthouse

Date: 1873
Description: Slightly elevated engraved view of the Walworth County Courthouse. In the foreground a man is riding a horse along the street. Pedestrians are on the groun...
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Stout Manual Training School

Date: 1890
Description: The Stout Manual Training School, later a part of Stout State College.
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Polk County Press Office

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior stereograph of the Polk County Press Office, with three men standing near the entrance, and three children sitting on the left on the board sidewa...
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Everetta Bass and Llora

Date: 1895
Description: Everetta Bass standing next to a woman identified as Llora. They are standing in front of a house at 131 East Montello Street, with the Methodist Church, l...
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The Eyerley Family

Date: 1897
Description: F.D. Eyerley sits with his wife and his daughter on the front stoop of their home on West Johnson Street. They are reading from a book. A small, wicker roc...
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Grandall's House

Date: 1899
Description: A path made of wooden planks leads through a tangle of shrubs and other small plants leading to Grandall's house, a two-story brick structure. A man stands...
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Bedford Springs Cabin

Date: 1860
Description: View of an old cabin, built in 1860, on the grounds of the Bedford Springs Hotel. In the foreground is a dirt road, and a pedestrian is walking near the fe...
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New York University

Date: 1890
Description: View toward the library's facade, taken from a path leading to the stone and brick building. Two paths intersect the main path and trees and shrubbery line...
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University of Philadelphia, Wharton School

Date: 1881
Description: A view of Logan Hall, home to the Wharton School of Business. The building features Gothic Revival elements, including the arched windows and quatrefoils f...
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Francis Dillon Residence

Date: 1873
Description: Engraved view of the home of Francis Dillon. A woman rides on the road in front of the home in a horse-drawn carriage. A woman stands on the porch of the h...
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Bartlett Hall, Ripon College

Date: 1867
Description: View across lawn toward the entrance and side of Bartlett Hall at Ripon College, partially obscured by trees. Decorative stone, wood, and brickwork all orn...
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Ripon College

Date: 1867
Description: View down sidewalk along a row of buildings at Ripon College.

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