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| Date: | 03 04 1881 |
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| Description: | Winter scene from the corner of 7th Street after the "big snow" of 1881, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 03 04 1881 |
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| Description: | Winter scene of a commercial street after the "big snow" of 1881, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The Whiting Paper Mills before it was ruined by fire. A group of men and women are posing in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a mill, with several figures and horse-drawn vehicles located around it. Caption reads: "Sauk City Mills." |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Main Street from Pinckney Street. A sign on the top of the building reads: "Solders' Record Office." |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for the D.M. Osborne Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features an illustration of a farmer in a barnyard w... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | In 1844 Joseph Goodrich founded Milton Academy and built the first gravel and mortar building in the town. (Note that the Milton House is often called the ... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View of a street scene featuring people standing on a horse-drawn wagon in the foreground, and a restaurant in the background. |
| Date: | 08 1898 |
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| Description: | The stables at the Milton House. The Milton House was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house was built in 1845 by ... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | View across intersection towards the Alba House, with individuals standing outside its entrance and on the balcony. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the downtown area looking northeast from the courthouse corner. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | View down a cluttered Monroe street. The corner building later became Schuetze's Clothing Store. |
| Date: | 1839 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Racine House with multiple horse-drawn wagons and figures standing in front. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the home of M. Happ, with a horse-drawn wagon parked along the curb, and a man and woman standing on the terrace. A sign next to the house... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of several establishments along Main Street with people standing along the walkway in front of them. The signs on the buildings read: "R.L... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of the levee, with buildings along the left. Signs on the buildings read, left to right: "(?) Hotel", "Saloon" and "Dunbar's Hall." People... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Gates Gallery, location for the first H.H. Bennett studio. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Men posed in front of a livery barn and horse sales stable. |
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