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Open Hearth Lead Furnace

Date: 1872
Description: Galena (lead sulfide) was melted at this open hearth furnace owned by Richard Straw and Company on the Roundtree Branch of the Little Platte River. The men...
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D.F. Brown House in Bloomington

Date: 1890
Description: D.F. Brown house during the spring or summer, with two elm trees, three children and a woman. A picket fence runs along the sidewalk in the front of the ho...
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Canal Street in Bloomington Before the Fire

Date: 11 01 1896
Description: Canal Street less than a year before a fire swept through and destroyed many of these buildings on March 22, 1897, resulting in a loss of about $45,000. Pr...
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Canal and Congress Streets in Bloomington

Date: 1880
Description: Slightly elevated view of street corner, with two buildings that have been destroyed by a fire, a brick fence, and some trees. There is a wooden cart in th...
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Village of Bloomington

Date: 1864
Description: Oval-framed view of the village, founded by Delos W. Taft, had its name changed to Bloomington in 1867. It had been named Tafton.
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John Geiger House

Date: 1895
Description: Geiger house, residence of John Geiger. His son, Ferdinand A. Geiger, was a Federal District Judge in Milwaukee from 1912 through the 1930s.
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Glen Haven

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph of buildings in Glen Haven. Bluffs are in the background.
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Jenckes House

Date: 1890
Description: View of the Jenckes house, home of Dr. J.L. Jenckes, physician and surgeon.
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View of Town on Mississippi River

Date: 1887
Description: View over Mississippi River of town on shoreline with bluff in the background.
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Governor Nelson Dewey House

Date: 1890
Description: The home of Governor Nelson Dewey, built in 1842 and later owned by Miss Abbey Phelps.
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Grant County Soldier's Monument

Date: 1867
Description: The Grant County Soldier's Monument was erected in 1866 and dedicated in July of 1867.
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Grant County Soldier's Monument

Date: 1868
Description: Elevated view of the Grant County Soldier's Monument. A group of people are standing around the monument. A large building is in the background. Caption at...
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Straw Lead Furnace

Date: 1880
Description: A straw lead furnace, an open hearth furnace where lead sulphite (Galena) was roasted. Located on the Rountree branch of the Little Platte River, Richard S...
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Saint Clara Academy

Date: 1846
Description: A view of the college and surrounding green space at Saint Clara Academy. Saint Clara Academy moved to River Forest, Illinois in 1922, and since 1970 has g...
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Pleasant Ridge Log Church

Date: 1854
Description: Pleasant Ridge Log Church. Pleasant Ridge farmers built a United Brethren Church in 1884.

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