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| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of Charles Whittlesey (1808-1886), American Geologist. Fought in the Black Hawk War. Opened a law office and newspaper in Clevelan... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Laurits Esmark (1806-1884), Norwegian Zoologist. Esmark served as a professor of Zoology at Christiania University in... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | First building of Milwaukee College planned by Catherine E. Beecher. Front of building with gothic detailing in the architecture. |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward the chapel at Ripon College. The bottom half of the structure is made of brick and has tall, stained-glass windows. Above this is a... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward the chapel at Ripon College. The bottom half of the structure is made of brick and has tall, stained-glass windows. Above this is a... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward the Wright, Evans, and Shaler Halls at Ripon College. The building is made out of stone, and a porch with columns protects each doo... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | A pathway leads to Merriman Hall at Ripon College. The columned porch shelters a double door entrance and supports a second floor balcony. The middle thir... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Smith Hall at Ripon College features a three-story porch, supported by columns and which shelters the entrance. Brackets add decoration to the roof. Vines ... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | A view of campus green space at Ripon College. A commemorative stone marker in the foreground has text that reads: "Rendezvous 1st Wis. Cav. Aug. 15 to Nov... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | This map shows a plat of the city, local streets, numbered blocks and lots, university grounds, the Capitol Square, and parts of Third and Fourth Lakes (La... |
| Date: | 01 01 1856 |
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| Description: | This map is mounted on cloth and shows lots, as well as location of the public square and college. Streets are labeled as is the Wisconsin River. |
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