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Lead-Mining Furnace

Date: 1853
Description: Engraved exterior view of a lead mining furnace. A man sits in a horse-drawn wagon at the left of the building.
Painting

Flersheim's Whisky Distillery and Cattle Farm

Date: 1858
Description: Friedrich Flersheim immigrated from Mecklenburg to Illinois in the early 1850s, and after farming for a time built this distillery on the Black River in Wi...
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Landscape View with River and Riverboat

Date: 1858
Description: Lithograph view of river with a riverboat on the river, and a family on a hill above the river. There is a wagon or cart on the road below the hill.
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City Hall

Date: 1859
Description: City Hall in the background of a bustling street, with pedestrians, horses, carriages, and wagons. A stagecoach is parked across the street on the left.
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Farwell's Madison Mills

Date: 1853
Description: Farwell's Mill on the Yahara River at Lake Mendota.
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View of Sparta, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: View on North Water Street, showing the building in which the Bank of Sparta was founded. A man is walking beside a oxen pulling a covered wagon.
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Milwaukee House Stationery

Date: 1857
Description: Letter on stationery featuring an engraving of an exterior view of the Milwaukee House showing horse-drawn vehicles and people standing on the sidewalk in ...
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Shopiere Flouring Mill

Date: 1858
Description: Drawing of the exterior of the Shopiere Flouring Mill. Several men, some in a horse-drawn wagon are in front of the building.
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Residence of John Kinzie, Esq. (The First House Built in Chicago)

Date: 1856
Description: Lithograhic view of the residence of John Kinzie on the bank of the Chicago River at the mouth of Lake Michigan. The residence consists of a house with a f...
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Yahara River Mill

Date: 1850
Description: A grist mill on the Yahara River at the outlet of Lake Mendota. The mill, called Farwell's Madison Mills was built in 1850 by Governor Farwell. The origina...
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Call of the West

Date: 1851
Description: Engraved view of a wagon train heading into Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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