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| Date: | 1848 |
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| Description: | In 1849, northern Wisconsin was composed of huge sectional regions such as Chippewa, Portage, Brown and Crawford, whereas southern Wisconsin was constitute... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Newspaper reproduction of an etching of the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Milwaukee County Zoo grounds nearing its completion. |
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| Description: | View downriver from the State Street Bridge showing a large sailing vessel. |
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| Description: | View down the river toward the Bay from Walker's Point Bridge, showing several steamboats. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Axtell House with Walker's Point Bridge in the foreground. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a Milwaukee River scene showing people watching several steamboats from a bridge. |
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| Description: | A view of the D.G. & M. Depot from the East Water Street Bridge. |
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| Description: | View of old sailing boats at a shoreline with elevator A in the background. |
| Date: | 11 08 1906 |
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| Description: | Two Civil War watercolor drawings by John Gaddis, Company E, 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, showing the regiment in bivouac, and later their headquarte... |
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| Description: | The sternwheel packet, Arkansas, next to a barge with other steamboats at the levee in Winona between 1870 and 1880. Railway cars are on a siding in... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Dane County Courthouse as it is being razed. Much of it is still intact in this image. Lake Monona and Monona Bay are in the distance. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | View looking west from Lake Michigan with several steam ships and sailing vessels in harbor. There is a lighthouse to left of center, along shoreline. |
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| Description: | The screw passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," leaving Chicago. Skyline of Chicago is in background with one building with sign reading Armo... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, J.S., landing passengers, taken between 1901 and 1910. Crowds are on riverbank and there are buildings in background. A cr... |
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| Description: | View along shoreline of the sternwheel excursion, J.S., getting ready to leave for Winona. A crowd is watching from the landing. A crane on the fron... |
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| Description: | The screw ferry, Ann Arbor No. 7, at Frankfort. Later named Viking, then Viking I. Caption reads: "Frankfort, Mich." |
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