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| Date: | 11 25 1871 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of Peshtigo Fire showing people trying to escape the flames by boat and on horseback. A team of cattle also seek refuge and several birds tak... |
| Date: | 1832 |
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| Description: | Fort Clark, on the Missouri River, February 1834. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad featuring an illustration of Uncle Sam stretched from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean.... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Whitewater, with insets. |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the Porcupine Mountains on Lake Superior. A deer is standing in the lake drinking water. A man is on the rock ledge above the shoreline and is a... |
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| Description: | Two men standing on a pontoon airplane with their dog and a line of ducks they successfully hunted. |
| Date: | 07 04 1917 |
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| Description: | Children canoeing in the pond with swans, while other children are watching. There are adults and children in the background near a building. |
| Date: | 05 26 1947 |
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| Description: | Duck pond at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, a favorite spot for Madison children where mallard ducks live year around. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Two pelicans and other waterfowl on the lagoon in Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), opened in 1911. |
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| Description: | A large wave is breaking against the side of the Milwaukee breakwater lighthouse. There is a ship on the left, in the distance beyond the jetty. |
| Date: | 12 20 1948 |
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| Description: | White Peking ducks from China, South American Muscovy ducks, and the wild mallards at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo) in Madison. |
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| Description: | Commemorative Civil War roster of First Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry, Wisconsin Hussars Squadron "G." Depicts "Our Country as it was in 1860" with ... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | George W. Dawson, an African-American passenger from the steamer Central America swims to a piece of debris to which several men are clinging after ... |
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| Description: | A man, possibly J. Schildhauer, stands at the edge of a small river with his hands on his hips. A dog is standing at the river's edge looking at a flock of... |
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| Description: | View of a stone lined lake in a park with trees, a paved path, a stone bridge and ducks. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View of developed beachfront, including roller-coaster, hotels, pier and seagulls. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | View of Manhattan from the Staten Island Ferry, with a couple standing in the foreground. The woman is wearing a leopard print coat, and seagulls wheel in ... |
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