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Milwaukee River

Date: 1873
Description: Newspaper reproduction of an etching of the Milwaukee River.
Drawing

Queen's Bluff below Trempealeau

Date: 1872
Description: The sidewheel packet, Red Wing, in the Mississippi River near Queen's Bluff below Trempealeau, Wisconsin.
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Making a Portage

Date: 1879
Description: Lithograph of voyageurs making a portage from an article on "The Honorable Hudson Bay Company" from Harpers Monthly in 1879.
Drawing

Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Senate Seating Chart

Date: 1874
Description: Seating chart for the Wisconsin Senate as it appeared in the 1874 Legislative Manual, commonly called the Wisconsin Blue Book.
Drawing

Capitol Interior — Assembly Seating Chart

Date: 1874
Description: Seating chart for members of the Wisconsin Assembly as published in the 1874 Legislative Manual, the Wisconsin Blue Book.
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Running the Rapids of New River

Date: 02 21 1874
Description: African American boatmen run a rapids in a small river boat.
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Baptism Bay

Date: 1873
Description: Drawing of the entrance to Baptism Bay on Lake Superior.
Drawing

Franklin. Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Date: 1875
Description: Bird's-eye view of Franklin.
Drawing

National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Milwaukee

Date: 1876
Description: Illustration of southwest view of the National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The institution's name changed from National Asylum For Disabled Volun...
Drawing

Reformers Poster

Date: 1873
Description: Poster entitled "Reformers Of 1873" with depictions of Governor William R. Taylor, Lt. Governor Charles D. Parker, Secretary Peter Doyle, Treasurer Ferdina...
Drawing

C.H. & L.J. McCormick's Reaper Manufactory

Date: 1875
Description: Drawing of the C.H. & L.J. McCormick Reaper Manufactory (McCormick Reaper Works). The factory was built after the Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed the origin...
Drawing

Plan of the Battleground of Huycks

Date: 08 24 1876
Description: Hand-drawn plan of the battleground of Huycks.
Drawing

Hook's Defeat

Date: 03 26 1876
Description: Hand-drawn map showing the place of Hook's defeat in York County in South Carolina.
Drawing

Milwaukee River Downtown

Date: 1874
Description: Milwaukee River in the downtown area, looking south from the west side of the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge.
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Mills in Appleton, Wisconsin-15,000 Lbs. Daily

Date: 1870
Description: Sketch of the Fox River, a train, the mill, a warehouse, and a steamboat.
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Martin H. Meyer Birthplace

Date: 1870
Description: Martin H. Meyer's birthplace. Reproduced from a lead pencil sketch made in 1870.
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W.H. Conger Residence

Date: 1873
Description: View of a farmstead with multiple pine trees. A road is in foreground with a carriage driven by two horses, and a man in the carriage. A dog runs in front ...
Drawing

B.B. Davis Residence

Date: 1873
Description: View of an estate covered with various plants and trees. Two people stand on a sidewalk in front of the distant estate, looking towards it. Two horses dra...
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Fairchild Residence

Date: 1873
Description: D.L. Fairchild residence from the street, with a stagecoach and pedestrian in the foreground.
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H.S. Winsor Residence

Date: 1873
Description: H.S. Winsor residence, with a stagecoach in the foreground.

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