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| Date: | 05 1864 |
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| Description: | Lithograph of Camp Randall, where the majority of Wisconsin's soldiers were trained and mustered into the Union Army. This view, which was taken from Basc... |
| Date: | 05 27 1849 |
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| Description: | The wagon train crossing Laramie Creek in Wyoming. |
| Date: | 1849 |
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| Description: | Fort Childs or New Fort Kearny in Nebraska Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the ... |
| Date: | 05 1849 |
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| Description: | Deserted Pawnee village in Nebraska. Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon... |
| Date: | 08 25 1885 |
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| Description: | Gates of Heaven Synagogue. Designed by August Kutzbock. |
| Date: | 10 1852 |
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| Description: | Landscape view of the river looking downstream from Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory. An expanse of placid river water fills the center of the drawing an... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | A watercolor view of Madison. Prominent on the left side of King Street is the Madison Hotel. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Illustration of medicine man Jes´ akkid´ bending over an ill person, removing disease from his/her body. |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Illustration of four Indians on Madeline Island with a canoe in the water on the shore. |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | An illustration of a storm encountered by a delegation of Indians on their way to Washington, D.C. |
| Date: | 05 1849 |
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| Description: | Old Fort Kearney (Nebraska City). Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Tr... |
| Date: | 01 12 1844 |
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| Description: | A pen and ink drawing of a log cabin, pork casks, and a washtub, contained in a letter written by Thomas Steel, Waukesha County farmer and physician, to hi... |
| Date: | 10 1829 |
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| Description: | Fort Crawford as drawn by Seth Eastman. People are in a canoe in the river in the foreground. Across the river is the fort, other buildings around the fort... |
| Date: | 06 24 1849 |
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| Description: | Original wash drawing of Fort Laramie, Wyoming (actually Fort John; see note below). Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | The Wisconsin State Capitol (the second State Capitol, the first in Madison). Illustration from the American Encyclopedia, Columbus, 1859. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Lithograph of the Milwaukee Cement Company's Works at 154 West Water Street in Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1834 |
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| Description: | Peck-a-ton-oka (Pecatonica River) with Rodolf farm in the background. |
| Date: | 1833 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the Solomon Juneau fur trading post at Milwaukee in 1833. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Sketch of John Muir's clock design.The built clock was a combination of scythes, wheels and arrows. A rough bough of burr oak was set upon a base incrusted... |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | A diagram of a table saw, designed and drawn by John Muir. |
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