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Reunion of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

Date: 1880
Description: Outdoor elevated view of a reunion of the Norwegian American men of the 15th Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry at Luther College. They are posin...
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Damaged Sidewheel Saint Paul

Date: 1895
Description: The sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, after running aground near Muscatine. The spar is set and the line out. Dan Sauer, the carpenter, is holding th...
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McCormick Advance Reaper

Date: 1899
Description: Farmer with horse-drawn McCormick Advance reaper built 1870-1871.
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McCormick Harvester and Twine Binder

Date: 1899
Description: Farmer harvesting grain with McCormick grain binder built in 1883. Original caption reads: "The frame was made entirely of wood, iron being used only for g...
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First Train in Waukon

Date: 10 27 1877
Description: The arrival of the first train in Waukon, on the Wisconsin & Michigan Railroad line. There is a large crowd gathered near the tracks, and one man stands on...
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Western Rifle Association Tournament

Date: 1886
Description: Participants, spectators, and the competition grounds of the Western Rifle Association Tournament.
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Western Rifle Association Tournament

Date: 1886
Description: Participants at the Western Rifle Association Tournament in Wapello, Iowa. Many of the men are holding guns. A farmhouse and farm buildings are in the ba...
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Group Posed outside G. Klove House

Date: 1876
Description: Six children and eight adults stand in front of the G. Klove house, with a picket fence and small front porch.
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People behind Picket Fence

Date: 1877
Description: View of a two-story brick house set close to the street, possibly located in Decorah, Iowa. People stand in front of the house and behind a picket fence.
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First Norwegian Lutheran Church and Luther College

Date: 1876
Description: Elevated view of First Norwegian Lutheran Church, with Luther College in the distance. Part of a set of stereographs entitled "The Synod at Decorah, 1876" ...
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Congregation of First Norwegian Lutheran Church

Date: 1876
Description: First Norwegian Lutheran Church with congregation posed outside the front entrance, part of a set of stereographs entitled "The Synod at Decorah, 1876" fro...
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Rev. N. Brandt and Family

Date: 07 18 1876
Description: "Rev. N. Brandt and family, Decorah, Iowa" from Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." Nils Olsen Brandt was born in Valdres Norway in 1824 and die...
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Front of Luther College

Date: 1877
Description: "Front view of Luther College, distance" as cited in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views."
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Men with Self-Binding Harvester

Date: 1899
Description: Two men are operating a horse-drawn McCormick twine grain binder in a field.
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Men with McCormick Harvester

Date: 1899
Description: A man is operating a McCormick self-binding harvester driven by two horses, while two men are standing beside him in a field. The harvester was built in 18...
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Side View of Self-Binding Harvester

Date: 1899
Description: Side view of two men using a McCormick twine self-binding harvester pulled by three horses. The original photograph caption reads: "This machine represents...
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Broadway Street

Date: 1895
Description: A man walks across the unpaved street in the Broadway Street business district, with automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles along the curb. There is a hill i...
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A Monument to Union Soldiers

Date: 1890
Description: A monument to Union soldiers.
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Edgar and Jennie Krueger with Flora Gericke

Date: 09 1899
Description: An outdoor portrait of Edgar and Jennie Krueger with Flora Gericke. The three infants are lying on the grass resting against a pillow covered with a cloth.
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Employes and Their Wives

Date: 1895
Description: Employes of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway and their wives, Mr. and Mrs. N.J. Edwards, W.H. Lenshan, E.B. McLaird, Alf. Hetig, and George McLair...

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