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| Reuben Gold Thwaites Photographs |
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| Reuben Gold Thwaites' photos of his trip down the Monongahela and Ohio rivers. |
| Photographs of Public Libraries in Wisconsin |
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| Learn about how the Wisconsin Free Library Commission helped to establish and improve free public libraries in Wisconsin. |
| View many photographs of Cassville Wisconsin's varied river life, taken by Frank W. Feiker |
| Learn more about the 1904 fire that destroyed the third Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Glimpses of African American Life in the Midwest, 1865-1934 |
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| Read about three generations of a Midwestern African American family. |
| Native American Photographs |
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| Collection of photographs documenting Native American life and the impact of federal government. |
| Browse a gallery of cigarette advertising trade cards from the 1870s to 1940s. |
| Mississippi River Town |
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| View 19th century photographs of life on the Mississippi River logging town of Alma, Wisconsin. |
| Photographic portraits of Native Americans dating from 1898. |
| Circus images from the 1860s to the 1960s. |
| A Wisconsin family's photography of their life, pets, parades and other festivities from the late 19th through the early 20th century. |
| Civil War Envelopes |
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| View the culture and politics of a country at war with itself through envelopes produced by publishers and printers. |
| Black-and-white photographs taken and printed by Civil War-era photographer George N. Barnard. |
| 1850-2009 |
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| Photographs of political campaign techniques of the past. |
| Increase Lapham's Cartes-de-visite Collection |
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| View this magnificent collection of 19th century famous scientists collected by Wisconsin naturalist Increase Lapham. |
| The Civil War sketches of Alexander Simplot were reproduced as engravings for use in newspapers. |
| View this beautiful collection of Valentine's Day greeting cards collected from 1840 through 1980. |
| Documenting a Sense of Place |
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| View more than 8,000 images of Wisconsin communities: main streets, the built environment, prominent points of interests and some rural scenes. |
| An Inventive and Imaginative Photographer |
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| Learn about H.H. Bennett, the 19th-century photographer of Wisconsin Dells landscapes. |
| Madison's 150th Anniversary |
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| View this collection of images of Madison, Wisconsin from the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society. |
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