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| Learn about the long life of the mascot of the Eighth Wisconsin Civil War Regiment, a bald eagle named 'Old Abe'. |
| 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. |
| Circus images from the 1860s to the 1960s. |
| Learn more about the 1904 fire that destroyed the third Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Learn about the history of Christmas cards and their various uses during World War I and II, and in postwar America. |
| Black-and-white photographs taken and printed by Civil War-era photographer George N. Barnard. |
| An Inventive and Imaginative Photographer |
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| Learn about H.H. Bennett, the 19th-century photographer of Wisconsin Dells landscapes. |
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