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Civil War Monument

Date: 1909
Description: A Civil War Monument and fountain in Lancaster. Caption reads: "Fountain in Honor of the Boys in Blue, Lancaster, Wis."
Print

Arouse! Volunteers Wanted!

Date: 07 24 1862
Description: Poster calling for the recruitment of volunteers from Grant County for the Union Army during the Civil War.
Photograph

Military Artifacts

Date: 1962
Description: Display of military, perhaps Civil War, artifacts in Rollo Jamison's private museum of curiosities.
Photograph

Monuments and Cannon in Grant County Park

Date: 1909
Description: "The First Civil War Monument" outside the Grant County Courthouse. The monument is dedicated "to the memory of the brave soldiers of Grant County who fell...
Drawing

Platteville Brewery

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Description: An engraving based on a drawing by Alexander Simplot of the Platteville Brewery (spelled Plattville). It is an elevated perspective showing the main buildi...
Print

Midshipman Letterhead

Date: 11 24 1861
Description: Letterhead of midshipman using a hammer for nailing the American flag to the mast, a symbol that they will not lower the flag in surrender. 4 page, folded,...
Photograph

Snowed In

Date: 12 1949
Description: Home of the photographer after a snowstorm. Written on reverse: "Built in 1850, was first station of underground railroad in Wisconsin in Civil War."
Photograph

Howe / Baxter House

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: The Howe/Baxter House in Lancaster, owned by Mrs. and Mrs. W.C. Cartwright of Lancaster. One wing was built during Civil War days for the Howe family. The...
Photograph

Howe / Baxter House

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Dining room of Howe/Baxter House, owned by Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Cartwright of Lancaster. One wing was built during Civil War days for the Howe family. The res...
Photograph

Grant County Sycamore

Date: 1979
Description: A mature sycamore tree standing in front of farm buildings and a silo. There is a mailbox and fire number sign at the edge of a road in the foreground. The...
Postcard

Child's Bedroom

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Description: Color postcard of the daughter's bedroom in the Dewey home.
Photograph

Grand Army of the Republic Reunion

Date: 06 1928
Description: Outdoor group portrait of some of the members of the Grand Army of the Republic at a reunion.
Photograph

Howe / Baxter House

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Mrs. W.T. Cartwright, right, and her daughter Jane Cartwright, sitting in the living room of the Howe/Baxter House, owned by Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Cartwright o...

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