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| Date: | 07 18 1861 |
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| Description: | Letterhead with a rifle, sword, horn, and Revolutionary War-era hat surrounding a scroll reading: "1776." Text below the illustration reads: "The Old Conti... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | The locomotives "Christopher Adams" and "Liverpool," taken over and operated by the U.S. military during the Civil War. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Four boats shown. One is a repair boat and the other two the gunboats "Cincinnatti" [sic] and "Lexington." There is a steamboat marked "Marie Denin"... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View from across street of the exterior of a large hall with plate glass windows welcoming returning troops from the Spanish-American War. Soldiers and oth... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Union envelope. At the top two flags face each other with a shield in the center on a blue background with white stars. A blue border with white stars fram... |
| Date: | 05 1854 |
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| Description: | This yellow and black wood block print broadside ties England and France's declaration of war against Russia during the Crimean War into a war against high... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Marshall House, in which Col. E.E. Ellsworth was shot on May 24, 1861. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Semi-Centennial ceremonial archway erected at State and Mifflin Streets to celebrate Admiral George Dewey's victory over the Spanish fleet at Man... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the members of the 11th Wisconsin Volunteers, and some family members, posed on the steps of what appears to be the old Milwaukee County ... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | The ruins of Columbia after Sherman passed through, with damaged buildings, free-standing columns, and a pile of rubble. Plate 55 |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of commercial area of the city, taken after General Sherman marched through. Most of the buildings appear to be intact, but one of the build... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Elevated night view of the eight story Germania Building, which is illuminated with a multitude of individual electric light bulbs outlining the windows an... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A man is sitting on a horse-drawn mower and posing in front of a building with the words "G.A.R./Soldiers Home/of NY" imprinted in brick on the front facad... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Corner of Main and First Street. The first two buildings on the southwest corner are Abraham Meinhold's dry goods and LeClair's hardware store. Next is A.F... |
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