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| Description: | Ruins of the Ducharme/Grignon House in Kaukauna built during the French fur trade period of Wisconsin history. The left portion of the building was built a... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View towards a man standing with two children, a boy wearing a hat and suspenders, and a girl wearing a dress. They are standing in front of a bear hide st... |
| Date: | 01 21 1951 |
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| Description: | The only "let-out" coat made of matched chinchilla fur in existence is modeled by an unidentified woman at a Milwaukee style show. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | The Astor Company or Brisbois fur trading post. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | A man holds a wood stretcher/fleshing beam near his game. |
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| Description: | The former Astor (American Fur Trading Company) post building, now a museum of local history and fur trading history. There is a sign reading: "The Riversi... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | This building was supposedly once used as a storage house for the Northwest Fur Co. |
| Date: | 11 23 1936 |
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| Description: | Interior view of Savidusky's Inc. branch in new Madison Theatre Building, 115 Monona Avenue, (Martin Luther King Jr, Boulevard), Art Deco style. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Astor fur trading building, The Northwest Fur Company, in 1808. This building was later used as a post office before the Civil War. |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across King Street towards the Arcade building. The right side of the Majestic theater building is on the far left, and then the storefronts are, from... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Former building of the Astor Company, also known as the Brisbois Fur Trading Post. At the time this image was made, the structure was occupied by Ben Schau... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Constructing the Madeline Island Historical Museum in La Pointe which consists of four separate buildings. L-to-r: jail; American Fur Trade storage buildin... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Lakeside Mink Ranch, operated by Robert "Bud" Quinn. Spreading over 15 acres, the Ranch was one of the first operations to breed mink in... |
| Date: | 11 17 1936 |
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| Description: | Savidusky's Cleaners and Dyers, at new location at 115 Monona Avenue. (Martin Luther King Jr, Boulevard) next to Madison Theatre. Sign reads: "Ladies plain... |
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| Description: | Jacques Vieau, agent for the Northwest Fur Company of Montreal, built a trading post here in 1796, on what is now called Jambo Creek after the nickname the... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype studio portrait of Augustin Grignon. He is seated, holding a tomahawk. The tomahawk, which could also be used as a pipe, was made... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | The home and fur-trading post of Col. Dominique DuCharme. The portion of the structure on the left was built by DuCharme in 1791. The right portion was add... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Former building of the Astor Company, also known as the Brisbois Fur Trading Post. At the time this photograph was taken, the structure was occupied by Ben... |
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