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| Date: | 07 1838 |
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| Description: | A map diagram of Indian effigy mounds seven miles east of Blue Mounds in the Wisconsin Territory. |
| Date: | 01 11 1805 |
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| Description: | Four map illustrations showing the political subdivisions of the Northwest Territory from 1805 through 1834. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | The sidewheel packet, Red Wing, in the Mississippi River near Queen's Bluff below Trempealeau, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 03 1892 |
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| Description: | Three men are dragging their canoe upriver through a strong current. In the background other men are standing on the far river bank near canoes pulled up o... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Cross section drawing of a Wisconsin lead mine. |
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| Description: | Illustration of an immaculate farmstead captioned as "Woodland home as occupied by Farmer Thrifty". |
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| Description: | Illustration of farmstead in disrepair captioned "Woodland home ten years later in the hands of Farmer Slack". |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the entrance to Baptism Bay on Lake Superior. |
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| Description: | Poster design from the Forest Protection Program depicting squirrels with the text: "Another Enemy To Conquer-Forest Fires-9 Out Of 10 Can BE Prevented". |
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| Description: | Poster design from the Forest Protection Program depicting squirrels and text: "Another Enemy To Conquer-Forest Fires-Nine Out Of Ten Can Be Prevented". |
| Date: | 09 21 1867 |
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| Description: | Illustration of four men shooting at a thick flock of wild pigeons. Hunting dogs are gathered around them in the field, which has a number of dead birds. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Illustration of "Voyageur with Tumpline". A tumpline is a strap attached at both ends to a load and used to carry the object by placing the strap over the ... |
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| Description: | Drawing of a man threshing grain with a flail thrashing machine. |
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| Description: | Drawing of a flatboat, possibly a part of the fur trade, navigating the Mississippi River. The flatboat is carrying barrels of unidentified goods, and ther... |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Drawing of a girl sitting on a barrel as a man dumps apples into a press to make cider. Two men manually operate the press at the left. |
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| Description: | Lithograph view towards river of the American Fur Companies buildings and fenced enclosures, surrounded by hills and trees. |
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| Description: | Several French fur traders negotiating with native Indians at La Baye. |
| Date: | 06 1880 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the Interstate Exposition Building,the site of the Republican National Convention. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Drawing depicting the Milwaukee Bank Riot of June 24, 1861. A large crowd is gathered outside the State Bank and Mitchell's Bank. A fire burns in the stree... |
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