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| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Front cover of a guide book describing Bayfield and an account of a pleasure tour to Lake Superior. The title is surrounded by a decorative border with flo... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Engaved view depicting a dramatic sunset through clouds over Lake Michigan. Several sailing ships are in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of downtown Racine seen from Lake Michigan. Several vessels are entering the harbor, and a pier with a beacon is on the right. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of Maiden's Rock at Lake Pepin. A steamboat is on the Mississippi River. |
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| Description: | Engraved view of "The Jaws" in the Wisconsin Dells. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of Kenosha harbor. A group of men fish from a pier in the foreground while several boats float through the harbor. A tug is pulling a large s... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the building at the corner of N. 12th St. and W. St. Paul Avenue that housed Badger State Shoe Co. and Saveland Manufacturing Co. Two hors... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | A bird's-eye view illustration of the Northern Electrical Manufacturing Company. The company was founded in 1895 by four Madison businessmen, Conrad M. Con... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Map of the barley-growing regions of North America, published by the Rahr Malting Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1952. |
| Date: | 12 20 1879 |
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| Description: | Engraved image of a man coasting on a high-wheel bicycle. He has his legs draped over the handlebars, and his hands on the handlebars, leaving the pedals f... |
| Date: | 12 20 1879 |
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| Description: | Engraved image of a man falling off of a high-wheel bicycle. Two people in the background are watching the accident. |
| Date: | 03 06 1869 |
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| Description: | Engraved image of a man in a top hat and tails riding a velocipede. Another rider is in the background. |
| Date: | 02 20 1869 |
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| Description: | Engraved image of a man riding an ice velocipede, a bicycle-like vehicle with a studded front wheel and back blades. In the background is an iceboat. |
| Date: | 05 01 1869 |
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| Description: | Humorous engraved image showing a street scene crowded with people riding bicycles. In the background are businesses identified as J. Shanks Livery Stable,... |
| Date: | 11 1894 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for the 1895 model of the Telegram Sanger Racer by the Telegram Cycle Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee. Features a drawing of the 1895 mode... |
| Date: | 05 1894 |
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| Description: | Cartoon drawing of Walter Sanger running with his racing bicycle and holding a broken pedal. The caption reads, "Sanger at Herne Hill — Milwaukeeans expect... |
| Date: | 09 1895 |
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| Description: | Full page, engraved advertisement for Andrae Cycles. Depicts men and women bicycling on a path in a bucolic setting, in addition to text promoting bicycles... |
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