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| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Formal studio portrait of Belle Case La Follette wearing a black lace dress. This photograph was taken about 1885, the year in which her husband, Robert M.... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Francis Jefferson Coates of the 7th Wisconsin who earned the Medal of Honor for bravery at the Battle of Gettysburg. Sergeant Coates was so severely wounde... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Site of the Battle to Antietam, The Dunker Church. A group of men stand among trees on the left. Horse-drawn carriages are under trees on the right. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Hagerstown Pike. A brick wall and trees are along the road on the right. |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Carl Schurz, seated, holding a hat and cane. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Locomotive No. 75. Class H. Built 1850 by Schnectady Locomotive Works. Men are posed on and around the locomotive. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A studio portrait of naturalist, conservationist, and writer John Muir. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Nine men arrive at Fort William by canoe. Fort William, also called Kaministiguia, was the Hudson's Bay fur trading post. Men are standing along the opposi... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Tintype/ferrotype waist-up portrait of Knudt Johnson of the Dodgeville Guards, later known as Company C, 12th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Gold ... |
| 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: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Alleged to be the earliest known view of St. Mary's Institute, which later became St. Mary's College. One-half of a stereograph. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Schoolhouse of District #5 in Pleasant Ridge built on land donated by Isaac Shepard. Both blacks and whites built, attended, and taught at the school. Peop... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Helen and Wanda Muir, daughters of John Muir. |
| Date: | 04 20 1864 |
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| Description: | Company D, Twenty-first Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Top row (left to right): John Buboltz, Spencer Orlup, J. Henry Otto, Lyman C. Wait, Andrew Jackson, W... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | General office of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company in the Mitchell Building in Milwaukee. Left to right: the individual seated in left ... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of the Oshkosh harbor, showing the bridge over the Fox River and several moored sailing vessels. |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length engraving of Colonel Theodor C. Rodolf. |
| Date: | 1845 |
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| Description: | Engraving depicting the defeat of Black Hawk by General Henry Atkinson at the Battle of Bad Axe on August 2, 1832. The engraving depicts Federal Regulars a... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | People in a cemetery. Includes a view of the Scofield family monument. |
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