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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Oval-framed tintype portrait of John Alcock, a professor of phonography/shorthand at Bayless' Business College of Dubuque. He moved to Platteville and foun... |
| Date: | 03 12 1930 |
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| Description: | Architectural drawing of Tracy Theater in Platteville, Wisconsin, Livermore & Barnes architects. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, standing between a man and woman next to an automobile. The woman has her arm around Margaret's waist. Margaret is we... |
| Date: | 1829 |
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| Description: | Wash drawing of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hollman, who were early settlers in Platteville, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Apiary of 92 colonies owned by N.E. France, a celebrated beekeeper. In the center is the frame of the 10x10-ft extracting house. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View across fairground racetrack, with judging stands and large barn in the background. |
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| Description: | Interior view of a music shop with phonographs, violins, phonograph records displayed on the wall, and wax cylinders lining a shelf. |
| Date: | 02 17 1949 |
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| Description: | One of five aerial views of Platteville and surrounding countryside covered in snow. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Exhibit featuring maps, drawings, photographs, and compositions. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Exhibit featuring pressed flowers, maps, drawings, and written compositions. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Announcement from the Educational Department of the Big Badger Fair, held September 3-6, 1912 in Platteville. |
| Date: | 07 02 1944 |
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| Description: | Coon dogs treeing a raccoon with handler and spectators observing. Sign on spectators' fence says: "Elect Taylor G. Brown, Republican Candidate for Lieuten... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Zinc miners posing with an ore bucket down in a mine. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View inside a lead mine showing six miners with a car on a track. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Galena (lead sulfide) was melted at this open hearth furnace owned by Richard Straw and Company on the Roundtree Branch of the Little Platte River. The men... |
| Date: | 06 1949 |
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| Description: | Gophering, or prospecting for lead using a windlass at Maplewood Farm. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A view of City Hall, erected in 1883. Caption reads: "City Hall, Platteville, Wis." |
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