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| 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: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Platteville. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Platteville with twenty-two locations identified below image. Town square to left of center, behind Main Street. Area bordered by Lancast... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view across grounds towards the Trinity Episcopal Church, built in 1864. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A straw lead furnace, an open hearth furnace where lead sulphite (Galena) was roasted. Located on the Rountree branch of the Little Platte River, Richard S... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A view of the First Methodist Church. Two men are standing in front of the church behind a fence. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Ferrotype/tintype of a studio portrait of Blacksmith Wanamaker and an unidentified man standing on either side of an anvil. The man on the left is holding ... |
| Date: | 1829 |
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| Description: | Wash drawing of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hollman, who were early settlers in Platteville, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 11 24 1861 |
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| Description: | Letterhead of midshipman using a hammer for nailing the American flag to the mast, a symbol that they will not lower the flag in surrender. 4 page, folded,... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Wooden bicycle on display against a wall at the Wisconsin State Historical Museum, circa 1920. It is known as the "Crabtree Special" because it was reporte... |
| 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... |
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