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Askew Steamboat Landing

Date: 1890
Description: Two men pose on a boat docked at the Askew Steamboat Landing on Lake Monona off South Carroll Street. The old Governor Harvey residence is in the backgroun...
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Studio Portrait of Anson Dart

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Description: Cased image of Anson Dart, first settler on Green Lake, Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Construction Disaster

Date: 1883
Description: The third Wisconsin State Capitol after the unfinished South Wing collapsed on November 8, 1883. Defective workmanship and shoddy construction materials ca...
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La Crosse Railroad Bridge

Date: 1880
Description: Construction of a railroad bridge on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad line. A set of railroad tracks is in the foreground, running along the s...
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An Unnamed Soldier

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Description: Waist-up seated portrait of an unnamed Union soldier. Cased frame around portrait. He is wearing a hat, and a US belt buckle.
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State Fair Grounds

Date: 1945
Description: Fruits, Farm Crops building. A man in a trench coat stands in a doorway.
Book or Pamphlet

"Pucks" the Trump Man

Date: 1903
Description: Rolf "Pucks" Anderson and Herbert "Chub" Fowler playing cards on a train.
Photograph

Man with Deer and Fish

Date: 1900
Description: Man posed at door of a hunting lodge with guns, deer carcass, and two Northern pike.
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Portrait of Chief Keokuk

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Description: A copy of a portrait of Chief Keokuk (1767–1848), who was an orator of extreme eloquence and noted for his policy of cooperation with the U.S. government. ...
Photograph

Elderly African American Man

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Description: A studio portrait of an elderly African American man.
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Stranded Ship "Galena"

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Description: A bark, the "Galena," stranded on Clatsop Beach, with three men and two women on the beach in the foreground.
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Hervie A. Dobson

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Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Hervie A. Dobson, Company K, 11th Veteran Reserve Corps.
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William (or Noah) Harmony

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Description: Tintype/ferrotype portrait of William, or possibly Noah, Harmony of the Dodgeville Guards, 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company C.
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John C. Rossbach

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Description: A ferrotype (tintype) portrait of John C. Rossbach of the Dodgeville Guards, 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company C.
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International Trucks on Construction Site

Date: 1935
Description: International trucks perform heavy-duty jobs on the construction site of the Bonneville Dam.
Print

Coasting

Date: 12 20 1879
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...
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Taking a Header

Date: 12 20 1879
Description: Engraved image of a man falling off of a high-wheel bicycle. Two people in the background are watching the accident.
Print

Miners

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Description: An illustration of miners at the bottom of a mine filling a bucket to be lifted to the surface. One man is calling upwards.
Photograph

Rev. John A. Blaschke

Date: 1895
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Reverend John Blaschke of St. Wenceslas Church.
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Rev. Louis Kaluza

Date: 1895
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Reverend Louis Kaluza.

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