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The Casino

Date: 1880
Description: Monona Lake Assembly, The Casino. This structure, including the ice house and provision space, designed by Conover and Porter and built for $1700.00 in Jun...
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Fifth Avenue, Looking West

Date: 1882
Description: Caption reads: "5th Ave Antigo Wis Looking West Photo taken in 1882". View down road with felled trees lining both sides. Two men are posing further down t...
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Post Office

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view across street towards the post office. Caption reads: "Post Office, Baraboo, Wis."
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John Joseph Olver (Oliver) Family

Date: 1898
Description: Group portrait of the Olver (Oliver) family. In chairs: Alice Melissa and John Joseph; sons, from left to right standing: Louis Franklin (Frank), Willard S...
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Blair House

Date: 1890
Description: View across unpaved road towards the Blair House. Caption reads: "Blair House, The Travelingman's Home, Blair, Wis."
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Brown County Courthouse

Date: 1890
Description: View of the first Brown County Courthouse. Caption reads: "Court House, Green Bay, Wis."
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State Institute for the Blind

Date: 1870
Description: The State Institute for the Blind, a school free for blind children of Wisconsin. Caption reads: "State Institute for Blind, Janesville, Wis."
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Ceylon Building

Date: 1893
Description: The Ceylon Building from the water, from the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was later purchased by J.J. Mitchell and converted to a private ...
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Jackson Milling Company

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated view of the Jackson Milling Company, the Green Bay railroad tracks, and the Wisconsin Central railroad tracks. Caption reads: "Birdseye View of Ri...
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Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 07 03 1886
Description: Hand-colored postcard of the interior of the Schlitz Palm Garden. Located on N. 3rd Street, south of W. Wisconsin Avenue, the Schlitz Palm Garden opened on...
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Bad River

Date: 1880
Description: Man in canoe close to shoreline with a bridge in the background.
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Camp Randall Stadium

Date: 1898
Description: View over Camp Randall Stadium towards University Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Bascom Hall is visible in the distance. Caption reads...
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Weeds Mill

Date: 1885
Description: Photographic postcard view of Weeds Mill. The mill has smokestacks and logs piled on the pond shoreline waiting for processing. A steam locomotive is on th...
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Class Group Portrait Featuring Emma Schmitt

Date: 1898
Description: Outdoor class group portrait of the 5th and 6th grades of Muscoda Public School. An "X" marks Emma Schmitt (the future Mrs. Sherwin Gillett). Boys kneel in...
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Broadway Street, De Pere

Date: 1875
Description: Handwritten note on back identifies this elevated view as the west side of Broadway from National Bank, looking south. The Fox River is in the background o...
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Devil's Doorway, Devil's Lake

Date: 1898
Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view of the Devil's Doorway rock formation at Devil's Lake State Park. Devil's Lake is below in the background. Caption r...
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Main Street

Date: 1851
Description: Elevated view of a central street lined with businesses. Automobiles are parked at the curbs. There is a large building with columns on the left near an op...

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