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Aftermath of Peshtigo Fire

Date: 1871
Description: Aftermath of Peshtigo fire on October 8, 1871. Devastated landscape with deer carcass in foreground. The Peshtigo fire razed the small town of approximatel...
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Group in front of Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1875
Description: Small group in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol viewed from East Washington Avenue. Some telegraph wires are strung across foreground. The card is fro...
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Lodi From Cemetery Hill

Date: 1876
Description: A view of the town of Lodi as viewed from the hill north of the cemetery.
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Lunch Crowd at Grand Regatta

Date: 1877
Description: "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." A crowd sits on the ground about to commence lunch at Devil's Lake.
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Fountain Street

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of Fountain Street looking west.
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Polk County Press Office

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior stereograph of the Polk County Press Office.
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Polk County Press Office

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior stereograph of the Polk County Press Office, with three men standing near the entrance, and three children sitting on the left on the board sidewa...
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2nd Wisconsin State Capitol

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Description: Stereograph view of the East Wing of the 2nd Wisconsin State Capitol built in Madison, also showing the pathway to the door then considered to be the front...
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Group in front of School

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph view across road towards a school building with children gathered outside.
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Presbyterian Mission School

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph. Probably the Presbyterian Mission School grounds on the Chippewa Indian reservation. Two boys and a dog are standing in the foreground, with a...
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Woman on Fence with Rifle

Date: 1904
Description: Hand-colored stereograph of Mattie Sprague Attoe Du Mond sitting on a rail fence and holding a .22 rifle near the fish pond off Pine River on John O. Evans...
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General Lee's Residence

Date: 1864
Description: A stereograph of exterior of General Lee's residence.
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Train Collision

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Description: A collision of a freight train with an excursion train on the Chicago and North Western Railway, resulting in six deaths and at least 46 people injured.
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Fernwood — Residence of Colonel Schofield

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Description: Exterior view from road towards Colonel Schofield's residence. A man and two women are sitting on the porch, and a person and a horse are standing at the g...
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Women in front of Dwelling

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Description: Exterior view of a home. A younger woman, probably Harriet Bennett, is leaning on the gate, while two older women are standing at the entrance to the house...
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Eduard and Elise Schroeder

Date: 1870
Description: A stereograph of a bearded man, seen in profile, and a woman, looking directly at the camera, posing near a picket fence. There is a small wood frame house...

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