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| Date: | 11 25 1871 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of Peshtigo Fire showing people trying to escape the flames by boat and on horseback. A team of cattle also seek refuge and several birds tak... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Cigar box label with portraits of inventors Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Cyrus McCormick, Richard March Hoe. Around the edges are illustratio... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | A cartoon depicting the rescue of oppressed people by the United States, entitled: "What The United States Has Fought For". |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | The Grignon block house, "where the first Mass was said." |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View of the Vaughn Library building, built of brick in 1888 in the Romanesque Revival style. It was supported by retail, apartments and offices located on ... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Artist's conception of ancient village of Aztalan, fortified with high walls surrounding it. |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the Van Slyke house at 510 North Carroll Street built by Napoleon Bonaparte Van Slyke in 1863. |
| Date: | 06 26 1869 |
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| Description: | An engraving from the Billed-Magazine of the First Congregational Church. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Grant County Soldier's Monument. A group of people are standing around the monument. A large building is in the background. Caption at... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of building with a bell tower. Caption reads: "Polk County Training School for Teachers, St. Croix Falls, Wis." |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | A cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon appears below the heading: "Locking the Brakes". The cartoon depicts a man riding ... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon appears below the heading: "Locking the Brakes". The cartoon depicts a man jumping o... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | A cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon contains the heading: "Take Time to Take Care In the operation of tractors and imp... |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | Home of William Augustus Prentiss, built in 1836 and burned in 1845. Small two-story house. Four people are standing around the house. |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Engraving of Ocatagon House, the residence of Mrs. Eliza Richards. Several trees dot the landscape and other buildings can be seen in the distance at right... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Ornaments from a "Whitney's Valentine Material" kit. These were combined with the "folders" (cards) and paper lace to create personalized Valentine's Day c... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Front cover of a program for a feast and pow-wow in support of the Lake Monona Wild Life Sanctuary group's attempt to preserve Frost's Woods (Ne-rucha-ja).... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Illustrated inset in a Plan Manufacturing Company advertisement depicting a "Plano" rooster chasing a "competitor" rooster. The text reads: "The Light Runn... |
| Date: | 01 17 1940 |
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| Description: | Cover of an International Harvester Sales Department bulletin, featuring a cartoon of two women and a man over the text: "'Fat, Fair, and Forty' So goes th... |
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