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Aftermath of Peshtigo Fire

Date: 1871
Description: Street scene showing destruction after Peshtigo fire.
Photograph

Peshtigo Fire Ruins

Date: 1871
Description: Building destroyed in Peshtigo fire.
Photograph

Railroad Damage at the Peshtigo Fire

Date: 1871
Description: Fire destruction near railroad tracks after Peshtigo fire. There are wheel carriages from destroyed boxcars on and near the tracks.
Photograph

South Twelfth Street, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Date: 1871
Description: Elevated view of South Twelfth Street. There is a child standing in the center of the street holding onto a wagon in which another child is sitting. A chur...
Photograph

Sawmill near Lake Winnebago

Date: 1871
Description: Stereograph of a sawmill area and Lake Winnebago in the foreground. The square building with the "cupola" was the Revere House. A manuscript notation, very...
Photograph

High Street

Date: 1871
Description: Stereograph. In the right background is the building of the Trade Reporter newspaper at the corner of Main and High Streets; across the street from it is J...
Print

Notre Dame Convent

Date: 1871
Description: The building has a fence around it and the yard is filled with trees. Pedestrians are in the road, as well as a man riding a horse.
Photograph

High Street - Anaglyph

Date: 1871
Description: Stereograph. In the right background is the building of the Trade Reporter newspaper at the corner of Main and High Streets; across the street from it is J...
Map or Atlas

New Sectional Map of the Head of Lake Superior Comprising the Counties of Douglas, Bayfield and Ashland, Wisconsin, and Parts of the Counties of St. Louis, Lake, Carlton and Pine, Minnesota

Date: 1871
Description: The township grid in the counties bordering Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota is shown. Rivers, lakes, Indian reservations, and the rail li...
Map or Atlas

Map of Polk County Wisconsin

Date: 1871
Description: Map created between 1871 and 1880. Shows townships, post offices, a possible railroad to Penoka Iron Range, and the North Wisconsin Railroad.
Map or Atlas

Land Grant Map

Date: 1871
Description: A map of California showing railroad lines and reservations.

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