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Dodge and Stevenson Advertising Poster

Date: 1871
Description: Advertising poster for the Dodge improved combined self raking reaper and mower featuring a color illustration of a well-dressed farmer on the machine pull...
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McCormick Reaper Works during Chicago Fire

Date: 1871
Description: Elevated view of men and ships near the McCormick Works and the Chicago River during the Chicago Fire of 1871. The original caption reads: "Reproduction o...
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Family with Buckboard Wagon by House

Date: 1871
Description: In the foreground is a family in a buckboard wagon, with a man on the right standing and holding the horse. Behind them is a frame house with a rocking cha...
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Family by Table and Baby Carriage

Date: 1871
Description: A family is in a yard around a table. Behind them is a large brick house with four chimneys, railings on its front porch and latticework enclosing the side...
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Andreas Dahl's Wagon

Date: 1871
Description: Andrew Dahl's wagon is on the side of a two-story log house in Blue Mounds. On one side of the wagon cover is "A.L. Dahl Landscape Photographer." On the ba...
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Men around Organ Delivery Wagon

Date: 1871
Description: Three men stand around a delivery wagon with a small organ on it and a sign saying "pianos & organs." One holds a book and behind them are some women, a pi...
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Men and a Boy around Wagon

Date: 1871
Description: Two men in hats stand by a wagon loaded with an organ. The wagon carries the sign "pianos & organs." A boy holds the horse. Behind them is a picket fence a...
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Pilgrims of the Plains

Date: 1871
Description: Wood engraving of pioneer men, one of whom is playing a violin, surrounded by covered wagons.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

Date: 1871
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. From left to right: Ladies Hall, South Dormitory, Bascom Hall, and North Dormitory. Trees are on the hill, and a f...
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Kenosha Harbor

Date: 1871
Description: Engraved view of Kenosha harbor. A group of men fish from a pier in the foreground while several boats float through the harbor. A tug is pulling a large s...

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