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Pond and Farmstead

Date: 1878
Description: View from above, of a pond and a farmstead. A man is in a boat on the water and another man is in a wagon on shore near a fence. In the background are so...
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Lovers Retreat

Date: 1878
Description: View towards a large group of people with a U.S. Flag hanging from a tree. The group is gathered around a stream near a wood fence and gate under trees. Th...
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Portrait of Young Man

Date: 1878
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of a well-dressed young man.
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Family in Yard around Table

Date: 1878
Description: Family in yard around table, and a man standing with tool on the right. Behind the group is a Greek Revival house that has a sewing machine on the porch. T...
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Jerome Skaalen with Wife and Guests

Date: 1878
Description: Some men are in a yard sitting and standing with scythe, rake and pitch fork. A woman sits on the front porch of a frame house with shutters, one closed on...
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Man Tipping his Hat on Porch

Date: 1878
Description: Greek revival frame house with Doric columns. A man is standing on the porch tipping his hat. A woman is sitting on the porch, and a woman is standing on a...
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Gullik K. Springen and Family

Date: 1878
Description: This is possibly a Gullik K. Springen family portrait.
Photograph

Courtyard at Cliff House

Date: 1878
Description: Courtyard at Cliff House, a resort hotel built shortly after 1872 when Devil's Lake was reached by rail. The house has a stone first floor, a balcony on ea...
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Portrait of Young Man

Date: 1878
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of a well-dressed young man.
Photograph

Family and their Home

Date: 1878
Description: A family sits around a table with a stereoscope on it. An upright and wing frame house with a stone foundation is behind them. The woman has a large doll l...
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Matt. Anderson

Date: 1878
Description: Portrait of Matthew Anderson, #26 in a composite of Wisconsin Senate and State Officers.
Print

McCormick Harvester Catalog

Date: 1878
Description: Front cover of a catalog for McCormick's Harvester and Self-Binder, featuring a drawing of a binder at work in the field.
Print

Kimberly, Clark, & Company Paper Mills

Date: 1878
Description: Line drawing of the first paper mill in Neenah, Wisconsin, built in 1865-66 and called the Neenah Paper Mill; it was run by a stock company composed of Nat...
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Kimberly, Clark, & Company Paper Mills

Date: 1878
Description: Line drawing of first paper mill in Neenah, Wisconsin, built in 1865-66 and called the Neenah Paper Mill; it was run by a stock copany composed of Nathan C...
Photograph

Archibald Campbell

Date: 1878
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Archibald Campbell, which is part of a composite photograph of the 1878 Wisconsin Senate and State Officers.
Photograph

Wisconsin Senate and State Officers

Date: 1878
Description: Composite photograph of the Wisconsin Senate and State Officers of 1878. At the bottom of the image is a photograph of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Print

McCormick Wire Binder Advertisement

Date: 1878
Description: Advertisement for the McCormick Combined Reaping and Self-Binding Machines, as manufactured by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company [or possibly C.H. a...
Print

Residence of Mrs. Eliza Richards

Date: 1878
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...
Photograph

Regimental Reunion of the 36th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Date: 1878
Description: Group portrait of veterans of the 36th Wisconsin Regiment posed on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capital in the late 1870s. Some of the men hold drums a...
Map or Atlas

Crawford County Map

Date: 1878
Description: Illustrated map of Crawford County. On the bottom right is an inset of a group of people near a train on a railroad track.

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