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Roundhouse and Wood Burning Locomotives

Date: 1878
Description: "The West Wisconsin Railway roundhouse at Eau Claire, ca. 1872. It was located about a mile north of the present Civic Center. Workmen in the foreground ar...
Print

Milwaukee, Lake Shore, & Western Railroad Pass

Date: 1878
Description: Pass #497 issued for free travel during the year 1878 by the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad.
Photograph

Kilbourn Bridge

Date: 1878
Description: Kilbourn Bridge at the Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. A locomotive is pulling railroad cars over the bridge.
Print

State Normal School

Date: 1878
Description: State Normal School in Whitewater.
Photograph

Fountain House

Date: 1878
Description: Exterior view of the Fountain House.
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...
Print

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

C.M.&St.P Locomotive on Bridge

Date: 1878
Description: View from riverbank of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad locomotive no. 142 on the Kilbourn bridge.
Print

Goodrich Transportation Co. Advertisement

Date: 1878
Description: Advertising card for Goodrich Transportation Company listing destinations and departure times. In the center of the advertisement is a drawing of a sidewhe...
Map or Atlas

Map of Ashland and Bayfield Counties

Date: 1878
Description: A color map detailing Ashland and Bayfield counties, including Lake Superior and the Apostle Islands.
Photograph

Women's Marching Band

Date: 1878
Description: Elevated view of the women's marching band from John Wanamaker Commercial Institute performing, with children walking beside them and standing on the side ...
Photograph

Hampton Institute

Date: 1878
Description: A view of the Native American male dormitory, called "Wigwam." The structure has three floors, each with a balcony. A smaller building is next to it on the...
Photograph

The Ocean House Hotel

Date: 1878
Description: Elevated view of the Ocean House hotel with men, women, and children posing in front of it. Another group of people are standing on the third story balcony...
Photograph

Sheboygan Falls Tannery

Date: 1878
Description: Elevated view of several buildings making up the Sheboygan Falls Tannery, which was owned by proprietor C.S. Weisse. Weisse is at the far right, standing w...
Photograph

View of Rockford

Date: 1878
Description: View down Rock River towards a covered bridge near another bridge, with factories and the city in the background.
Map or Atlas

Barton, Washington County, Wisconsin

Date: 1878
Description: This bird’s-eye-view map of Barton is indexed for parochial and public schools, churches, a convent, the railroad depot, and the post office.
Photograph

Omnibus Line in Front of Park Hotel

Date: 1878
Description: View from the street of a man holding the reins for a team of two horses and sitting in the driver's seat of the Omnibus Line in front of the Park Hotel on...
Photograph

Quarry Workers

Date: 1878
Description: Stereograph of a bearded man with vest and suit posing on a narrow gauge railroad at the granite works in Montello. Workmen are posing around him. Most of ...
Map or Atlas

Mrs. C.E. Packman Farm

Date: 1878
Description: An etching of the farm and residence of Mrs. C.E. Packman and her son.
Drawing

6 Day Bike Race - 1878

Date: 1878
Description: Illustration of a crowd watching bicyclists on penny-farthings, who are racing around a track inside a tent. Below illustration is the text "From the Priva...

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