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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Construction Disaster

Date: 1883
Description: The third Wisconsin State Capitol after the unfinished South Wing collapsed on November 8, 1883. Defective workmanship and shoddy construction materials ca...
Print

Oliver Chilled Plow Works Advertisement

Date: 1883
Description: Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Superior

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye map of Superior, county seat of Douglas County, on the shores of Lake Superior, with insets of points of interest.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Marshfield, Wis.

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye map of Marshfield, with one vignette.
Map or Atlas

Prairie du Sac. Sauk County, Wisconsin. Looking North West

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye map of Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin with an inset of Clifton.
Photograph

View of Men Posing at Entrance to 508 State Street

Date: 1883
Description: View from street of John Hess and Froderick Schmitz and a horse on the sidewalk in front of the entrance to 508 State Street, the Hess and Schmitz Livery B...
Photograph

Opera House

Date: 1883
Description: The Oshkosh Grand Opera House. This is the interior elevated view showing the curtain painted by Louis Kindt of Kenosha, which depicts a scene from Goethe'...
Photograph

Opera House

Date: 1883
Description: View from intersection towards the Oshkosh Grand Opera House on a street corner. The building was started in 1882 and finished in the following year at a c...
Photograph

Telephone Building on Broadway Street

Date: 1883
Description: Horse pulling a wagon in front of the telephone building. There are many telephone poles and wires along the street.
Photograph

Governmental Buildings

Date: 1883
Description: Caption on reverse side of stereograph reads, "Governmental buildings, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and Hospital over Lake Mendota-looking from Capitol ...
Document

William E. Smith Letterhead

Date: 1883
Description: Engraved letterhead of the firm of Smith, Mendel & Co., a wholesale grocery merchant. William E. Smith was a prominent Milwaukee businessman, partner in th...
Document

Milwaukee Exposition Association Letterhead

Date: 1883
Description: Letterhead stationery of the Milwaukee Industrial Exposition Association, with an engraving of the building constructed for that event.
Photograph

Babcock House

Date: 1883
Description: Exterior view of the Babcock home, a Queen Ann style structure at 537 E. Wisconsin Avenue. People, presumably the Babcock family, are standing in front of ...
Photograph

Governmental Buildings - Anaglyph

Date: 1883
Description: Caption on reverse side of stereograph reads: "Governmental buildings, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and Hospital over Lake Mendota-looking from Capitol ...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Montello

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye view of Montello, county seat of Marquette County. The granite quarry, woolen mill, and planing mill are clearly identified. A steamboat on Buf...
Photograph

John and Ethelinda Johnston

Date: 1883
Description: Cabinet card of John (1836-1904) and Ethelinda (1856-1947) Johnston sitting on a decorative wall in front of a painted backdrop of trees. John, a successf...
Photograph

John and Ethelinda Johnston

Date: 1883
Description: Cabinet card studio portrait of John (1836-1904) and Ethelinda (1856-1947) Johnston sitting on a decorative wall in front of a painted backdrop of trees. ...
Print

Buckeye Binder Advertising Card

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising card featuring a chromolithograph of men driving horses pulling Buckeye Binders in a race. The card reads at the top: "Buckeye leads the field....
Book or Pamphlet

Patterson & Brothers Twine Binder Inside Spread

Date: 1883
Description: Inside spread of advertising brochure for Patterson and Brothers, manufacturers of agricultural equipment, Patterson, Ontario, Canada. Features a chromolit...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin

Date: 1883
Description: This map shows ward boundaries, names of additions, streets, bridges, mills, schools, religious buildings, businesses, hotels, railroads, factories, brewer...

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