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| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Four men and one woman in a rowboat on the Mississippi River. In the background is the town of Alma at the foot of bluffs. The woman is holding an umbrella... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of Memorial Hall at Beloit College. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of Chamber of Commerce at Broad and Michigan Streets. The building is the center of the image, with a telephone pole to the right, a larg... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of Menomonie. A group of people sit on a hill in the foreground overlooking the town. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Several men pose with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #87, built by Schenectady Locomotive Works. This image was taken near Cherry Street. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Fire insurance map of the McCormick Reaper Works, a factory of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored map of Wisconsin that also includes eastern Minnesota and Iowa, northern Illinois, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan showing the counties,... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Map of Wisconsin showing the populations of each county as well as the total population for the state. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored map of Wisconsin showing the railroads, counties, cities, towns, rivers, and lakes in the state. Also included in the map are the eastern po... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Main Street in Bayfield in 1870 with four cows standing in the street. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the front of the Hotel Ogden located at 149 East Wilson Street. Three men wearing suits are relaxing on the porch, with two men sitting on... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | External view of the State Bank, the first bank in Madison. A group of men are posed along the sidewalk in front. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across Bascom Hill on the campus of the University of Wisconsin. Student cadets in training march past South Hall down Bascom Hill. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | A detail of a Sanborn map showing the lake Mendota shore area, including Madison Manufacturing Company. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | A detail of a Sanborn map including Catfish Creek and Westport Road by Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View of Clermont Street with a young boy in the foreground, homes and trees in the background. Fences and sidewalks line both sides of the street. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View along Van Buren Street, looking north from Mason Street. Three children are sitting on the curb at the corner. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Martin K. Dahl, far left, sits with three women around a table which has been set in front of an iron fence which encloses a manicured yard. Two of the wom... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the large hotel at Kayes Park on the south shore of Geneva Lake. There are two girls standing in the foreground, with well-dressed women in ... |
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