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| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | This is a family photograph of Nels Wickstrom with his wife Anna (born Anna Stoel) and their children in front of their log home. The oldest child, wearing... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Painting depicting Chippewa Falls and the first sawmill on the Chippewa River, built by Jean Brunet. The residence of H.S. Allen, one of the owners of the... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | View of shoreline along Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus showing the home of Professor William Daniels, head of the Chemistry Dep... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Exterior of home and lawn on a summer day, with a forest in the background and a picket fence in the foreground. The house has a lookout on the roof. |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Large group of Union soldiers in formation by a barracks at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Illinois. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | The E.T. Billings Residence, Lake Avenue. Mr. Billings was a prominent commercial photographer. |
| Date: | 1842 |
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| Description: | American Fur Company with both Mission churches. Sketch purportedly by a Native American youth. Probably an overpainted photographic copy enlargement. Pape... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A cyanotype print of the Benjamin Walker Castle, 1862-1893 in the 900 block East Gorham Street, and the surrounding estate. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | View of Biddle Street. The 'x' marks the home of Mr. Brigham. The road is tree-lined, with homes behind the trees. "With cross on it, just under the sou... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | After the fire of Oct. 22, 1865. The house takes up most of the image to the right, with burnt trees on the left, and a building in the background. The r... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | The residence of Rev. Clement Fall Le Fevre. Photographed from an old watercolor Painting. Building erected 1844. Four buildings are located in the center... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | The residence of John Crapser Coleman. As remodeled in 1870; copy of photograph taken in 1894. House is in right middle ground, with a yard and trees. A ... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Built in 1840 by Lemuel Hull. William Singer was the mason. The basement was made by lowering the hill. There were originally only two stories. First ... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | John Johnston's (1836-1904) first grand home at 1130 Grand Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Johnston was a successful Milwaukee banker, who moved to "The Lio... |
| Date: | 05 25 1897 |
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| Description: | Built 1836-37, on the northwest corner of Florida and Greenbush. A manuscript note on the reverse of the photograph called it the "oldest school under dest... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over residential area, with several churches in the background. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Mosher family standing in front of the J.F. Mosher residence. From the left are J.F. Mosher, daughters Celia Belle, Rhoda Adelaide, and Bertha May, son Her... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View of a statue and fountain in a grassy park depicting a boy selling a newspaper. Installed in 1895 and funded by Colonel William L. Brown, the statue c... |
| Date: | 06 12 1899 |
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| Description: | View over water, perhaps Hatfield Lake, of houses damaged and demolished in a tornado. Floating at the edge of the lake near an eroded bank are numerous pi... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of a house surrounded by gardens, an evergreen shelter belt and ornamental hedges. |
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