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| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Street scene showing destruction after Peshtigo fire. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | View of bluffs and buildings on the shore of Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Park Hotel. Among its fine features are black walnut trim, Brussels carpet, marble-topped furniture, and spring beds. The hotel was on... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of La Crosse from the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Chilton with insets of points of interest, including P.H. Becker's Brewery, Chilton House, and Gutheil's Block. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map after a fire destroyed a large area of the town. In memory of the Great Conflagration on April 28th, 1875. Taken from the North-Side. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee looking southwest toward the county courthouse under construction in the public square west of St. John's Cathedral. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The third Wisconsin Capitol (the second in Madison) as it appeared shortly after the construction was completed. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Park Hotel at the intersection of Carroll and Main streets, with the Capitol Park on the right. Several carriages are hitched at the p... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Illustration of southwest view of the National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The institution's name changed from National Asylum For Disabled Volun... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the C.H. & L.J. McCormick Reaper Manufactory (McCormick Reaper Works). The factory was built after the Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed the origin... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Group in front of the Centennial Fountain on Capitol Square. View of the capitol from Monona Avenue. The fountain is a replica of the Centennial Fountain... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | View of Waupun Stone Mills, established in 1849, in the background. Construction of an addition is underway. People are in the foreground in front of a br... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | View of the J.M. Bailey Jr. Marble Works storefront. From the "Combination Atlas-Map of Walworth Co." Chicago. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Front view of the inn. Several men and women are either standing or sitting on the balcony, and several people are standing on the porch under the balcony.... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | View of an estate covered with various plants and trees. Two people stand on a sidewalk in front of the distant estate, looking towards it. Two horses dra... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | West side view of the Courthouse Square, with Hassinger & Chandler Dry Goods in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View across intersection towards Kimball's Hall, one of the first brick buildings in Kenosha. A sign on the right side of the building reads: "Dewey & Sinc... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | View down unpaved street in Winneconne towards the bridge from the east side of town. Storefronts on the left have signs for "Stoves & Tinware" and "Harnes... |
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