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| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Ashley Bennett, son of photographer H.H. Bennett, is captured in mid-air as he jumps to Stand Rock. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Scrapbook page containing a cyanotype and albumen print of a picket fence and the caption: "First Attempt;" 1887, What's the Matter? "Light struck." |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Scrapbook page containing a cyanotype print and an albumen print looking toward Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Lake Mendota shore looking west with A.L. Dahl's photographer's wagon on shore and the Wisconsin State Capitol visible in the background. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Issued as a stereograph on green mount entitled "The Artist." Two men stand by a wagon on which is written "A.L. Dahl Landscape Photographer." The flag on... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | A view from the roof across an unpaved road towards a building across the street from A.L. Dahl's photography studio. The two-story storefront is a general... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the building that housed the gallery of Van Schaick and the dental offices of Edward F. Long. Over the years, the building also ... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Chicago & North Western Railway viaduct on the line along the Milwaukee River. The viaduct has two arched passages, and stones and rocks lining the path f... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the front and east side of the Bennett Studio when it was new, showing the skylight and the revolving print house. There is a large windmill be... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Front and west side of Bennett Studio. There is a windmill behind the building. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Four Schildhauers: H., Annie, Rudolph and Edward, sit in a parlor and look at a photo album. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Composite layout combining family portraits with local views. Probably the family of Gerhard Gesell in Alma. |
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