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| Date: | 05 26 1894 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Wilson Riddell general store, with a horse-drawn wagon parked in front. There is a post office and paint shop attached to the store. S... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Soldiers' Orphans Home, formerly Harvey Hospital. The octagon house was originally built for Governor Leonard J. Farwell and designed by Aug... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | City Hall at the intersection of Mifflin Street and Wisconsin Avenue and the Fuller Opera House on Mifflin Street. Snow on the ground. Both buildings were... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Beloit with insets of Williams Engine Works, Eclipse Wind Engine Co., and John Foster & Co. Turtle Creek is in the lower section, and the... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Assembly Speaker's desk, showing an unidentified woman, probably a tourist, standing by the Speaker's chair. In front of the Speaker's desk are the clerks'... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A bridge crosses the Milwaukee River on Oneida Street, now known as Wells Street, looking toward the City Hall tower. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | East wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol building (second in Madison) photographed from the U.S. Hotel building which was located at the corner of Ea... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Men in wagons posed in front of a rural post office. They brandish guns, whiskey bottles and possibly a harmonica with humorous intent. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Men with guns and dogs and wagons in front of a rural post office. Some men have assumed exaggerated poses, probably for humorous effect. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Two couples in a horse-drawn wagon outside of a commercial frame structure, probably a store. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | The City of Madison, Federal Post Office, at the corner of Wisconsin and Mifflin Streets. The cornerstone was laid on May 27, 1869. The building was demoli... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across street towards the post office. Caption reads: "Post Office, Baraboo, Wis." |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Post Office, with boy and horse in front. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Post office with man and dog. This was the Louisville Post Office, west of Downsville in the town of Dunn. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large building on a street corner. There is a small "Post Office" sign on the right side of the building, and a larger "FURNITURE" sign ... |
| Date: | 06 28 1865 |
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| Description: | The Great Fair held at Milwaukee for the benefit of the Wisconsin Soldiers Home. The 130x130 foot building was constructed especially for the ten-day fair.... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the front of the Rock County Poor House. The three-story house is set on a hill. In the right foreground is a small building and ... |
| Date: | 11 24 1898 |
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| Description: | View from Bascom Hill toward the Wisconsin State Capitol showing the Wisconsin Historical Society under construction. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Madison looking northwest from the top of the Capitol. City Hall is featured in the foreground. |
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