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| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | View of the Mississippi River from Alma. Caption reads: "Mississippi River. Ice Palace and Cyclone Views." |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across street towards the post office. Caption reads: "Post Office, Baraboo, Wis." |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View across unpaved road towards the Blair House. Caption reads: "Blair House, The Travelingman's Home, Blair, Wis." |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Trempealeau River and its banks, with a building and bridge in the background. Caption reads: "Trempealeau River Scene, Blair, Wis." |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Walters Brewery with adjacent buildings. Caption reads: "Birdseye View of Watters Brewery, Eau Claire, Wis." |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View of the first Brown County Courthouse. Caption reads: "Court House, Green Bay, Wis." |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The State Institute for the Blind, a school free for blind children of Wisconsin. Caption reads: "State Institute for Blind, Janesville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | The Ceylon Building from the water, from the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was later purchased by J.J. Mitchell and converted to a private ... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Two aerial views of Waukesha, looking east. Captions read: "Centennial Souvenir Post Card 1834-1934," "Waukesha Wisconsin — 1860 (Lookng East)" and "Waukes... |
| Date: | 1842 |
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| Description: | View across the river towards several residences on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "Watertown in 1842." |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Jackson Milling Company, the Green Bay railroad tracks, and the Wisconsin Central railroad tracks. Caption reads: "Birdseye View of Ri... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Columbia County Court House and Post Office. Caption reads: "Court House and Post Office at Portage, Wis." |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View across road towards a group of children standing in front of school buildings. Caption reads: "High and Manual Training School, Omro, Wis." |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View towards Lake Monona, with the Dane County Courthouse on the right. Text at bottom reads: "Curtiss Madison Wis." |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View over Camp Randall Stadium towards University Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Bascom Hall is visible in the distance. Caption reads... |
| Date: | 11 01 1875 |
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| Description: | Erected in Girard, Pennsylvania, in 1875 to the memory of soldiers in the Civil War. Likeness of "Old Abe" appears on the top of the monument. On the botto... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Handwritten note on back identifies this elevated view as the west side of Broadway from National Bank, looking south. The Fox River is in the background o... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of Trinity Lutheran Church on Columbia Road, a stone building with a clock in the bell tower/steeple. Arched windows are on the front and... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | View toward the church, which is a stone building with a clock in the bell tower/steeple. Arched windows are on the front and sides. A fence is running alo... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a central street lined with businesses. Automobiles are parked at the curbs. There is a large building with columns on the left near an op... |
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