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| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of the exterior of Assembly Presbyterian Church, surrounded by trees. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | A family, possibly that of William Bonner, is posing around a table in a yard. A man is sitting on the left holding a paper in one hand and a glass in the ... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Anaglyph view of the exterior of Assembly Presbyterian Church, surrounded by trees. |
| Suffragist and Minister |
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| Biography of suffragist and Universalist minister Olympia Brown, the first female minister in America. |
| Learn about the Disciples of Christ, who first became active in Wisconsin in the 1830s. |
| Read about Welsh immigration to Wisconsin between 1840 and 1890, when many Welsh settled in rural enclaves as farmers |
| Read about the Wisconsin State Prison at Waupun, which opened in 1851 and housed men and women prisoners. |
| Newspaperman and Author |
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| Learn more about this Wisconsin newspaperman. This article contains links to newspaper clippings and a related article. |
| The Surprise and Aftermath of a Miraculous Birth |
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| Discover the sad story of the naturally-conceived set of quintuplets born in Watertown, believed to be the first set of quintuplets in the U.S. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Baby carriage used by the McFetridge family of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, c. 1871. (Museum object #1963.135.225) |
| Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Wisconsin Attorney General and State Senator |
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| Promotions on Paper, 1850s-1975 |
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| Custom-designed letterheads were a universal way of proclaiming who you were. Historical letterheads are prime examples of early branding. |
| A Wisconsin Educator |
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| Read about the Wisconsinite who was one of the first women to attend the University of Wisconsin and became the president of Milwaukee-Downer College. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | This map is ink and color on tracing cloth and shows Iron Ridge, the hotel and saw mill at Iron Ridge Village, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, plank road, an... |
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