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| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Large group of people posed in, on and around the frame of a barn at a barn raising. A smaller building is in the background on the left. Cultivated fields... |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | This map shows a line of proposed construction for defending the north side of the canal against inundation from the Wisconsin River and location of Fort W... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | This map shows railroads, churches, schools, cemeteries, rivers, lakes, and some rural property owners. |
| Date: | 06 30 1895 |
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| Description: | A man is standing in the right foreground near a tall plant, perhaps corn. In the center is a square-shaped pond with high banks. A man is in the backgroun... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Engraving of the Peck Cabin, after the painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. Caption at bottom reads: "First House in Madison. 1837." |
| Date: | 1833 |
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| Description: | The map shows the distance of each dwelling-house from the common. The dwellings are listed by name of owner. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of men posing with ore carts on railroad tracks. One man is standing on the dirt in the cart to the right. They are possibly excavating more di... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Detail from original. Original caption reads: "Three children stand at the corner of the home of the Reverend Abraham Jacobson (1836-1910) and his wife Nic... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | View down a road lined with trees. Two people in a horse-drawn vehicle are moving down the road. Caption reads: "Unidientified road in the vicinity of Madi... |
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