Date: | 1858 |
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Description: | Departing from Lake Winnebago, Hölzlhuber boarded the Plymouth, a high, narrow steamboat that was built specially for navigating the narrow and some... |
Date: | 1859 |
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Description: | The maple and hickory forests in the old northwest were often plagued with fires during the summer months. Hölzlhuber, on a return journey from Niagara Fal... |
Date: | 1858 |
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Description: | Hölzlhuber traveled on American railways frequently and marveled that they wouldn't have been accepted as usable in Europe. This sketch of the tunnel on th... |
Date: | 1858 |
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Description: | The fertillity of the soil in America and Canada, especially in Wisconsin, was the attraction for most European immigrants. The vast amount of land and the... |
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Description: | Photographic copy of a painting depicting Fort Winnebago, made by I. A. Ridgway of Portage, Wisconsin. Fort Winnebago was built in 1827 by Major William W... |
Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | Levi B. Vilas built this house in 1853 at 521 North Henry Street on the corner of Langdon Street. |
Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | House built by Julius T. Clark in 1859, which in 1878 became the home of William F. Vilas. |
Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | The house built by James McBride at 200 Farwell Drive. The house was later owned by Halle Steensland, Samuel H. Marshall, and Robert M. La Follette. |
Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | Jairus Cassius Fairchild, the first mayor of Madison, built this house in 1850 at 302 South Wisconsin Avenue (renamed Monona Avenue in 1877) at West Wilson... |
Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | Elmside was built by Peter Van Bergen, a prominent builder of the 1840's, at 302 South Mills Street. The house was later owned by Dr. J.B. Bowen. |
Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | This Italianate sandstone house was built in 1856 by Julius T. White at 130 East Gilman Street. The house was later owned by J.G. Thorp, whose daughter mar... |
Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | Ella Giles house, built by A.A. Bird around 1838 at 451 West Wilson Street. |
Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | Reverend F.F. Ford house, at 1023 Spaight Street, was built by Mr. Harris prior to 1875 when it was purchased by Storer. Winifred Ford, widow of Marcus For... |
Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | The George Storer house, 104 East Gilman Street, built in 1855 by John E. Kendall. |
Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | The Judge James C. Hopkins house built in 1850 at 134 West Wilson Street. |
Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | The Morris E. Fuller House located at 423 North Pinckney Street, built by Napolean B. Van Slyke about 1865. The house was later owned by Fuller and Robert ... |
Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | John H. Knight house, 28 East Gilman Street, built by Napoleon B. Van Slyke in 1858. Later owned by Knight, then Dr. George Keenan. |
Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | The house at 424 North Pinckney Street was built by Samuel H. Donnell in 1857-1858. Donnell was one of the architects for the former Capitol, and the house... |
Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | The house at 424 North Pinckney Street was built by Samuel H. Donnell in 1857-1858. Donnell was one of the architects for the former Capitol, and the house... |
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