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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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Turner Hall

Date: 1900
Description: Turner Hall in Milwaukee with horse-drawn wagon passing.
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Glen Cottage

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Description: View across unpaved road towards Glen Cottage, later Crandall Hotel.
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Stage in front of Coon Valley Store

Date: 1892
Description: Caption: "Stage driven by William C. Alden stopping in front of Coon Valley store on the route between Viroqua to Muscoda and La Crosse. Alden drove the st...
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Layton House

Date: 1880
Description: 2504 Forest Home Avenue. This hotel was situated on what was originally a plank road between Milwaukee and Muskego. It was designed after the Federal style...
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Pinckney Street

Date: 1859
Description: Daguerreotype of elevated view of Pinckney Street, looking northwest. View includes the American House and Bruen's Block, both on the corner of East Washin...
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John Parman's Blacksmith, Wagon & Carriage Shop

Date: 1873
Description: John Parman's Blacksmith, Wagon & Carriage Shop. A large group of men, including workers in leather aprons, are standing with carriages and wagon wheels ou...
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Farms of Burton, Fitlen, and Rustebakke

Date: 1873
Description: View of several farms, including Burton's, Fitlen's and Rustebakke's. Field arrangements and fencing patterns are evident. A man is walking along the bott...
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Andrew Thompson's House

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Description: View, looking south of a man wearing a hat in a horse-drawn buggy on a rural lane in Mount Horeb. On the right a man and three children are standing near t...
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Family with Horse-Drawn Buggy on Farm

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Description: A family is at a farm in town with frame buildings, a horse-drawn buggy, and a long frame structure possibly used for drying hops.
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Couple Sits in Carriage by Farm

Date: 1875
Description: A couple sits in a carriage on a road adjacent to fenced-in farm buildings and an upright and wing frame house.
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Young Couples at the Grand Regatta

Date: 1877
Description: Well-dressed young couples sit in the foreground. In the background is a picket fence running along a busy road with horse and buggy traffic. Further on is...
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My Arrival in Milwaukee

Date: 1856
Description: On June 20, 1856 Hölzlhuber took a two-wheeled horse cart from the Lake Shore Railroad depot in Milwaukee to East Water Street and the home of his hosts, t...
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Leonard Martin's Tavern

Date: 1910
Description: View from fork in road of Martin's Tavern in Chamberlain. There is a horse and carriage with driver on the left. Three men sit or stand in front of the tav...
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Leinenkugel Brewery

Date: 1910
Description: An engraving of an elevated view of the Leinenkugel brewery, est. 1867, located at 5 Jefferson Avenue.
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South Broadway Near the River

Date: 1875
Description: Elevated view of a shopping district street near a river, with several businesses lining the street, and two carriages. A building across the street has le...
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Mill Street, Fox Lake

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Description: View of an intersection of dirt roads, with a large building, possibly an inn or apartment building on the right corner. A carriage or car is parked near t...
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Gates Gallery

Date: 1865
Description: Exterior view of the Gates Gallery, location for the first H.H. Bennett studio.
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Man with Racehorse

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Description: Man in a racing rig with a harnessed horse on the northwest corner of Harrison and Third Street. There is a barn behind them.
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Man and Child Riding in Wagon

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Description: Man and child riding in a decorated horse and buggy with a flag.

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