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| Date: | 1837 |
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| Description: | Copy of N.F. Hyer's original map of Aztalan as published in the Milwaukee Advertiser, February 25, 1837. |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Colonel Samuel Stone (1798-1876), Massachusetts-born Union Colonel. Before his army service, Stone's various occupati... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Map of a portion of Merton including the Bark River, a mill, Fort Hill, and Indian mounds. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Map showing the location of meteorological stations and effects that Lake Michigan has had on Wisconsin temperatures in January and July. The map shows cou... |
| Date: | 02 1831 |
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| Description: | Printed invitation addressed to Mr. I.A. Lapham for a ball at C. McCoy's hotel to be held on February 17, 1831. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Leo Lesquereux, American paleobotanist. Also worked as assistant to L. Aggasiz. |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | This pen and ink map shows counties outlined in red, cities over 3,000 inhabitants, and county seats. The bottom margin includes a handwritten description ... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of Thomas Bassnett (b. 1808, d. aft 1885), American meteorologist. Handwritten inscription at bottom of card reads, "Thos. Bassnet... |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite map of Wisconsin. Broken down into a grid, and includes some topography and Lake Michigan. The letters "M.C." have been written on top of t... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875), Scottish lawyer, geologist, and advocate of uniformitarianism. Handwritten text at the bottom o... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of John W. Taylor, British genealogist. Handwritten inscription on bottom reads, "John W. Taylor, Leeds - England, 1869.... |
| Date: | 01 22 1959 |
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| Description: | Photograph of Gov. Gaylord Nelson delivering a speech at a podium asking the state's lawmakers to help create a Wisconsin Economic Resources Commission to ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A Wright airplane flying over a grandstand in Indianapolis, with a second unidentified plane in the foreground. This exhibition at the recently-constructed... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of B.K. Emerson (1837-1928), professor of Minerology and Geology at Amherst College. Handwritten inscription at the bottom reads, ... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite quarter-length portrait of John Torrey (1796-1863), American botanist. Worked as New York state botanist from 1836. Handwritten i... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait photograph of Hubert Anson Newton (1830-1896), American astronomer and mathematician. He was best known for his research on meteor... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of Henry B. Nason (1831-1895), head of the Chemistry department at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the first Technological s... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of Richard Owen (1804-1892), English comparative anatomist, and paleontologist. A controversial figure, Owen is credited for coini... |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of Moses Strong, a Wisconsin archaeologist who served as Lapham's assistant. His most important article was titled, "Prehistoric M... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Asa Gray (1810-1888), American botanist. His most popular botanical publication, "Gray's Manual," remains a standar... |
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