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McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1847
Description: Engraving of the McCormick Reaper Works as it appeared in 1847. The factory was located on the north bank of the Chicago River, east of the Michigan Avenue...
Photograph

Henry R. Schoolcraft

Date: 1847
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft.
Print

Haas House in Calumet Harbor

Date: 1847
Description: Carl de Haas house from across a river.
Postcard

Thiensville Mills

Date: 1847
Description: An artists rendition of the western view of the Thiensville mills from the local tavern. Caption reads: "West View of Thiensville Mills from the Tavern."
Print

The Unwilling Bride

Date: 1847
Description: An unhappy looking bride is seated in a chair looking out the window as another woman sits on the floor holding her hand. A third woman looks on angrily.
Print

The Novel Reader

Date: 1847
Description: A woman sits at a table reading while apparently neglecting her whole family.
Photograph

Ecru, Red and Pink Baby Mittens

Date: 1847
Description: Baby mittens knitted of ecru, red and pink wool yarn.
Print

Native American and View of Milwaukee

Date: 1847
Description: Drawing of a Native American man looking into the Milwaukee settlement.
Photograph

Distant View of Town's Beginnings

Date: 1847
Description: Distant view of the early settlement of the town showing a strip of low-slung buildings in a barren expanse.
Map or Atlas

A New Map of Kentucky

Date: 1847
Description: A color map of Kentucky with insets showing Lexington, the Falls of Ohio, and the Ohio River.
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

Date: 1847
Description: In 1847, a year before Wisconsin entered statehood, most of the county shapes in southeastern and southern Wisconsin looked the same as they do today, wher...
Map or Atlas

Map of Southern Wisconsin

Date: 1847
Description: A hand-colored map that shows the area south and east of the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers, as well as a few landmarks just north of that area. The township gri...
Map or Atlas

Provisional Geological Map of part of the Chippeway Sand District

Date: 1847
Description: A geological, hand-colored map of Wisconsin north and west of the Wisconsin River, as well as portions of eastern Minnesota and Iowa from the Mississippi t...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

Date: 1847
Description: Shows parts of northeastern Iowa County, northwestern Dane County, and the extreme southern part of Sauk County "shewing the position of the British Temper...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1847
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, roads, railroads, and some landowners’ names. Lake Michigan, the Milwaukee River, and the Menomonee River are labeled...
Map or Atlas

A Geological Map of the Mineral Region From the Official Plats of the United States Surveys and Chart of Lake Superior Reduced From the Survey and Chart of Lieut. Byfield of the R.N.

Date: 1847
Description: This map identifies surveyed areas of the Upper Peninsula and shows lakes, rivers, and islands in portions of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and upper Can...
Map or Atlas

Provisional Geological Map of Part of the Chippeway Land District of Wisconsin with Part of Iowa & of Minnesota Terratory [sic] : to Illustrate the Report of a Geological Reconnoissance Make

Date: 1847
Description: This hand-colored map shows area north and west of Wisconsin River and south and east of Saint Louis and upper Mississippi Rivers.
Photograph

Henry A. Cooper, Drummer Boy

Date: 1847
Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype. Three-quarter length portrait of Henry A. Cooper, as a young boy, standing in front of a backdrop. He is wearing a military...
Photograph

Reverend C.J. Hendley

Date: 1847
Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype quarter-length profile portrait of Reverend C.J. Hendley. Episcopal clergyman. Married to Jane Olive Kimball, July 20, 1865 i...
Photograph

Unidentified Man

Date: 1847
Description: Sixth-plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of an unknown man sitting in a chair. He is holding a cane in one hand, and is wearing a suit coat, vest, and ...

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