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View of the Butte des Morts Treaty Ground, with the arrival of the Commissioners Gov. Lewis Cass and Col. McKenny

Date: 1835
Description: Little Lake Butte Des Morts just north of Lake Winnebago where Governor Lewis Cass of Michigan, and Thomas McKenney, head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (...
Photograph

Pesticide Spraying

Date: 1925
Description: Loading an airplane with calcium arsenate in order to spray for the hemlock looper pest in Peninsula State Park. This is believed to be the first such use ...
Photograph

Great Divide or Watershed Sign

Date: 1930
Description: Great Divide or watershed sign.
Photograph

The Second First Presbyterian Church

Date: 
Description: View of the church. A dusting of snow is on the church lawn. The church has a tall spire, and stained-glass windows with gothic arches. First Presbyterian ...
Photograph

Fort Howard Hospital

Date: 04 09 1934
Description: View from street towards the Fort Howard Hospital.
Photograph

Governor Nelson Dewey House

Date: 1925
Description: View across road towards Governor Nelson Dewey's house.
Photograph

Briggs Hotel

Date: 1912
Description: View from road of the Briggs Hotel, which burned down in 1913.
Photograph

Diamond Jo Warehouse

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view over the long roof of the Diamond Jo warehouse. The Mississippi River is on the left, with hills in the background.
Photograph

Blake House

Date: 1935
Description: View of the Blake House (north elevation, front). The house was razed prior to 1952.
Photograph

Old Indian Agency House

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. View of Portage Canal in foreground. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox...
Photograph

Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Portage Canal. In the immediate foreground is the Fox River, then the lower locks and the canal itself. The Indian Agency House may be seen t...
Photograph

Plow (Plough) Inn

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior of Plow (Plough) Inn, located at 3402 Monroe Street. An early view of the tavern which derived its name from the Fuller & Johnson plows for sale o...
Photograph

Truck Caravan on Road

Date: 1917
Description: A caravan of trucks en route from International Harvester's Akron Works factory in Ohio to Chicago is traveling down a rural road lined with telephone pole...
Photograph

Catholic Church

Date: 1938
Description: Exterior view of Catholic Church. The convent is on the left and barns are to the right.
Photograph

IH Demonstration Farm at Larimore

Date: 08 03 1923
Description: View of an International Harvester Company demonstration farm, taken from a dirt road facing east, towards several barns and a farmhouse.
Photograph

The Irvington Company

Date: 1935
Description: View across field of four dwellings and a two-car garage located amongst very large pine trees. There are newly planted deciduous trees and hedges.
Photograph

International Dump Truck and Shovel at Hoover Dam

Date: 03 1932
Description: Men use shovel to load boulder pieces, removed from the walls of Black Canyon with dynamite, into the back of an International truck during the constructio...
Book or Pamphlet

Four Legs Village, Entrance To Winnebago Lake

Date: 1856
Description: Lithographic view of Four Legs Village at the outlet of Lake Winnebago. There are is a person in a canoe on the river and a large tree in the foreground. S...
Drawing

Big-Foot's Village and Lake

Date: 1856
Description: Lithographic view of a man in a canoe on Big-Foot's Lake (modern day Lake Geneva) with a small settlement on a bluff overlooking the lake. A group of birds...
Drawing

Residence of John Kinzie, Esq. (The First House Built in Chicago)

Date: 1856
Description: Lithograhic view of the residence of John Kinzie on the bank of the Chicago River at the mouth of Lake Michigan. The residence consists of a house with a f...

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