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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 (...
Painting

Fort Crawford

Date: 1840
Description: Fort Crawford (the second site, with buildings of 1829-?), on the east bank of the Mississippi River, about 2 miles above the mouth of the Wisconsin River.
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

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

University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse

Date: 1900
Description: View from shoreline of Lake Mendota of side of boathouse on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Two people stand in an arched doorway, and a pier e...
Photograph

Men with International Trucks at Hoover Dam

Date: 1932
Description: Men stand along a riverbank as International trucks are used to haul loads from the cliffs during the construction of the Hoover Dam. An electric shovel is...
Photograph

International Trucks at Hoover Dam

Date: 03 1932
Description: Two International trucks drive up a dirt road during the construction of the Hoover Dam.
Photograph

International Truck at Work at Hoover Dam

Date: 03 1932
Description: Men use dynamite, electric shovels, and an International truck to chip canyon walls down during the construction of the Hoover Dam.
Photograph

International Truck at Hoover Dam

Date: 03 1932
Description: View of front of International truck ascending a dirt road during the construction of the Hoover Dam.
Photograph

Man Driving International Truck at Hoover Dam

Date: 03 1932
Description: A man appears to be backing up an International truck through a dirt road pass in a mountainous area during the construction of Hoover Dam. He is standing ...
Photograph

International Truck Hauling Rocks at Hoover Dam

Date: 03 1932
Description: Men are standing on scaffolding built into the walls of a canyon during the construction of the Hoover Dam. An electric shovel is moving pieces of dynamite...
Photograph

Shovel and International Truck

Date: 03 1932
Description: A shovel unloads boulder pieces into the back of an International truck during the construction of the Hoover Dam.
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...
Photograph

Hoover Dam Site

Date: 1932
Description: Elevated view looking north toward the future site of the Hoover Dam.
Photograph

International Truck Loaded with Boulders at Hoover Dam

Date: 03 1932
Description: Rear view of an International dump truck loaded with boulders blasted from the sides of a canyon during the construction of the Hoover Dam.
Photograph

Black Canyon

Date: 1931
Description: Elevated view looking down through Black Canyon to the Colorado River, the future site of the Hoover Dam.
Photograph

Colorado River in Black Canyon

Date: 1931
Description: Elevated view looking down through Black Canyon to the Colorado River, the future site of the Hoover Dam.
Photograph

International Truck With Shovel at Hoover Dam Site

Date: 1931
Description: An International truck waits to be loaded with boulders blasted from the walls of Black Canyon during the construction of the Hoover Dam. The Colorado Rive...
Photograph

International Truck at Hoover Dam

Date: 1931
Description: Men drive an International truck up a dirt road along the Colorado River during the construction of the Hoover Dam in Black Canyon. There is a steam, or po...

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