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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...
Photograph

North Baldwin Street from Johnson Street

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Description: Looking east down sidewalk running along East Johnson street towards three houses standing in a row on North Baldwin Street in the mid 1920s. On the right ...
Photograph

Stream Improvement

Date: 1935
Description: A stone weir has been built on a meandering river to improve it for fish habitat.
Photograph

Elk at Trout Lake

Date: 
Description: Elk on a snowy hillside among trees. There are bales of hay in the foreground.
Photograph

Wisconsin's First Capitol

Date: 1945
Description: Wisconsin Territorial Capitol, a building rented by the Legislature for 46 days in 1836. Caption from calendar: "Wisconsin's first Capitol — Belmont — Lafa...
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Traveling by Elephant to Florence

Date: 02 20 1923
Description: Five people are posing around an elephant in front of a large tree. Two people are standing next to the elephant, one man is the mahout sitting at the elep...

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