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Painting

Fort Crawford

Date: 1840
Description: Photograph of a painting of the second Fort Crawford, built 1829-1835. Two men are in a boat in the water in the foreground. The first Fort Crawford at Pra...
Photograph

Dauntless Divebomber

Date: 05 07 1944
Description: Navy SPD-1 bomber over Truk. Moen Island is in the foreground, Fefan is at the right, and Etan is directly below the plane.
Photograph

Navy Fighters

Date: 10 10 1951
Description: Two Banshee jet fighters from the carrier Essex in search of targets in the North Korean sector.
Photograph

International Bus

Date: 01 02 1928
Description: An empty International bus parked on a cobblestone street. The name "W.R. Hearst" is on the side of the truck.
Photograph

Actors on McCormick-Deering Tractor

Date: 08 16 1929
Description: Man and a young girl plowing a field with a McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor in the Fox Film production "Our Daily Bread".
Photograph

McCormick-Deering 1.5 Horsepower Engine

Date: 
Description: Farmer using a McCormick-Deering 1 H.P. stationary engine.
Photograph

Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1950
Description: View looking up at the Methodist Episcopal church over tree covered formations on the banks of Arkansaw Creek.
Photograph

Man looking over Copper Falls in Mellen

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the falls. There are three men at the top of the falls.
Photograph

Devil's Lake and the Baraboo Bluffs

Date: 1948
Description: View from the east bluff of lake with a motorboat. A geologic pinnacle juts out from the lower left of the image.
Photograph

East River with Train Crossing

Date: 
Description: Aerial view of a train crossing the East River in a rural community south of Green Bay. Some buildings are visible to the right and the background of the i...
Photograph

Aerial View of Hillsboro

Date: 1957
Description: Aerial view of Hillsboro.
Photograph

Wonewoc, Wisconsin

Date: 1953
Description: Aerial view of Wonewoc with hills or bluffs in the foreground on the right.
Photograph

Wausau Memorial Hospital

Date: 1945
Description: View of the Wausau Memorial Hospital, with the Wisconsin River in the foreground.
Photograph

200 Block of King Street

Date: 1949
Description: The 200 block of King Street looking toward the Union Transfer building.
Photograph

King and Wilson Streets

Date: 1949
Description: View downhill towards the intersection of King and Wilson streets.
Photograph

A Forgotten Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Abandoned mill, formerly called the Modena Roller Mills. The first mill was built in 1865 (now torn down).
Photograph

"John Muir Lake"

Date: 1960
Description: View of Ennis Lake, also known as Fountain Lake, located in the John Muir Memorial Park near Montello. As a boy, John Muir lived with his family on the sho...
Photograph

"John Muir Lake"

Date: 1960
Description: View of Ennis Lake, also known as Fountain Lake, located in the John Muir Memorial Park near Montello. As a boy, John Muir lived with his family on the sho...
Photograph

Champion Machine

Date: 1910
Description: A man drives two horses uphill, pulling a Champion sickle-bar mower.
Photograph

Farm Scene with Grain Binder

Date: 1905
Description: Farm scene including a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder, people, a farmhouse, and a barn.

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