Date: | 1857 |
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Description: | A lithographic portrait by Louis Kurz (1833-1921) of Madison Fire Engine Company #2 posed with a hand pumper and hose cart in front of the design of the ne... |
Date: | 1896 |
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Description: | Tree-lined State Street from Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Traffic on State Street includes two well-dressed gentlemen on hors... |
Date: | 1879 |
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Description: | Hop harvesters, mostly female, stand with hops, probably on the farm of Knudt Heimdal. Many of the harvesters have hop wreaths on their heads. Two men with... |
Date: | 1873 |
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Description: | Group portrait of men gathered in a farmyard, posed behind two plows. The plow in front has Argyle, Wisc. from Michalson Implement Company inscribed on the... |
Date: | 1883 |
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Description: | Tonyawatha Spring Hotel from a descriptive brochure. The hotel opened in 1879 and was destroyed by fire on July 31, 1895. |
Date: | 1861 |
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Description: | Drawn the first year of the Civil War, this colored 1861 map of Dane County shows its towns, cities and lakes. It includes insets of the wards of Madison a... |
Date: | 1836 |
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Description: | The top map is the "Plat of Madison the Capitol of Wisconsin." The bottom map is the "Map of the Four Lake Country. Taken from the Township Maps in the U.S... |
Date: | 1889 |
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Description: | Illustration of the exterior of the Fuller Opera House, which is a detail from a bird's-eye view map of Madison. |
Date: | 1879 |
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Description: | Advertisement for the 1879 Wisconsin State Fair held at Camp Randall in Madison. The poster features a drawing of a hot air balloon and boasts of special ... |
Date: | 1889 |
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Description: | Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul passenger depot with several people standing in front of the building. This is the Franklin Street station on East Wilson Str... |
Date: | 1889 |
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Description: | Original Chicago & North Western Railroad passenger station, 219 South Blair Street at East Wilson Street, with a few men gathered out front. Torn down in... |
Date: | 1889 |
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Description: | Madison City Hall, 2 West Mifflin Street built in 1857. |
Date: | 1889 |
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Description: | Illustration of the Wisconsin State Capitol with an American flag displayed on the dome. |
Date: | 1889 |
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Description: | Dane County Courthouse, begun in the fall of 1883 and finished in the spring of 1886. The cost, including equipment, was a little over $180,000. |
Date: | 1889 |
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Description: | The Illinois Central passenger depot. Caption reads: "Illinois Central Pass. Depot." |
Date: | 1837 |
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Description: | Photographic print of an amateur painting, probably representing the "first house in Madison, Wisconsin." The Peck Cabin, one of the many free variations o... |
Date: | 1856 |
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Description: | Knitted baby bonnet made with tan cotton yarn and decorated with glass beads. |
Date: | 1827 |
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Description: | Baby mittens knitted of blue and white wool yarn. |
Date: | 1847 |
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Description: | Baby mittens knitted of ecru, red and pink wool yarn. |
Date: | 1885 |
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Description: | Petticoat knitted of yellow, pink, blue, black, and white wool yarn, with a ribbon belt. |
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