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Manuscript

Floor Plan of Eilert Farm Equipment

Date: 1938
Description: Overhead schematic of the lay-out of the Eilert Farm Equipment Company, an International Harvester dealership. The illustration was in a brochure urging de...
Drawing

Floor Plan of Nakoma Country Club

Date: 1924
Description: Unexecuted design by Frank Lloyd Wright of Nakoma Country Club, for which the architect received a fee of $5,000.
Drawing

Transportation Museum

Date: 1957
Description: Architects' rendering of a proposed transportation museum project. The text on the bottom of the print reads: "Proposed Museum of Transportation; Green Bay...
Photograph

Hooley's Opera House

Date: 1872
Description: A lithograph of the layout of Hooley's Opera House.
Drawing

S.C. Johnson and Son Wax Co.

Date: 1944
Description: Artist's rendering of the research and development tower and administration building of the S.C. Johnson and Son Wax Co.
Print

Washington, D.C.

Date: 
Description: Engraving of the plan for Washington, D.C., drawn by E. Sachse and engraved by M. Hart for the Progress of the Republic. The engraving appears on a letter ...
Print

Wisconsin State Capitol (Second) Engraving

Date: 1854
Description: Engraving of the first capitol building built in Madison used as an illustration by the Madison Mutual Insurance Company, a first insurance company, the di...
Drawing

Fort Crawford

Date: 1817
Description: Sketch of an elevated view of Fort Crawford (1816-1829).
Photograph

Drawing of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: Architect's rendering of the exterior of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, now The Wisconsin Historical Society.
Drawing

Drawing of the Reading Room

Date: 1896
Description: Rendering of the library reading room in the State Historical Society, now the Wisconsin Historical Society. This was the final, accepted design by Ferry a...
Magazine or Periodical

"Presenting the Key Design for the Dealer's Base of Operations"

Date: 09 1944
Description: The cover page for International Harvester's "Store Technics" September to October edition of magazines and newsletters. The article titled "Presenting the...
Drawing

Milwaukee-Downer College

Date: 1900
Description: Merrill Hall; North elevation. Architectural plans with scale.
Drawing

Milwaukee Public Library and Museum Plan

Date: 1898
Description: Design for the plan of the first and second floors, accepted through a competition. The museum space is at the far left.
Drawing

Memorial Library

Date: 1951
Description: Rendering of the Memorial Library building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The drawing of the building depicts a group of people near the en...
Print

Memorial Union

Date: 1921
Description: Memorial Union from across Langdon Street on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Projected drawing of the Union at its completion. Included is a fe...
Drawing

Neenah Public Library

Date: 
Description: Copy of an artist's rendering of the exterior view of the Neenah Public Library. The lower right corner reads: "Van Ryn & DeGelleke Architects, Milwaukee, ...
Photograph

West Allis Public Library

Date: 
Description: Copy of architect's rendering of the exterior of the West Allis Public Library. The library was funded with a $15,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie. Upper righ...
Drawing

Southern Home for Feeble Minded and Epileptics

Date: 1920
Description: Perspective drawing of a courtyard at Southern Colony for the Developmentally Disabled. An index to other drawings in the collection appears at left.
Map or Atlas

Diagram of the Assembly Chamber

Date: 1862
Description: Diagram and seating chart for the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Postcard

Wisconsin Pavilion in the New York World's Fair

Date: 1964
Description: Print of a color drawing of the Wisconsin Pavilion in the New York World's Fair executed by the architect, John Steinmann. The rendering is of an elevated ...

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