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Drawing

Fur Trading Post

Date: 1833
Description: Illustration of the Solomon Juneau fur trading post at Milwaukee in 1833.
Book or Pamphlet

IHC Two Speed Oil Tractor Catalog Cover

Date: 1910
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for IHC Type A and Type B two speed oil tractors.
Photograph

Romeo and Juliet Windmill

Date: 
Description: The Romeo and Juliet windmill outside of Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of the Frank Lloyd...
Postcard

Bruemmer's (or Brummer's) Dam and Pond

Date: 1905
Description: View from dam looking down river. A large building is in the background. Caption reads: "Looking Over Brummer's Dam, Algoma, Wis."
Postcard

Lover's Lane

Date: 1909
Description: View down Lover's Lane. Caption reads: "Lover's Lane, Appleton, Wis."
Postcard

Ore Docks

Date: 1920
Description: Caption reads: "Mammoth Ore Docks, Ashland, Wis." A building and roads are in the foreground. Several ore ships can be seen.
Map or Atlas

Map of Water Street

Date: 1950
Description: Map showing buildings formerly used as Ringling Brothers Circus winter quarters, along with adjoining buildings.
Postcard

Chippewa Falls, Wis. General View, from South Side of River

Date: 1910
Description: Chippewa Falls from the south side of the river below the falls. Includes the Sheely House Tavern, railway buildings, box cars, a train with five passenger...
Photograph

Street Scene, Ellison Bay

Date: 1910
Description: Street scene in Ellison Bay. On the far left is a building with a bell tower on the roof. Caption reads: "St. Scene, Ellison Bay, Wis."
Postcard

Bay Beach

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Bay Beach. Caption reads: "Bay Beach, Green Bay, Wis."
Postcard

Grassy Island Lighthouse

Date: 1920
Description: View across water toward the lighthouse. Caption reads: "Grassy Island Lighthouse, Green Bay, Wis."
Postcard

Mineral Springs

Date: 1910
Description: View from road toward Mineral Springs. There is a board sidewalk in the foreground. Caption reads: "Mineral Sprints, Green Bay, Wis."
Postcard

Chicago Club House

Date: 1900
Description: View across water towards the club house. Boats are along the shoreline. Caption reads: "Chicago Club House on Lake Court O'Reilles, Near Hayward, Wis."
Postcard

Bridge

Date: 1914
Description: View of a bridge with several buildings in the background. Caption reads: "'The Bridge' Honey Creek, Wis."
Print

Imperial Hotel Brochure

Date: 
Description: Cover of an English-language tourist brochure entitled "Imperial Hotel Tokio." The brief text does not mention the hotel's famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wr...
Print

Fairgrounds at Milwaukee

Date: 1859
Description: Elevated view of the fairgrounds in Milwaukee, the year when Abraham Lincoln spoke. The fairgrounds were located at the Brockway Grounds near Twelfth and S...
Print

Burton House

Date: 1885
Description: Burton House, (also referred to as the Ridge House by Edna Ferber in her novel, "Come and Get It") with horse-drawn carriages in the foreground.
Postcard

Soldiers' Monument

Date: 1905
Description: View across lawn towards the Monument. A building is in the background. Caption reads: "Soldiers Monument, Janesville, Wis."
Postcard

View from Crawfish Bridge

Date: 
Description: View down Crawfish Bridge, with a horse-drawn buggy approaching the bridge. Buildings and trees are along the river on the right. Caption reads: "View from...
Postcard

Library Park

Date: 1915
Description: View of park with monument on lawn. A domed building is in the background. Caption reads: "Library Park, Kenosha, Wis."

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