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Immigrants at Ellis Island

Date: 1900
Description: A group of immigrants, both children and adults, who have just arrived at Ellis Island.
Poster

Haddon Hall and the Wye Valley

Date: 1947
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company, and promoting Haddon Hall and the Wye Valley as "The Peak Distr...
Postcard

At the Dells

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic postcard view of a group of people gathered at the shoreline of a lake. One group is launching a boat near the shore. Another group is in a sm...
Book or Pamphlet

The Buckeye Catalog with Calendar — April & May

Date: 1895
Description: Catalog featuring calendar pages. The month of April features a man and a woman standing outdoors, each is playing a violin. May features a man using a hor...
Poster

"Die Hand in der Falle" (The Hand in the Trap) Film Poster

Date: 1966
Description: German film poster for the Argentine film, "La mano en la trampa." Black and white photographic image of a woman standing and wearing a dress with the rota...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Appleton, Wis.

Date: 1874
Description: Birds-eye view of Appleton Wisconsin. In the foreground are people fishing, strolling, and looking over the canal towards the Fox River. Streets and buildi...
Postcard

Burns Park

Date: 
Description: Hand-colored view of a shady park with several flower beds in the lawn. Two girls are sitting on a bench along the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Burns Park, La...
Postcard

The Pike, "Wonderland" Milwaukee

Date: 1906
Description: Tinted postcard showing crowds of people standing in and near shops. Behind the shops is a roller coaster. Caption reads: "The Pike, 'Wonderland' Milwaukee...
Postcard

River Scene

Date: 08 25 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "River Scene, Stoughton, Wis." Two women in a canoe on the Yahara River near wetlands foliage, with two people on the pedestrian bridg...
Postcard

Trout Falls

Date: 1929
Description: Text on front reads: "Trout Falls, Near Sparta, Wis." Elevated view of river. On the left bank at the base of the falls is an open-sided stilt structure wi...
Postcard

Surgical Hospital

Date: 02 07 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Stoughton Surgical Hospital, Stoughton, Wis." Two women are standing on the porch and a man and two more women are standing on the si...
Postcard

Ice House

Date: 06 24 1914
Description: Handwriting on front reads: "Front View of Ice House." A group of men and women view the destruction as the result of a tornado that swept through the nort...
Postcard

Street Scene in West Lima

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Street Scene West-Lima, Wis." A group of six children, of various ages, pose in the middle of an unpaved street. An automobile and a ...
Postcard

Whitefish Bay Summer Resort

Date: 01 03 1901
Description: Text on front reads: "Glückliches Neues Jahr [Happy New Year]. Whitefish Bay Summer Resort." A crowd of people are enjoying the grounds and view at a resor...

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