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Photograph

Fort Winnebago

Date: 1831
Description: Fort Winnebago, a print published in Mrs. John H. Kinzie's Wau-bun (1856).
Drawing

Fort Winnebago

Date: 1930
Description: A sketch of the surgeon's quarters at Fort Winnebago. Caption reads: "Fort Winnebago Surgeons' Quarter".
Print

Slaves Escaping at Fort Monroe

Date: 1860
Description: Scene of 16 figures. A slave owner is raising his whip as black families are racing towards Fort Monroe, with some remaining behind picking cotton. The sla...
Print

International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 07 1941
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring color illustrations of a truck and the United States, largely in red, white and blue. Includes the te...
Map or Atlas

State of Wisconsin

Date: 1931
Description: This U.S. Geological Survey map of Wisconsin shows counties, cities and villages, lighthouses, Indian reservations, military reservations, and bird and gam...
Map or Atlas

Camp Williams Site Plan

Date: 1947
Description: Map includes a legend identifying four types of runway lights for aircraft, and a building index. The map includes an inset of the site and location plan. ...
Postcard

Archway through Hospital Ramp

Date: 
Description: Colorized postcard view of an arch at Camp McCoy with ramps on either side and a road passing through it. Parked cars and barracks are on the far side of t...
Map or Atlas

A Map of Virginia According to Captain Iohn Smith's Map Published anno 1606: Also of the Adjacent Country Called by the Dutch Niew Nederlant, anno 1630

Date: 1735
Description: Map of the Chesapeake Bay region and surrounding areas, with north oriented towards the right. A few forts, rivers, and bays are labeled, as are the region...
Map or Atlas

A Map of the Country in Which the Army Under Lt. General Burgoyne Acted in the Campaign of 1777: Shewing the Marches of the Army & the Places of the Principal Actions

Date: 1780
Description: Detailed topographical and political map of the area from Lake Champlain to Albany and the Hudson River. Relief is shown through hachures. The map shows ci...
Map or Atlas

Lovisiana by de Rivier Missisippi

Date: 1720
Description: Map showing the course of the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico up past Lake Superior into Canada. It shows the towns, Native American tribes and l...
Map or Atlas

A Map of the Tennassee Government, Formerly Part of North Carolina

Date: 1795
Description: Map of the new state of Tennessee. It shows borders, numerous boundary lines (particularly Native American boundaries), towns (European and Native American...
Map or Atlas

A Map of the Tennassee [sic] Government: Formerly Part of North Carolina from the Latest Surveys

Date: 1796
Description: Map of the new state of Tennessee. It shows borders, numerous boundary lines (particularly Native American boundaries), towns (European and Native American...
Map or Atlas

A Map of the Tennassee [sic] Government: Formerly Part of North Carolina, Taken Chiefly from Surveys by Genl. D. Smith & Others; J.T. Scott, Sculp

Date: 1800
Description: Map of the new state of Tennessee. It shows borders, numerous boundary lines (particularly Native American boundaries), towns (European and Native American...
Map or Atlas

Kentucky, Reduced from Elihu Barker's Large Map

Date: 1795
Description: Detailed map of Kentucky showing counties, cities, towns, Native American towns, forts, salt licks, roads, prairies, mountains, lakes, and rivers. Numerous...
Map or Atlas

A Plan of the Rapids of the Ohio

Date: 1793
Description: Detailed topographical map of the Ohio River between Clarkville and Louisville. It shows plots of farmland, forest, islands, garden plots, houses, Fort Fe...
Map or Atlas

A Map of the Country on the Ohio & Muskingum Rivers Shewing the Situation of the Indian Towns with Respect to the Army under the Command of Colonel Bouquet

Date: 1766
Description: Map of the region south of Lake Erie to the Ohio River. It shows forts, towns, Native American towns, mines, roads, mountains, swamps, lakes, and rivers. T...
Map or Atlas

View of the Celebrated Indian Fortifications Near the Junction of the Ohio & Muskingum Rivers

Date: 1791
Description: Small map of an abandoned Native American town and fort at the junction of the Ohio and Muskingum River. It shows the fortifications, an outline of the tow...
Map or Atlas

A Map of the Five Great Lakes with Part of Pensilvania, New York, Canada, and Hudsons Bay Territories &c

Date: 1755
Description: Map of the Great Lakes region during the French and Indian War. It shows in great detail the territories, borders and boundary lines, Native American tribe...
Postcard

Panel of the Brown County Court House

Date: 1851
Description: Elevated view across water towards Fort Howard. In the foreground is a man standing on a pier, and in the water nearby are five men rowing in a boat. Capti...

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