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Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Back cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company. The cover features a color chromolithograph illustration of young boys racing hom...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Whitewater

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye view of Whitewater, with insets.
Print

Randall Harrow Advertisement

Date: 1890
Description: Advertisement for the Randall Harrow, manufactured by the Warrior Mower Company. Features a color illustration of a farmer using the harrow in a field.
Print

International Heavy Duty Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 07 16 1949
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring a color illustration of a couple of boys waving at a passing semi-truck (tractor-trailer). Includes t...
Print

Red Star Line Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of Louis Auer & Son, Milwaukee passenger agents for the Red Star Line, with a bearded man in a cap and uniform steering a ship's wheel. The name...
Painting

Green Bay Painting

Date: 1856
Description: " . . . The first in their series was not an 'improvement' but a view of the Green Bay settlement, looking downstream. From a simulated rustic fence corner...
Print

Scenery above La Crosse

Date: 
Description: La Crosse and scenery above.
Print

Kenosha Harbor

Date: 1871
Description: Engraved view of Kenosha harbor. A group of men fish from a pier in the foreground while several boats float through the harbor. A tug is pulling a large s...
Book or Pamphlet

H.M.S. Terror

Date: 1838
Description: Position of H.M.S. Terror on the 22nd of February, 1837. The sailing ship was immobilized in the sea ice near Southampton Island, at the entrance to...
Postcard

Government Dam and Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: View across river, with a man standing on the bridge on the right, looking at the government dam on the left. There is a sailing ship with three masts dock...
Postcard

Yacht Club

Date: 1910
Description: View across lake towards a line of sailboats at the dock of the Yacht Club. People are standing on the pier, and on the boathouse.
Postcard

A Cool Retreat on Lake Winnebago

Date: 
Description: View along shoreline towards a group of people gathered on the lawn and rocky shoreline of Lake Winnebago. A two-masted sailboat is moored in the far backg...
Postcard

Shores of Lake Kegonsa

Date: 08 08 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Shores of Lake Kegonsa, Stoughton, Wis." A man and woman are standing on the shoreline while three children are sitting in a sailboat...
Photograph

Viking Ship

Date: 1893
Description: View of a replica Viking Ship that sailed from Norway to the United States for the Columbian Exposition in 1893. Three men are standing on shore in front o...

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