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Drawing

Lake Superior Area

Date: 1852
Description: Illustration of four Indians on Madeline Island with a canoe in the water on the shore.
Print

View of the Butte des Morts Treaty Ground, with the arrival of the Commissioners Gov. Lewis Cass and Col. McKenny

Date: 1835
Description: Little Lake Butte Des Morts just north of Lake Winnebago where Governor Lewis Cass of Michigan, and Thomas McKenney, head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (...
Print

Mih-Tutta-Hangkusch: A Mandan Village

Date: 1832
Description: Mih-Tutta-Hangkusch, a Mandan village with boats on the river in foreground.
Print

Junction of the Yellowstone River with the Missouri

Date: 1832
Description: Junction of the Yellowstone River and the Missouri River.
Print

The Citadel Rock on the Upper Missouri

Date: 1832
Description: The Citadel Rock on the Upper Missouri River.
Print

Herds of Bison and Elk on the Upper Missouri

Date: 1832
Description: Herds of bison and elk on the Upper Missouri River.
Book or Pamphlet

J.F. Seiberling & Co. Catalog

Date: 1893
Description: Front and back covers of an advertising brochure for the New Empire line of mowers, reapers and grain binders manufactured by J.F. Seiberling & Company. Th...
Book or Pamphlet

Champion Farm Equipment Catalog Cover

Date: 1913
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Champion farm equipment, featuring a chromolithograph illustration of Native Americans ...
Print

Fortified Village of Aztalan

Date: 1955
Description: Artist's conception of ancient village of Aztalan, fortified with high walls surrounding it.
Print

Defeat of General Braddock

Date: 01 07 1855
Description: Sketch of the defeat of General Braddock during an ambush in the French and Indian War. Caption reads: "Defeat of General Braddock, in the French and India...
Postcard

Old Indian Burying Grounds

Date: 1959
Description: Caption reads: "Old Indian Burying Grounds LaPointe Wisconsin."
Postcard

Indian Cemetery

Date: 1905
Description: Indian cemetery. A large body of water is in the background. Caption reads: "Indian Burying Grounds, Bayfield, Wis."
Postcard

Government Indian School

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of the main building. Caption reads: "Government Indian School, Main Building, Tomah, Wis."
Postcard

Indian School

Date: 1910
Description: View across lawn toward the Indian School. Caption reads: "Indian School, Wis."
Postcard

Mission House

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view across yard toward the mission house. Caption reads: "Old mission house built about 1740 by Reverend John Sergeant, first missionary to the S...
Print

Linear Mound on the Dividing Ridge

Date: 
Description: Two men enjoy the shade among Native American burial mounds on the Dividing Ridge, a recessional moraine, between Lakes Monona and Wingra in Madison, Wisco...
Photograph

Goose Effigy Mound at Black Hawk Country Club

Date: 1919
Description: A goose effigy mound outlined with lime, on the grounds of the Black Hawk Country Club. The folded wings are characteristic of goose effigies in the area o...
Photograph

Conical Mounds at Morris Park

Date: 
Description: A row of conical mounds at Morris Park on the west side of Lake Mendota, in or near Governor Nelson State Park.
Photograph

Large Burial Mound at Morris Park near Lake Mendota

Date: 
Description: A large burial mound near the south side of Governor Nelson State Park.
Painting

Fort Shelby/Fort McKay

Date: 1823
Description: British evacuation of their fort at Prairie du Chien after the end of the War of 1812. Fort Shelby, the first fort at Prairie du Chien, was built in 1814 b...

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