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Painting

Fort Howard dans La Grand Baie Verte (Ouisconsin)

Date: 1842
Description: This hand-colored lithograph of the second Fort Howard, with Indians canoeing on the Fox River, shows the hospital built 1834-1835 outside the stockade on ...
Print

Village of Folle-Avoines

Date: 1842
Description: A Menominee village as depicted by Francois, Comte de Castelnau, a French naturalist and diplomat who visited the Green Bay area about 1838. The detailed, ...
Painting

Reid House

Date: 1842
Description: Watercolor of the Reid House, residence of William Reid at the head of Big Foot Lake (Lake Geneva). Two children and a woman are in the foreground.
Drawing

Shooting of Arndt by Vineyard

Date: 1842
Description: Shooting of Charles C.P. Arndt by James Vineyard in the territorial council chamber of the legislature. This depiction of the event was created by the staf...
Print

View of Southport

Date: 1842
Description: Lithograph of Southport.
Drawing

Front and State Streets

Date: 1842
Description: Drawing of Front and State Streets, showing the first houses in La Crosse.
Postcard

Watertown

Date: 1842
Description: View across the river towards several residences on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "Watertown in 1842."
Painting

View of La Pointe, Madeline, Wisconsin

Date: 1842
Description: American Fur Company with both Mission churches. Sketch purportedly by a Native American youth. Probably an overpainted photographic copy enlargement. Pape...
Print

The Reprimand

Date: 1842
Description: An engraving depicting a woman reprimanding a young woman, while a young man looks in at a window in the background.
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Map

Date: 1842
Description: Map reads: "Wisconsin". The map depicts the counties as of 1842 and the various areas of Indian settlements. The scale is twenty miles for every inch.
Map or Atlas

A New Map of the Western Rivers

Date: 1842
Description: A map of the Western rivers, a "travellers guide" exhibiting the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Illinois Rivers with principal towns.
Book or Pamphlet

Illustrations from "United States Exploring Expedition"

Date: 1842
Description: Large volume rare book entitled "United States Exploring Expedition". During the years 1838-1842 and under the command of Charles Wilkes,U.S.N. An Atlas of...
Book or Pamphlet

Illustrations from "United States Exploring Expedition"

Date: 1842
Description: Large volume rare book entitled "United States Exploring Expedition". During the years 1838-1842 and under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. An Atlas o...
Book or Pamphlet

Illustrations from "United States Exploring Expedition"

Date: 1842
Description: Large volume rare book entitled "United States Exploring Expedition". During the years 1838-1842 and under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. An Atlas o...
Print

Menominee War Dance

Date: 1842
Description: Menominee war dance, as depicted by Francois, Comte de Castelnau, a French naturalist and diplomat who visited Green Bay, Wisconsin about 1838. This detail...
Map or Atlas

Map of Northern Illinois and the Surveyed Part of Wisconsin

Date: 1842
Description: This map shows portions of northern Illinois and Wisconsin surveyed by the map's creation. It shows county lines and university land, and depicts lead and ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Grant County : Wisconsin Territory

Date: 1842
Description: Relief shown by hachures. Shows furnaces, saw mills, houses, roads, grist mills, entries, reservations, and diggings. "Compiled by order of the Board of C...
Photograph

Tshusick, an Ojibwa Woman

Date: 1842
Description: Portrait of a woman, who is sitting with her left arm resting on a desk or table. She is wearing a jacket, hat, skirt, and pants. According to History o...

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