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Syl with Boys and Anthill

Date: 1901
Description: Syl and friends holding handfuls of twigs investigating an anthill.
Photograph

Lina Cavalieri

Date: 1901
Description: The young Italian operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri in suggestive deshabille, her pearl decorated dress falling off her shoulders.
Photograph

"Rapid King" Steamship

Date: 1901
Description: View of the steamship "Rapid King" in the Lachine Rapids in the Saint Lawrence river near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Many passengers are on board the ship, ...
Photograph

Oil Gusher

Date: 1901
Description: A view of oil wells in Louisiana. On October 7, 1901, oil gushed to a height of seventy-five or eighty feet, continuing for seven hours. Caption reads: "Gu...
Poster

Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner Factory

Date: 1901
Description: Lithographed poster depicting an elevated view of the Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner factory and surrounding area. Text in the upper left corner reads, "Ch...
Photograph

Streetcars in Milwaukee

Date: 1901
Description: Elevated view of scene at the corner of Grand (Avenue?) and West Water Street, now Plankinton and Wisconsin Avenues. Several streetcars are in the streets ...
Photograph

Dirt Road in Town

Date: 1901
Description: View down dirt road of buildings and storefronts along a sidewalk, possibly Main Street, looking north toward the Chicago & Northwestern railroad tracks. A...
Photograph

Sixth District School No. 2, Fifth Grade Class

Date: 1901
Description: Milwaukee Public school, Sixth district School no. 2, Fifth grade class. teacher Miss H. Kather, Patrick Shaunnessy Principal. Boys: Emil Dankert, Charles ...
Poster

Poster for "A Modern Cinderella"

Date: 1901
Description: Color lithograph poster announcing “A Notable Production of the Last Word in Musical Comedy A Modern Cinderella/Book & Lyrics by Caspar Nathan/Music by Ham...
Poster

Poster for "A Modern Cinderella"

Date: 1901
Description: Color lithograph poster announcing “A Notable Production of the Last Word in Musical Comedy A Modern Cinderella”/”Book & Lyrics by Caspar Nathan”/”Music by...
Print

Bunde & Upmeyer Ad

Date: 1901
Description: Advertisement for Bunde & Upmeyer jewelers with a drawing of a butterfly-winged faerie holding a jeweled nacklace and hovering among several gemstones. The...
Photograph

William Dempster Hoard

Date: 1901
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of William Dempster Hoard.
Photograph

Fishing on Crawfish River

Date: 1901
Description: Boys are standing on boats, catching red horse fish using dip nets in the Crawfish River. The dip nets are set up on scaffolds in the river. In the backgro...
Photograph

Fishing on Crawfish River

Date: 1901
Description: View from shoreline of a man standing in a boat, dipping for carp on the Crawfish River. Behind him dip nets are set up on scaffolds in the river. There ar...
Map or Atlas

Map of Iowa County, Wisconsin

Date: 1901
Description: A hand-colored map of Iowa County, Wisconsin, shows townships and sections, towns, cities and villages, streams, landownership, roads, railroads and rural ...
Photograph

Bookshelves

Date: 1901
Description: Bookshelves in a law office, with a deer trophy mounted on the wall above. Below the shelves are chairs and a calendar for November 1901.
Print

King Corn

Date: 1901
Description: Advertisement for the grand exhibition of the McCormick corn binder, endorsed by "King Corn." Features an illustration of a Native American man and a photo...
Map or Atlas

Barron County, Wisconsin

Date: 1901
Description: This 1901 map of Barron County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, cities and villages, roads, railroads, and lakes and streams.
Map or Atlas

Map of Burnett County, Wisconsin

Date: 1901
Description: Map shows lakes, rivers, schools, saw mills, post offices, creameries, and churches. Includes significant manuscript annotations showing township divisions...
Map or Atlas

Map of Gates County, Wisconsin

Date: 1901
Description: Shows townships and sections, landownership and acreages, and rural buildings in what is now known as Rusk County.

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