Date: | 01 12 1844 |
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Description: | Letter from Thomas Steel, Waukesha County physician and farmer, to his father, James Steel, in London, England. It includes a hand-drawn map of Milwaukee C... |
Date: | 02 22 1860 |
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Description: | Menu for the Newhall House hotel in Milwaukee, extensively illustrated with an engraving of the hotel and prices. The Newhall House, during its day one of ... |
Date: | 05 02 1882 |
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Description: | Illustrated invitation to a May Party at Liederkranz Hall given by the Makers and Sawyers of Milwaukee. The invitation is illustrated in color with a hors... |
Date: | 04 29 1882 |
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Description: | Printed invitation to the 2nd annual military ball of the Light Horse Squadron of Milwaukee. The invitation is printed in blue and gold and features illust... |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of William H. Canfield (1819-1913), a Wisconsin civil engineer and surveyor who is best known for his studies of Sauk County's nat... |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Professor Davenport Fisher (1832-1911), Milwaukee chemist. After earning his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Heidelberg Unive... |
Date: | 1857 |
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Description: | Letter on stationery featuring an engraving of an exterior view of the Milwaukee House showing horse-drawn vehicles and people standing on the sidewalk in ... |
Date: | 02 22 1899 |
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Description: | The facade of the John Pritzlaff Hardware Co., on the back cover of the Old Settlers' Club Banquet Menu. |
Date: | 1883 |
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Description: | Letterhead stationery of the Milwaukee Industrial Exposition Association, with an engraving of the building constructed for that event. |
Date: | 12 30 1856 |
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Description: | A Marshall & Isley, Bankers, check in the amount of $12,500.00 written to J. Alder Ellis from Samuel Marshall. |
Date: | 11 23 1863 |
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Description: | A receipt made out to Abraham Gilman for the $300 he paid to avoid serving his draft duty in the Civil War. |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | The state seal of Wisconsin appears in the upper left corner. To the right reads: "Head Quarters 18th Reg. Wis. Vol, Camp Trowbridge, Milwaukee" On t... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | A soldier rides a horse with a military camp in the background. Caption below reads, "CAMP WASHBURN, MILWAUKEE - - WIS." Blue ink on beige envelope, image ... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | A cavalry soldier on a horse appears on left, a military camp is seen in the background. To the right in fancy type: "Head Quarters, 2D REGT. WIS. CAVAL... |
Date: | 06 23 1885 |
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Description: | Menu card and satin overlay with the intertwined initials "M" and "A" for the Eighth Annual Banquet of the Merchants Association at Plankinton House. The f... |
Date: | 06 05 1884 |
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Description: | Die cut elongated octagonal menu for the 7th annual banquet of the Merchants Association at The Plankinton. On the cover is an oval portrait of a deer with... |
Date: | 09 21 1846 |
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Description: | Bill of fare for the United States Hotel, with decorative border ornaments running along the sides, top, and bottom of the menu, and general printed catego... |
Date: | 07 13 1871 |
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Description: | Menu printed on taupe silk for a banquet given to the Northwestern Amateur Boating Association by the Milwaukee Boat Club at Newhall House. At the top is a... |
Date: | 12 20 1879 |
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Description: | A program for a Christmas event at Toechter Institut. |
Date: | 06 08 1895 |
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Description: | One-page card menu, possibly from the restaurant in the Hotel Pfister. At the top left is an embossed crest with the Latin greeting "Salve" ("Welcome") sur... |
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