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Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog

Date: 1887
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of farmers in a field with a horse-dra...
Map or Atlas

Panoramic View of Kewaskum, Washington Co., Wis. Looking to the North East

Date: 1878
Description: Bird's-eye map of Kewaskum. Includes a list of hotels, churches, post office, railroad depot, etc.
Print

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: Elevated view from bluff looking down on city, with Lake Michigan in background. Detailed foreground with two boys playing with a grounded kite, while a ma...
Photograph

Distant View of Mazomanie

Date: 1874
Description: Distant view of the town from a hill with houses, garden plots, businesses and churches.
Photograph

New Glarus from a Distance

Date: 1874
Description: View, from a distance, of New Glarus. A hill, trees and fences are in the foreground.
Photograph

Lodi From Cemetery Hill

Date: 1876
Description: A view of the town of Lodi as viewed from the hill north of the cemetery.
Photograph

Farmhouses and Churches

Date: 1900
Description: View from hill across field towards farmhouses, dwellings and churches along a road. In the foreground are stumps. Caption reads: "Big Falls, Wis."
Photograph

View from Hill of Cross Plains

Date: 1928
Description: View from hill of uptown Cross Plains with the Catholic Church (St. Francis Xavier) and farmhouses.
Postcard

Holy Hill

Date: 1920
Description: View of Holy Hill, with a field and the Hillside Hotel in the foreground. Captions read: "America's Favorite Place of Pilgrimage" and "The Holy Hill and Hi...
Photograph

Holy Hill

Date: 1955
Description: Elevated view from Holy Hill of the valley below. The roof and side of the church is on the left.
Photograph

Holy Hill

Date: 1963
Description: Elevated view of the Kettle Moraine area from Holy Hill.
Photograph

Elevated View of Wausau in Summer

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of Wausau from the edge of town looking toward residences and businesses. Hills are in the far background.
Photograph

View of Theresa, Wisconsin

Date: 1907
Description: View of Theresa, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Wisconsin Heights, Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: Elevated view. Caption on negative sleeve reads: "Black Hawk Battlefield. Wis. Heights. Looking N. of E. up valley towards Catholic Church. Mrs. Charles N....
Photograph

Bird's Eye View of Town

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the town with hills in the distance. In the foreground are cattle inside a fence near a cemetery with a windmill. The town is behind furth...
Photograph

Catholic Church

Date: 1920
Description: View of front exterior of church with a steeple with a cross on top. On the right is a row of trees, and beyond there appears to be a field or marshy area....
Photograph

U.B. Church

Date: 
Description: Exterior of the one-room United Brethren [?] Church. There is an outhouse to the left of the church. On the right is a hill with trees. Farm building and a...
Photograph

Methodist Evangelical Church

Date: 1916
Description: Exterior view of the Methodist Evangelical Church. The building features a sign that says: M.E. 1893. There is a lamp over the entrance, a small, lattice-e...
Photograph

View from Hill of Blanchardville

Date: 
Description: View from a hilltop looking down at the village. On the hilltop, there is a small tree. In the village are homes, a church, shops, and in the far distance,...
Photograph

View of Blanchardville

Date: 1913
Description: View of the village during the winter. There are many homes, shops, several churches and open land. Many of the buildings are two stories high.

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