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Photograph

Military Band at Lookout Mountain

Date: 1864
Description: Albumen stereograph of the Union Army brass band posed and playing atop Lookout Point. The Tennessee River is in the background.
Drawing

Pic Island from Camp Porphyry

Date: 1850
Description: Pic Island on the north shore of Lake Superior.
Print

Fort Union, on the Missouri

Date: 1832
Description: Fort Union, on the Missouri River in Montana.
Print

Fort Clark on the Missouri River

Date: 1832
Description: Fort Clark, on the Missouri River, February 1834.
Print

The White Castles, on the Upper Missouri

Date: 1832
Description: The White Castles, on the Upper Missouri River.
Drawing

Running the Rapids of New River

Date: 02 21 1874
Description: African American boatmen run a rapids in a small river boat.
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...
Drawing

Porcupine Mountains

Date: 1854
Description: Drawing of the Porcupine Mountains on Lake Superior. A deer is standing in the lake drinking water. A man is on the rock ledge above the shoreline and is a...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog

Date: 1880
Description: Cover of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company fair circular (catalog). The cover is illustrated with a lake and mountain scene and includes the text "Man...
Painting

A View of Harper's Ferry

Date: 1857
Description: Business with Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper took Hölzlhuber to New York, and from there he also visited Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washingt...
Drawing

Wilkins 45: Bear Valley

Date: 07 31 1849
Description: Bear Valley in Utah; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail).

Wilki...

Drawing

Wilkins 47: Bear River

Date: 08 01 1849
Description: Bear Valley in Utah; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail). Wilki...
Drawing

Wilkins 50: Steam Boat Springs

Date: 08 03 1849
Description: Steam Boat Springs in Idaho; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail)....
Map or Atlas

State of Oregon

Date: 1879
Description: Map of the state of Oregon.
Map or Atlas

Washington Territory

Date: 1879
Description: Map of Washington Territory.
Photograph

Zermatt, Switzerland

Date: 1895
Description: Houses by a stream in Zermatt, Switzerland. A woman is doing laundry (?) in the foreground.
Map or Atlas

Carta Generale d'Italia

Date: 1883
Description: Map of Italy with text in Italian.
Map or Atlas

Map of Powell's Valley and Clinch Valley

Date: 11 26 1883
Description: A hand-drawn map of the Clinch and Powell's Valleys, including the Cumberland Mountains, Powell's Mountains and Clinch Mountains.
Photograph

Allatoona from the Etawah

Date: 1866
Description: View towards the Allatoona Pass from behind earthworks overlooking the Etawah River. A railroad bridge crosses the river on the right.
Plate 24
Photograph

Defences of the Etawah Bridge

Date: 1866
Description: View along earthworks overlooking the Etawah River and a railroad bridge. A tree stripped of branches and bark is on the left.
Plate 23

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