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Photograph

River Baptism

Date: 1888
Description: A baptism in a river in southern Wisconsin.
Magazine or Periodical

Pilgrims To The Holy Well

Date: 10 14 1871
Description: Pilgrims kneeling and praying at the holy well near Galway, Ireland.
Map or Atlas

Panoramic View of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: Bird's-eye map of Milwaukee with prominent streets and buildings identified. Taken from City Hall Tower.
Map or Atlas

Harrison's Map of Madison

Date: 1855
Description: Map of the city of Madison, Dane County, published by George Harrison, surveyed and drawn by P. McCabe, and engraved by J.H. Colton & Co., New York. In add...
Photograph

Holy Family Convent and College

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of The Holy Family Convent and College, motherhouse of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, and liberal arts for the education of Siste...
Map or Atlas

Survey of the Neenah (or Fox) River: No. 4 Little Chute

Date: 1840
Description: This map surveyed under the direction of Captain Thomas J. Cram is one in a series of seventeen that accompanied Cram's report on the Fox-Wisconsin river s...
Painting

Centennial Mural Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Two preliminary watercolors of the right panel of the Centennial Mural in the Wisconsin Historical Society. The panel displays the history of Wisconsin ex...
Painting

Centennial Mural Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: A watercolor of the right panel of the Centennial Mural in the Wisconsin Historical Society. This panel displays the history of Wisconsin exploration, mos...
Drawing

Nashotah Mission

Date: 1876
Description: Distant view of Neshotah Mission. River with boaters, two people standing on riverbank, mission on hill in background.
Photograph

Bethel, a Church Boat

Date: 06 04 1894
Description: View of a church boat called "Bethel" on the river.
Map or Atlas

Our Church Life Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1897
Description: A map of Wisconsin showing the self-supporting churches, Home Missionary churches, stations not organized, Sunday schools of C.S.S. Society, Congregational...
Map or Atlas

Bad River Indian Reservation, Wisconsin

Date: 1939
Description: This map shows the towns to Gingles, Sanborn, and Guney as well as Chequamegon Bay, Kakagon River, White River, Marengo River, Bad River, Potato River, Vau...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin Land Grant Limits

Date: 1881
Description: A brochure with a map of Wisconsin that also includes information (in English, German, Norwegian, and Swedish) pertaining to the state, such as its timber ...
Postcard

Franciscan Fathers St. Francis Monastery & College

Date: 
Description: Aerial view of a monastery and college with other buildings and landscaping.
Photograph

The Newlyweds Depart

Date: 04 1980
Description: Shortly after their wedding at Saint Theresa Catholic Church, Eugene Bodden and his bride, Linda Johnson prepare to leave the church in a manure spreader.
Map or Atlas

Historical & Pictorial Map of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

Date: 1940
Description: This map of Beaver Dam pictorially shows the history of the town. The map was made for the 100th anniversary celebration of Beaver Dam in 1941. The map inc...
Postcard

Collage Postcard

Date: 11 16 1908
Description: Photographic COLLAGE postcard of scenes of Colfax. In the center oval is the text, "Colfax, Wis. Looks Good To Me," however the "Looks Good To Me" is cross...
Map or Atlas

Monroe, Green Co., Wis.

Date: 1857
Description: This map shows rural landownership and acreages, lot and block numbers, selected buildings, roads, railroads, and public squares. The map is indexed for th...
Map or Atlas

Map of Bad River Indian Reservation

Date: 1911
Description: This map shows swamps, railroads, rivers, roads, the Catholic Mission Reserve, the day school, and the Agency Reserve. Lake Superior is labeled. An inset m...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Mineral Lands Upon Lake Superior Ceded to the United States by the Treaty of 1842 With the Chippeway Indians

Date: 1845
Description: This map shows lakes, rivers, Chippewa land, the U.S. Mineral Land Agency, boundary between U.S. and Canada, Methodist and Catholic missions, and American ...

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