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Photograph

Unloading Coal

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Description: A man unloads coal from a boat by walking a wheelbarrow across wooden platforms raised on scaffolds. In the background a man stands with an empty wheelbarr...
Map or Atlas

La Crosse, Wis.

Date: 1873
Description: Bird's-eye map of La Crosse from the Mississippi River.
Magazine or Periodical

Pictorial Map of Australia

Date: 1938
Description: A colorful pictorial map of Australia, featured on the front and back cover of a special Australian edition of International Trail.
Painting

The Catholic Cathedral in New Orleans

Date: 1859
Description: On an excursion to the South in November 1859, Hölzlhuber made the three-day trip on the steamboat Planet from St. Louis to New Orleans. In the harb...
Photograph

Harbor Looking North

Date: 1900
Description: Looking North. Harbor with boats, bridge, and buildings.
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Postage Stamp Design with Badger

Date: 12 13 1947
Description: Design in blue for Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp featuring a badger in a subtle "W" design.
Photograph

Boat on Edge of Ice

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Description: View of a ship in the spring on the edge of the ice five miles off Nome. On shore, sleds and sled dogs are in the foreground. Caption reads: "The first boa...
Photograph

Model S-24 Truck Hauling Corn to the Station

Date: 11 30 1927
Description: A tractor and a model S-24 truck are in the distance as men process corn and pile sacks for shipment. The men worked for Balbi Brothers(?) of the "Estacion...
Print

Edward P. Allis & Company's Reliance Works and Bay State Works

Date: 1883
Description: Etched print of factory with inset of Bay State Works in lower right corner. Lake with ships in background, with busy, buggy covered roads in foreground. ...
Print

Schlitz Brewing Company

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of brewing company and surrounding roads. On the road in front of the buildings are horse-drawn carts carrying barrels, a trolley car, and pe...
Photograph

Steamboats at Wharf

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Description: Elevated view of several steamboats docked at the wharf. Some of the boats are docked near a building bearing advertising reading: "Gardner's Furniture, Ca...
Print

Wisconsin Chair Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Wisconsin Chair Company of Port Washington, Wisconsin, with its McLean patented swing rocking chair set against a circular background with ...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower near Shoreline

Date: 1900
Description: View from rear of a man using a horse-drawn mower along a shoreline at League Island. A man is standing near him on the right. In the background on the lef...
Print

Engraving of Deering Harvester Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Deering Harvester Works. Includes insets: one in the bottom left corner is of a man using a horse-drawn mower, and the one in the bottom r...
Book or Pamphlet

"At Home Abroad" Brochure Inside Spread

Date: 1938
Description: Inside spread of "At Home Abroad" brochure. The title reads: "A World-wide Sales and Service Organization." Features a map of the continents of the world. ...
Photograph

Turkish Landsturm (Reservists) Leading Supply Horses

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Description: Turkish soldiers taking supplies to the front.
Print

Wisconsin Coat of Arms

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Description: 1881 version of the Coat of Arms of the State of Wisconsin.

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