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Map or Atlas

Father Hennepin's Map of the Upper Lakes

Date: 1697
Description: Father Hennepin's map in French of the upper lakes.
Book or Pamphlet

Combat between Indian Tribes

Date: 1852
Description: Illustration of the Ojibwa, the Sacs, and Foxes battling from canoes on the water.
Photograph

Women Posing in Stream

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Description: Group of women in comical poses pulling up their skirts while standing in a stream. One woman stands on the river bank on the right. Behind them is a hill...
Historical Object

Pastoral Needlework Scene

Date: 1800
Description: Needlework scene on silk worked in colored silk thread using running and crewel stitches. The hands and faces of the figures are watercolor on paper. Sce...
Photograph

Fisher Coming In From Harbor

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Description: A fishing boat coming in from the mouth of the harbor.
Photograph

Downriver from State Street Bridge

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Description: View downriver from the State Street Bridge showing a large sailing vessel.
Photograph

Sheboygan Lake Steamer

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Description: View across water towards the Sheboygan Lake steamboat out on the water, with several passengers visible on the deck.
Photograph

View from Near East Water Street Bridge

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Description: View of a steamboat down the river from near East Water Street Bridge.
Photograph

Toward the Bay from Walker's Point Bridge

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Description: View down the river toward the Bay from Walker's Point Bridge, showing several steamboats.
Painting

Fort Crawford

Date: 1840
Description: Photograph of a painting of the second Fort Crawford, built 1829-1835. Two men are in a boat in the water in the foreground. The first Fort Crawford at Pra...
Photograph

Axtell House

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Description: Exterior view of the Axtell House with Walker's Point Bridge in the foreground.
Photograph

Ships in Harbor

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Description: View of ships docked at the foot of Clinton Street.
Photograph

Milwaukee River Scene

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Description: Elevated view of a Milwaukee River scene showing people watching several steamboats from a bridge.
Photograph

Instantaneous View from the Mouth of the Harbor

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Description: A view from the mouth of the harbor towards a large sailing ship and a smaller sailing boat.
Photograph

D.G. & M. Depot

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Description: A view of the D.G. & M. Depot from the East Water Street Bridge.
Photograph

"The Ruby"

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Description: View of a ship called "The Ruby" going out from the mouth of a harbor.
Photograph

Old Hulks and Elevator A

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Description: View of old sailing boats at a shoreline with elevator A in the background.
Map or Atlas

Kaukauna, Outagamie County

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye map of Kaukauna.
Photograph

U.S.S Wisconsin

Date: 10 26 1945
Description: Elevated view of the USS Wisconsin Silver Presentation ceremony, with the ship's guns in the foreground.
Drawing

Chippewas Gathering Wild Rice

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Description: Illustration of three Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians gathering wild rice into a canoe.

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