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Photograph

Baby Bison and Mother at the Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 11 20 1958
Description: Two new baby bison pose with their mother at the Henry Vilas Park zoo. One baby was born on October 12th and the other on November 12th.
Book or Pamphlet

Pictorial Record of a Chief's Success in Hunting and War

Date: 1851
Description: Pictorial record of a Chief's Success in Hunting and War displayed in pictographs. Two rows of symbols including animals, human figures and plants.
Map or Atlas

Amplissimæ Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciæ Ludovicianæ: A R. P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss in America Septentrionali anno 1687

Date: 1720
Description: Detailed, ornate, and comprehensive map of America from the east coast to present day Texas. Numerous features appear throughout the map, including Native ...
Map or Atlas

Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-America: Nach der von Wm. Faden 1783 Herausgegebenen Charte

Date: 1783
Description: Map of the newly formed United States showing borders, regions, Native American land, cities, mountains, lakes, and rivers. It includes a small inset map o...
Map or Atlas

Louisiana, as Formerly Claimed by France: Now Containing Part of British America to the East & Spanish America to the West of the Mississipi

Date: 1765
Description: Detailed map composed for the London Magazine of the Mississippi River Valley at the conclusion of the French and Indian War. The British colonies themselv...
Map or Atlas

Carte Nouvelle de la Louisiane, et de la Rivière de Missisipi, Découverte par feu Mr. de la Salle

Date: 1713
Description: Map showing the regions explored by Robert de La Salle between 1681 and 1686, as well as the route La Salle, and later Henri Joutel, took, moving north fro...
Painting

Indian Man on Horseback Hunting Buffalo

Date: 
Description: Watercolor of an Indian hunting buffalo while riding a horse and shooting a bow and arrow. The buffalo being hunted has one arrow in its side.
Print

Herd of Bison near Lake Jessie

Date: 11 22 1919
Description: Print on card depicting a herd of Bison near Lake Jessie. Written under the title is the date: "July 10th, 1853" and "Shyenne River County."
Print

Illustration of a Buffalo

Date: 
Description: A wildlife scene featuring a buffalo.
Photograph

Buffalo at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 09 1900
Description: View of a herd of buffalo at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

Buffalo at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 09 1900
Description: View of a buffalo and a cow standing near a fence at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

Large Stone Fireplace

Date: 1934
Description: Interior view of a wide, two-story high, stone fireplace inside a large barn like building with exposed beams on ceiling and walls. Two men are sitting on ...
Photograph

"Indian Buffalo Hunt"

Date: 1907
Description: View of the statue, "Indian Buffalo Hunt," by Henry Bush-Brown. The sculpture was exhibited at the Jamestown Exposition.
Photograph

Vilas Park Zoo Buffalo

Date: 12 20 1948
Description: Bison at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo) in Madison.
Poster

The Buffalo Shoppe Poster

Date: 08 1972
Description: Poster advertising The Buffalo Shoppe at 1348 Williamson Street, in Madison, Wisconsin. Featured antiques, and an old time photo studio, with photos taken ...
Print

Herd of Bison, on the Upper Missouri

Date: 1832
Description: Herd of Bison, on the Upper Missouri River.
Photograph

Philippine Workers Transport Fibre using Water Buffalo

Date: 
Description: Workers transporting twine fibre (fiber) using water buffalo and a wooden cart in the Philippines. The fibre was likely used by International Harvester fo...
Print

Herds of Bison and Elk on the Upper Missouri

Date: 1832
Description: Herds of bison and elk on the Upper Missouri River.
Print

Indians Hunting the Bison

Date: 1832
Description: Indians on horseback hunting bison.
Print

McCormick Catalog Art

Date: 1889
Description: Color lithograph illustration on the back cover of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a buffalo gazing down upon men with harvesting m...

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