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Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin : Befolkning, Jordbrgsbeschaffenhed og Klimat i Wisconsins nordlige Del : Haandbog til Nytte og Fordel for Invandrere

Date: 1896
Description: Norwegian language Board of Immigration publication promoting Wisconsin.
Poster

Emigrant Rates Poster

Date: 04 01 1867
Description: Castle Garden Emigrant Agency poster advertising railroad travel rates for emigrants.
Manuscript

Antoni Plichta Declaration of Intention

Date: 03 28 1882
Description: U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor Naturalization service form 2203, Declaration of Intention for Antoni Plichta filled out in Cook County, Illinois.
Drawing

Jane Addams of Hull House

Date: 
Description: Jane Addams holding an open book, surrounded by immigrant children.
Photograph

Americanization Pageant

Date: 05 18 1919
Description: Scene from Poale Zion Chasidim, an Americanization pageant held in the Milwaukee auditorium to welcome Milwaukee's new citizens.
Photograph

Buying Tickets at Ellis Island

Date: 
Description: Immigrants buying tickets at Ellis Island.
Photograph

Registering to Vote

Date: 09 02 1954
Description: A group of newly naturalized citizens registering to vote at City Hall.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin Land Sales Pamphlet

Date: 1880
Description: Cover of a pamphlet, printed in German, advertising land for sale in Wisconsin.
Photograph

Immigrants on Boats

Date: 
Description: Medical officers inspecting immigrants.
Print

Dog-Sledges of the Mandan Indians

Date: 1832
Description: Two dog-sledges hauling supplies, with one also carrying a Mandan.
Magazine or Periodical

Departure of a Colony of Emigrants for Colorado

Date: 1870
Description: Crowd gathered at Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Station to see off a colony of emigrants from Chicago who planned to settle in Colorado on a tract of land p...
Magazine or Periodical

Emigrant Landing in New York

Date: 1858
Description: Large group of people leaving a steam ship, some transporting large chests of their belongings.
Book or Pamphlet

German Immigration Brochure Cover

Date: 1881
Description: Cover of a brochure in German for Wisconsin immigration.
Book or Pamphlet

German Immigration Brochure Cover

Date: 1868
Description: Cover of a brochure in German for Wisconsin immigration.
Book or Pamphlet

German Immigration Brochure Cover

Date: 1870
Description: Cover of a Wisconsin immigration brochure in German.
Book or Pamphlet

German Immigration Brochure Cover

Date: 1896
Description: Cover of a brochure in German for Wisconsin immmigration.
Document

"Wisconsin. What It Offers to the Immigrant" Report

Date: 1879
Description: Blue cover design of an official report entitled "Wisconsin. What It Offers to the Immigrant".
Book or Pamphlet

German Wisconsin Pamphlet Cover

Date: 1868
Description: Cover of a 31-page pamphlet promoting Wisconsin to German immigrants, which translates to read "Wisconsin. An Account of the Population, soil, climate, Com...
Photograph

Emigration Trunk

Date: 2003
Description: Emigration trunk on the porch of the Old Place on the Quinney farm.
Painting

The Tuisco, an Immigration Ship

Date: 1856
Description: The Tuisco left Bremerhaven May 6, 1856. Hölzlhuber called this the "quickest three masted immigration boat," holding 335 passengers. Though in the ...

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