Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Studio portrait of Magnus Swenson. He was a Norwegian immigrant who made his name in business and as an inventor. He served on the Wisconsin Capitol Buildi... |
Date: | 1879 |
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Description: | Harold and Gunhild Mickelson with five of their daughters (Bertha Mickelson Bragger and her husband are standing on the right), in Section 23 of the Town o... |
Date: | 01 1874 |
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Description: | Interior of a coach on an emigration train to the west. |
Date: | 1863 |
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Description: | Black & white lithograph by Milwaukee lithographer Louis Kurz depicting the Madison Turners or Turnverein at a shooting party on the Madison lakefront. Th... |
Date: | 1895 |
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Description: | Polish immigrant women at the Market Square wearing traditional, national clothing. In the background are brick buildings. A sign on one building reads: "C... |
Date: | 05 30 1851 |
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Description: | Portrait of the Siggelkow Family of copied from a lost daguerreotype. In the back row from left to right are Augusta Scharlotte, Johann Adolph, Marie Louis... |
Date: | 1852 |
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Description: | Printed petition addressed to Governor Leonard J. Farwell concerning the lack of qualifications of the present state Emigrant Agent and their desire for th... |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Polish immigrant standing near a team of horses eating hay in Market Square. He is wearing work clothes. Large brick buildings are in the background. |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Polish immigrants in Market Square wearing Polish national dress. The men are wearing suits, coats, and hats. The women are wearing dresses, shawls and hat... |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Polish immigrants, wearing Polish national dress, with a wagon in Market Square. Other men in the square are wearing suits, long coats, and hats. The women... |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Polish immigrants in Market Square wearing Polish national dress. The men are wearing suits, coats, and hats. The women are wearing dresses, shawls, hats a... |
Date: | 1895 |
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Description: | Elevated view of Polish immigrants in Market Square with horse-drawn lumber sledges and hay wagons. Commercial buildings are in the background. A sign on o... |
Date: | 1848 |
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Description: | Immigrant map. |
Date: | 11 22 1848 |
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Description: | Frontispiece from a passport issued to Benedict Goldenberger from the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. He left Aargau in 1851, went to Massachussetts, and th... |
Date: | 1879 |
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Description: | Blue cover design of an official report entitled "Wisconsin. What It Offers to the Immigrant". |
Date: | 1887 |
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Description: | Historic re-creation painting of two Pilgrims approaching an old fort converted into their first meeting house. Painted by W.L. Williams. |
Date: | 05 03 1804 |
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Description: | A certificate, signed by Joseph Wilson, that officially declares Matthias Varina a citizen of the United States of America. |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | A hand-colored map of Wisconsin showing distribution ethnic groups based on the 1885 state census. The various nationalities are color-coded and include: I... |
Date: | 07 17 1860 |
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Description: | A certificate granting United States citizenship to Frederick Anneke. |
Date: | 1849 |
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Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of Lamont and his wife, Scottish immigrants. Waist-up portrait, seated facing forward. He is wearing a suit and tie, and she is w... |
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