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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at the Saint Clara Academy. Caption reads: "Grotto of Our Lade of Lourdes, Saint Clara Academy, Sinsinawa Wiscons... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Lincoln Monument in front of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Caption reads: "Lincoln Monument and Main Hall... |
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| Description: | Two women are standing outdoors in front of trees and a blooming bush of flowers, probably hydrangeas, and playing violins. On the back of the print, one o... |
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| Description: | Hodag standing on a log. Caption reads: "The Hodag. Rhinelander, Wis." |
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| Description: | View across road toward Peabody Hall. Caption reads: "Peabody Hall, Lawrence Conservatory of Music, Appleton, Wis." |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of a woman seated in an ornate wicker chair in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a light-colored dress, pearls and a ... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of Effinger Park, including trees, gardens and a fountain. A man wearing overalls stands in the background. Caption reads: "Effinge... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Music and lyrics to "Buckwheat Cakes and Honey." Portraits of Eugene Secor and George W. Work are at left and right at the top. In the center is an illustr... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Two views of two small statues on the grounds of the Holy Ghost Church. The bases on which these statues stand are encrusted with shells, bits of glass, sm... |
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| Description: | The totem pole has a carved wooden bear clinging to the top. The totem pole was erected in 1927 in honor of the aboriginal inhabitants of Wisconsin. Potawa... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the park, with plantings and the Soldier's Monument. Caption reads: "The Park, Darlington, Wis." |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View looking down at a sundial and stone geese in a garden area with a seashell flower ring at the Dickeyville Grotto. |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard image of Colonel Chief Albert Yellowthunder of the Ho-Chunk Nation. He is wearing traditional native attire and is holding an object, wh... |
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| Description: | Color reproduction of a metal sculpture of two explorers standing near upended canoe. Text on reverse reads: "The First Northern Voyageurs Sculpture b... |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the front of a church, which has a bell tower, and a statue in a niche above the entrance. Caption on back reads: "St. Joseph's... |
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| Description: | Interior of the drawing room at the Governor's Mansion. The room is furnished with antique furniture, draperies and chandeliers. A woman's portrait is hang... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Easter postcard with a well-dressed rooster, with arms instead of wings, carrying a cane and an Easter Egg on a ribbon. He is wearing a jacket with a pussy... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "At Lost Lake Resort, Sayner, Wis." The lodge at a Northern Wisconsin resort is built of logs. Chairs are arranged around the fireplac... |
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