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| Description: | View of the exterior of the "Indian Bowl," a venue for powwows. A Native American woman is standing in front next to the totems. |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the carpenter's shop at Stonefield. Carpenters are operating lathes. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the generator used to power the "Frank H. Thompson Famous Moving Pictures." A belt from the generator stretches to the flywheel on... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Color reproduction of a metal sculpture of two loggers driving their horse. The sculpture is in front of a building. Text on reverse reads: "The First ... |
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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... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "The 'Spirit of the Northwest', Green Bay, Wis." Text on reverse reads: "The Spirit of the Northwest, Sidney Bedore, sculptor, depicts the e... |
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| Description: | View of a wooden sculpture at the entrance of a casino. Text on reverse reads: "This carving by Gene Delcourt is representative of the seven clans of the L... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of a band posing on the lawn. There is a buildings with a porch in the background. The men are wearing uniforms and holding their mu... |
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| Description: | Tall-tale postcard showing three men fishing off a pier, with two of the men holding fishing poles and two gigantic fish rising out of the water. A buildin... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View down unpaved street with a few wooden commercial buildings. The building in the center background has a group of people gathered in front, and along t... |
| Date: | 09 02 1912 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Public School, Ridgeway, Wis." A two-story clapboard building with a belfry, surrounded by a lawn with sidewalks. Dwellings can be se... |
| Date: | 08 01 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "South View, St. John's Institute for Deaf Mutes, St. Francis, Wis. Aug. 1, 1907." A partially burned stone and brick building with pe... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Elk Monument, Juneau Park and N. W. Depot, Milwaukee." Statue of an Elk on an elaborate plinth in a park with gardens, lawns and side... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Handwriting on front reads: "Greetings from Prairie Du Sac, Wis." and "Merry Christmas". A scene of a man on the shoreline of a river with a small boat. Sw... |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Journal Square. Fountain by Dick Wiken, Sculptor, Shorewood, Wisconsin." Text on reverse: "Journal Square. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The ... |
| Date: | 08 09 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Some Tomatoes Raised at Waupun, Wis. Wis. [sic]." On the flatbed train car: "Grand Trunk 67903." Photomontage of five giant to... |
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