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Front View of Northern Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1893
Description: Front view of the Northern Hospital for the Insane. A horse-drawn carriage is outside the entrance.
Photograph

Northern Hospital for the Insane's Fire Fighting Department

Date: 1893
Description: Group portrait of the Northern Hospital for the Insane's institutional fire fighting department posed outside the building. Horse-drawn transport cart and ...
Photograph

Utly Residence

Date: 1887
Description: The Utly Residence, surrounded by a fence, on the north-east corner of Wisconsin and 8th Streets. Built by E.R. Cooley. A man is standing in the center nea...
Photograph

Case Residence

Date: 1902
Description: Winter scene at the Case Residence with J. I. Case's sleigh and team. Andrew Jackson, hostler, (died Dec., 1924) is in the sleigh and "Nick" Mitchell, hir...
Photograph

Horseshoer Building on Snowy Street

Date: 
Description: View across road towards a building with a sign on the building that reads: "G. Deising, Horseshoer". A number of horses are standing on the snowy road nea...
Photograph

Earth Day Banner Over Street

Date: 04 1973
Description: The city of Burlington is visited by Gaylord Nelson during an Earth Week celebration. The photograph shows a horse-drawn carriage riding down main street, ...
Photograph

Snow-Covered Road

Date: 1902
Description: Elevated winter scene of snow-covered road through Keshena, Wisconsin. There are horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians, and a church is in the background.
Photograph

Snowy Downtown Street

Date: 1910
Description: Pedestrians, bicyclists, and horse-drawn carriages on a commercial street. City Hall with its clock tower is in the far background. A sign for Sisson & Sew...
Photograph

Man in Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 1885
Description: Winter scene with a European American man with a beard and moustache sitting in a sleigh pulled by a single horse on snow-covered ground in front of the C....
Photograph

Dentist Office and Church

Date: 1900
Description: View from across street of a dentist office and Baptist Church along a road. Two horse-drawn carriages are being driven in opposite directions on the road.
Print

Merry Christmas

Date: 1932
Description: Holiday card of a carriage drawn by two horses. Snow and trees are in the background. A man in a coat, scarf and top hat is driving. It is snowing. At the ...
Postcard

Congregational Church

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view of the church. The church structure includes a two-level, square belfry with a pointed steeple. A horse-drawn sled is sitting ou...
Photograph

Fitchburg Depot

Date: 
Description: A man and three boys are posing while standing on a handcar at the Fitchburg depot. In the background a man is standing near a horse-drawn wagon.
Photograph

Three Wooden Buildings

Date: 
Description: View across fields and fences of three wooden buildings in the country, probably a mill. A man stands in the wagon drawn by a team of horses in front of on...
Photograph

Horse-drawn Carriage

Date: 01 02 1993
Description: "Horse-drawn carriage at the corner of Mill and Henni Streets."
Poster

Rural Highways Poster

Date: 
Description: A poster promoting the importance of good roads. Image includes a horse-drawn wagon in the driving rain.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 482-488

Date: 
Description: A man in motion moves upon good reason.

To create disorder
he must stop and settle down.
Photograph

Horses and Carriage

Date: 01 1993
Description: Horses and carriage at the east end of Henni Street in winter.
Painting

Expedition with Supply Cart

Date: 
Description: An illustration created using cutout photographs and white, gray and black paint on cream colored paper. The scene depicts, in profile, a man pulling a loa...
Photograph

Farmer's Course, Street View

Date: 1910
Description: View of horse-drawn carriages and sleds racing down a snowy street lines with storefronts. A large crowd is in the distance.

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