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Book or Pamphlet

Winnebago Wigwam

Date: 1884
Description: Indians standing and sitting near wigwams. Four wigwam frames are covered, with the one on the right uncovered, with a campfire inside. In the distance are...
Print

Capitol (Third) and Unbuilt Dome

Date: 1857
Description: Lithograph of the Wisconsin State Capitol, surrounded by portraits of Wisconsin Statesmen. Governor Bashford hired the Madison architectural firm Kutzbock ...
Photograph

Soldiers' Orphans Home, Farwell House

Date: 1870
Description: Group of people posing outside of Soldiers' Orphans Home, located on Spaight Street between Paterson and Brearly Streets. The building was originally const...
Photograph

Jean Pond Miner with "Forward"

Date: 1893
Description: Sculptor Jean Pond Miner working on her statue "Forward" in the Wisconsin Building at the Columbian Exposition.
Photograph

Harriet Bell Merrill

Date: 1890
Description: Vignetted head and shoulders studio portrait of Harriet Bell Merrill.
Print

Mrs. Cordelia A.P. Harvey

Date: 1866
Description: Head and shoulders engraving of Cordelia Harvey.
Photograph

Railway Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: People and carriages in front of the depot-hotel Railway Hotel on West Washington Avenue. This was the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Ticket Offi...
Photograph

M.J. Hoven's Meat Market

Date: 1899
Description: Matthew J. Hoven with hands on hips standing in front of M.J. Hoven's Meat Market. A sign on the building reads: "Oyster Depot; Wholesale & Retail". There ...
Photograph

Emmons Blaine, Jr., Nettie Fowler McCormick and Anita McCormick Blaine

Date: 1892
Description: Family portrait of (L to R), Emmons Blaine, Jr. (1890-1918), Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923), and Anita McCormick Blaine (1866-1954).
Photograph

Anita McCormick Blaine and Friends

Date: 1885
Description: Group portrait of Anita McCormick Blaine (sitting center), and four female friends: unknown (standing left), Susie Day (standing right), Katharine Isham (s...
Photograph

"Cottage" Sewing Room

Date: 1884
Description: "Cottage" sewing room at the Wisconsin Industrial School for girls, depicting a class of young girls handling fabrics, sewing, and working with sewing mach...
Postcard

The Casino

Date: 1880
Description: Monona Lake Assembly, The Casino. This structure, including the ice house and provision space, designed by Conover and Porter and built for $1700.00 in Jun...
Print

Weary Woman

Date: 1873
Description: Engraving of a woman sitting in a chair with light from an attic window shining on her face. Next to her is a rumpled bed and a pull-toy overturned on the ...
Print

Washerwomen of Etretat

Date: 1883
Description: Engraving of a woman carrying a bundle of clothing and standing with her back to the sea. Behind her other women are in the process of doing wash in the wa...
Photograph

Picnic Tea Party

Date: 1890
Description: A woman pours tea for her friends seated outdoors at a table.
Photograph

Soldiers' Orphans' Home/Monona Academy

Date: 1877
Description: This building, on an entire block of Spaight and Brearly Streets with Lake Monona, was originally the governor's mansion for Leonard J. Farwell. The Farwel...
Photograph

Schuetzen Park Pier

Date: 08 1894
Description: View from shoreline of two people standing on Schuetzan Park pier. A sailboat is docked at the end of the pier and there is a steamboat on the water.
Book or Pamphlet

Minneapolis Harvester Works Catalog

Date: 1885
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Minneapolis Harvester Works, manufacturers of twine binders and other agricultural implements, featuring a chromol...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Junior Grain Binder

Date: 1887
Description: Back cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of the Milwaukee Junior binder, t...
Photograph

Maple Bluff Camp

Date: 1873
Description: Stereograph of a group of people posing by the lakeshore of Maple Bluff with tents in the background. One of the woman is holding an archery bow, two women...

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