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Description: | An engraving of Ulysses S. Grant in uniform. |
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Description: | An engraving from a photograph of Ulysses S. Grant wearing a military uniform. He is seated in front of a cannon with a map unfolded in his lap, and cannon... |
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Description: | An engraving from a painting of Robert E. Lee signing the document that would end the war between the states in the presence of Ulysses S. Grant and their ... |
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Description: | Head and shoulders profile portrait of a young John D. Rockefeller, taken around the time he began to make his mark as an oil baron. |
Date: | 1899 |
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Description: | Four men and a dog posing along the storefront of a South African McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership owned by C. North & Son. |
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Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of banker and philanthropist, J.P. Morgan. |
Date: | 1915 |
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Description: | Former President Theodore Roosevelt with pilot Art Smith and his Curtiss Pusher at the Panama Pacific International Exposition. |
Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | Rodney Williams, a World War I pilot from Delafield, Wisconsin, posed wearing his U.S. Air Service uniform. With five enemy aircraft downed in July 1918, ... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Four men use a ladder to pose on top of each other. There is a painted backdrop behind them. They are wearing suit jackets, vests with watch fobs, and trou... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Workers in the metal finishing room at the McCormick Reaper Works. In 1902 the factory became part of the International Harvester Company. |
Date: | 10 12 1914 |
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Description: | View of a nurse applying a bandage to the arm of a worker at an International Harvester factory (possibly Osborne Works in Auburn, NY). |
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Description: | Portrait of Orville Wright inscribed to aviation publicist and historian Harry Bruno, whose collection of papers and photographs is housed at the Wisconsin... |
Date: | 09 1908 |
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Description: | Among the spectators present to watch Orville Wright's demonstration of the Wright Flyer at Fort Myer, Virginia, were Lt. Frank P. Lahm (left), one of the ... |
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Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Edwin H. Blashfield, American mural painter and mosaic artist, whose work can be seen at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Whe... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Portrait of Alfred C. Clas (1859-1942), Milwaukee architect whose firm designed the Wisconsin Historical Society Headquarters building. The architectural f... |
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Description: | Portrait of Attilio Piccirilli, sculptor of many figures adorning the Wisconsin State Capitol. Attilio was one of several brothers who operated a stonecarv... |
Date: | 1901 |
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Description: | Wilbur Wright (standing, second from the right) with Edward C. Huffaker, Octave Chanute, and George Spratt in the workshed. Chanute was a special visitor f... |
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Description: | Portrait of Daniel C. French, sculptor of the figure, "Wisconsin" which graces the top of the Wisconsin State Capitol dome. French met George Post at the C... |
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