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Brule River Battle

Date: 1845
Description: Illustration of Chippewa and Sioux Indians battling each other at the Brule River. Wood engraving from Armstrong, "Early Life Among The Indians."
Print

Hunting of the Grizzly Bear

Date: 1832
Description: Hunting of the grizzly bear.
Photograph

Deering Works seen from Diversey Avenue

Date: 1919
Description: Deering Works factory seen across the waterfront from Diversey Avenue. In the foreground is a street and sidewalk with the sign "horse vehicles keep to rig...
Photograph

Narrows, from the Dell House Beach

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Description: Two men dressed as "Indians" are sitting in a canoe at the edge of the beach. One is posing holding a bow and arrow, the other is holding a paddle.
Photograph

H.H. Bennett at Sugar Bowl

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Description: View down sandy beach towards H.H. Bennett and Ruth Bennett on shore near Sugar Bowl. H.H. Bennett is holding a camera over his shoulder. There is an unide...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye Map of Green Bay and Fort Howard

Date: 1867
Description: Bird's-eye map of Green Bay and Fort Howard, Brown Co., depicts street names and street layouts, houses, trees, and the East River. A reference key at the ...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Whitewater

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye view of Whitewater, with insets.
Photograph

Russell Jones, ABC News

Date: 1964
Description: Foreign correspondent, Russell Jones, on assignement. Jones worked for ABC News, and is being filmed for an evening news segment on political events in Bud...
Postcard

Eagle River Bridge

Date: 1945
Description: View towards the Eagle River bridge. Caption reads: "Eagle River Bridge, Eagle River, Wis."
Postcard

Main Street and Main Street Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: View of a river and Main Street bridge above the river. Commercial buildings line the street on the opposite side of the bridge. Caption reads: "Main St. B...
Print

Battle of the Brule

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Description: An illustration titled "The Battle of the Brule" based on an 1840's battle between the Ojibwe and Dakota Sioux over territory in the Ashland, Wisconsin are...
Photograph

Bridge Over Crawfish River

Date: 1940
Description: The bridge over Crawfish River. Buildings are on the other side of the bridge.
Map or Atlas

Town 1 North, Range 1 East, Wisconsin

Date: 
Description: Series 698, General Land Office Survey Plats, vol. 1.
Photograph

Island Park, Racine, Wisconsin

Date: 1905
Description: Horlick Park, or Island Park, showing the Kinzie Avenue bridge.
Map or Atlas

Survey of the Neenah (or Fox) River: No. O Rapide Des Pres

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Description: This map surveyed under the direction of Capt. Thomas J. Cram is one in a series of seven. The map shows part of the Fox River and the beginning of the tow...
Map or Atlas

Survey of the Neenah (or Fox) River: No. 4 Little Chute

Date: 1840
Description: This map surveyed under the direction of Captain Thomas J. Cram is one in a series of seventeen that accompanied Cram's report on the Fox-Wisconsin river s...
Map or Atlas

Survey of the Neenah (or Fox) River: No. 1 Little Kakalau

Date: 1840
Description: This map surveyed under the direction of Captain Thomas J. Cram is one in a series of seventeen that accompanied Cram's report on the Fox-Wisconsin river s...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1876
Description: Made from U.S. Surveys and from minutes furnished by Jos. S. Buck and Dr. C. Chase. Scale 20 CHs to an inch.
Photograph

Boating in Kosciusko Park

Date: 07 19 1914
Description: Individuals boating in the Kosciusko Park lagoon, with onlookers sitting on the bank. Caption on glass plate reads: "Boating, Kosciusko Park".
Photograph

Man Holding Gun

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Description: Man posed standing with a gun under an overhanging tree near a small wooden dam on a stream.

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