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Book or Pamphlet

WPA Guide to Wisconsin

Date: 1941
Description: Front cover of "Wisconsin: a Guide to the Badger State" featuring a Harold Hone photograph of the Wisconsin State Capitol with gilding on the dome.
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Bikeway Map and Guide

Date: 1976
Description: This is a guide to the original bikeway and additions. The front of the guide includes a map of Wisconsin, a map of the entire bikeway, and one route map. ...
Photograph

Yerkes Observatory

Date: 1936
Description: A view of Yerkes Observatory at Williams Bay, Lake Geneva. It was the "largest refracting telescope in the world," according to "Wisconsin: A Guide To The ...
Photograph

Grazing Cow

Date: 1940
Description: Cow grazing in a pasture. Taken from The Writer's Program to be used as an illustration for "Wisconsin: a Guide to the Badger State."
Resource Description

Doing Business with the Wisconsin Historical Society

Learn how to contact us about procuring, bidding, and purchasing with the society
Photograph

On the Trail

Date: 09 1934
Description: A male guide on the left is using a walking stick to point out a feature in the rocks atop a bluff at Devil's Lake State Park, as a group of men on the rig...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1939
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin State Capitol, with cars parked in front.
Photograph

Guide Dog Training School

Date: 08 1958
Description: Gypsy, a guide dog at the Cambridge Double-A Guiding Dogs, Inc. School, walks next to his trainer, Burlee Rowe. Rowe is blindfolded to demonstrate his fait...
Photograph

State Street Winter Scene

Date: 1936
Description: Winter scene with people walking in the snow past a lamppost down State and Henry Streets, Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the backgr...
Photograph

Caged Polar Bear

Date: 
Description: A polar bear in its cage at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). This is one of many photographs made by Harold Hone to illustrate "Wisconsin: A Guide to...
Book or Pamphlet

Scenic Wisconsin Motorways

Date: 1924
Description: Front and back covers of Scenic Wisconsin Motorways, a guide to Wisconsin roads compiled by Victor F. Pettric and published by the Wisconsin Motorists Asso...
Book or Pamphlet

Guide Book User

Date: 1941
Description: Woodcut illustration of a man standing on a road near a sign reading "Tours" and consulting a guide book.
Photograph

F. Gerald Ham Examining Papers

Date: 1964
Description: Caption reads: "F. Gerald Ham, Wisconsin State Archivist, examining papers (posed re-enactment) in preparation of a guide to labor history research materia...
Photograph

Plaque

Date: 1936
Description: A view of a plaque, located near the entrance to the "main building" on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Photograph

Brown's Bookstore on State Street

Date: 1939
Description: A shaded view of Brown's Bookstore, 673 State Street.
Drawing

Woodcutter

Date: 1941
Description: Woodcut illustration of a man outdoors on the side of a hill, holding an axe and standing next to a fallen tree.
General Information

Student Activity Guide for Wisconsin: Our State, Our Story

'Wisconsin: Our State, Our Story'
Includes reproducible worksheets that guide students through essential questions. DVD available with classroom purchase.
Photograph

Dells of the Wisconsin River

Date: 1936
Description: A view of the Dells of the Wisconsin River, with two people walking down a long dock/walkway leading to a boat.
Photograph

Chicago & Northwestern Locomotive

Date: 1938
Description: A Chicago & Northwestern train crossing a railroad bridge.
Map or Atlas

Milwaukee and Vicinity

Date: 1966
Description: This map from the 1960s provides a detailed street map of Milwaukee County and eastern Waukesha County as far west as Menomonee Falls and Muskego Lake. A p...

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