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| Description: | Increase Lapham's drawing of Setaris Italica or foxtail millet and Panicum miliaceum or proso millet. There are also inset drawings of a spik... |
| Date: | 1827 |
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| Description: | Drawings of Datura Stramonium, more commonly known by the names jimson weed, devil's trumpet, devil's weed, thorn apple, tolguacha, Jamestown weed, stinkwe... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | This map of the state of Wisconsin was created in 1868 and later used by Increase Lapham to trace an outbreak of tornadoes going across the state in May of... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | This map by Increase Lapham shows the Penokee Iron Range in Ashland and Iron counties, Wisconsin. Part of the Gogebic Range, the Penokees extend from an ar... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Title page of Increase Lapham's A Geographical and Topographical Description of Wisconsin published by P.C. Hale of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | This manuscript map by Increase Lapham shows the Dells of the Wisconsin River, from Stand Rock and Witches Gulch at the north to a point approximately one ... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | This late 19th century map by Increase Lapham shows the lake region around Oconomowoc in Waukesha County and eastern Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Cities an... |
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| Description: | Letterhead stationery featuring an engraving of the Milwaukee Iron Company foundry. The letter is from an officer of the company to noted geologist Increas... |
| Date: | 1848 |
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| Description: | This map by Increase Lapham shows the township and range system in southern and eastern Wisconsin as well as along the Wisconsin River in present-day Marat... |
| Date: | 1836 |
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| Description: | Title page of Increase Lapham's A catalog of Plants & Shells, Found in the vicinity of Milwaukee on the West Side of Lake Michigan, |
| Date: | 02 1831 |
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| Description: | Printed invitation addressed to Mr. I.A. Lapham for a ball at C. McCoy's hotel to be held on February 17, 1831. |
| Date: | 1846 |
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| Description: | This map shows lot and block numbers, roads, railroads, and some landowners’ names and includes the manuscript annotations: "From the Lapham collection" --... |
| Date: | 1849 |
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| Description: | Pencil sketch of a cross-section of the Dells of the Wisconsin River. People are in a row boat in the center. Caption at bottom: "The Dells — Wisconsin Riv... |
| Date: | 1846 |
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| Description: | Title page of the book "Wisconsin: Geography and Topography". |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | This map is pen and pencil on paper and shows a profile of the Blue Mound and East Blue Mound. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | This map is pen and pencil on paper and shows a profile of the Blue Mound and East Blue Mound. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | This map is pen and watercolor on paper and shows a profile and the geological formation of Blue Mound. Also shown is the location of Arnold's Hotel and Br... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | This map shows locations of quarries, sink holes, creeks, springs, rivers, houses, forts, and roads. |
| Date: | 1834 |
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| Description: | Aperture type hollow-cut silhouette of Caroline A. Allcott Stone, sister-in-law of Dr. Increase A. Lapham. Subject faces right (proper left), and wears her... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | This 1867 manuscript map by Increase Lapham shows the topography and geology of the Blue Mounds region in the Town of Brigham in Iowa County and the towns ... |
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