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Photograph

William H. Pratt

Date: 1864
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of William H. Pratt of Davenport, Iowa. Handwritten inscription at bottom reads, "Pratt, 1864."
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Warned of tree need in 1855

Date: 1921-03-16
County: 
City: 
Photograph

Franz Brandecke, Geologist

Date: 
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Franz Brandecke, Milwaukee-based geologist. Worked on Wisconsin geological survey with Lapham. Handwritten text on front read...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Then and now

Date: 1885-10-04
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Blaze perils old building

Date: 1921-11-15
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Made first official weather forecast

Date: 1909-10-10
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Biographical Book Excerpt

Lapham, Increase, Allen

Date: 1811 - 1875
County: Milwaukee
Map or Atlas

Maps of the Blue Mounds: Town 6 N Range 6 E

Date: 1864
Description: This map shows locations of quarries, sink holes, creeks, springs, rivers, houses, forts, and roads. The upper right corner and right margin includes anno...
Obituary

Lapham, Increase, Allen

Date: 1811 - 1875
County: 
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Say weather bureau work of Milwaukeean

Date: 1916-07-08
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Newspaper Article/Clipping

State fair relic of the war time

Date: 1909-09-17
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Historical Essay

Lapham Peak

Newspaper Article/Clipping

Sage und geschichte der Indianer Wisconsins

Date: 1927-01-23
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Photograph

Professor W.W. Daniels, Geologist

Date: 1872
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Professor W.W. Daniels, University of Wisconsin geologist. Daniels worked as one of Increase Lapham's assistants during the Wis...
Manuscript

Profile of a Semi-Diurnal Spring Tidal Curve

Date: 12 1860
Description: Graph showing the profile of a semi-diurnal spring tidal curve deduced from 5452 half hourly ordinates obtained from the records of self registering tide g...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Returned his old army cup

Date: 1905-06-17
County: La Crosse
City: La Crosse
Newspaper Article/Clipping

To publish account of indian mounds at Lake Wingra

Date: 1914-12-08
County: Dane
City: Madison
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Old maps tell the history of wisconsin

Date: 1931-07-19
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Map or Atlas

Sections of the Blue Mounds: Section Through the Line A.B. Showing the Denudation Apple River to Mineral Point Branch

Date: 1864
Description: This map is pen and watercolor on paper and shows a profile and geological sections of the Apple River, Little Otter Creek, Woods' Branch, Bonners' Branch,...
Map or Atlas

Maps of the Blue Mounds: Area of East Blue Mound Showing Land Ownership and Plats

Date: 1864
Description: Map showing locations of quarries, sink holes, creeks, springs, rivers, houses, forts, and roads. The map appears to have been drawn on to of a plat map of...

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