Date: | 1872 |
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Description: | Galena (lead sulfide) was melted at this open hearth furnace owned by Richard Straw and Company on the Roundtree Branch of the Little Platte River. The men... |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | A woman pours tea for her friends seated outdoors at a table. |
Date: | 1886 |
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Description: | Outdoor group portrait of the Gogebic Range iron miners. |
Date: | 1868 |
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Description: | The first ladder wagon of Capitol Hook and Ladder Company #1 posed at the corner of Pinckney and Main streets to show off the length of the wagon and the 4... |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Three ships at dock, the "Superior," the "Sandusky," and the "Shawnee," all built in Gibralter, Michigan. |
Date: | 09 21 1867 |
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Description: | Illustration of four men shooting at a thick flock of wild pigeons. Hunting dogs are gathered around them in the field, which has a number of dead birds. |
Date: | 09 18 1892 |
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Description: | Four men sit on the balcony of Rocky Roost, the vacation home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota. The men ar... |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Crossing a river on the way to Vermillion Lake in the early 1880's, before the building of any railroads in that part of the country. The teams were part o... |
Date: | 01 1874 |
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Description: | Interior of a coach on an emigration train to the west. |
Date: | 1891 |
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Description: | Elevated view of a barn raising on the farm of Alva Paddock in the township of Salem on Geneva Road, Highway 50. |
Date: | 1883 |
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Description: | Christmas issue of "St. Nicholas" magazine, the most studied children's periodical of the 19th century, which was published by Mary Mapes Dodge. This cover... |
Date: | 1892 |
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Description: | Men posed in front of a livery barn and horse sales stable. |
Date: | 1894 |
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Description: | Man in coat and top hat holding the harness of a horse attached to a buggy. |
Date: | 1879 |
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Description: | Drawing of a girl sitting on a barrel as a man dumps apples into a press to make cider. Two men manually operate the press at the left. |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Slightly elevated exterior view of T.G. Mandt Wagons & Carriages. Several of the men are standing near or leaning on one of the many carriages displayed ar... |
Date: | 08 27 1889 |
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Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a group of women from Stockholm on their first American Tour. |
Date: | 1888 |
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Description: | Men working in Horlick's stone quarry. Teams of horses pull wagons. There is a steam pump at right. A man in a hat and coat, possibly William Horlick, stan... |
Date: | 1893 |
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Description: | Full-length studio photograph of Louis Brosemer wearing a suit and hat. He is standing before a United States flag holding an oversized pen as though it wa... |
Date: | 1874 |
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Description: | Photographic reproduction of a lithograph showing carpenters erecting houses. |
Date: | 1893 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the Illinois Central World's Fair Transportation Center at Van Buren Street. Several pedestrians cross a bridge leading to trains and lake... |
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