Date: | 1858 |
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Description: | A fire fighter stands over a fire as he trains his hose on the flames. This depicts the close proximity to the fire fire fighters were required to work be... |
Date: | 04 1892 |
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Description: | Drawing of the north shore of Lake Superior with cliffs and seagulls. |
Date: | 1873 |
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Description: | Drawing of the entrance to Baptism Bay on Lake Superior. |
Date: | 1886 |
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Description: | Outdoor group portrait of the Gogebic Range iron miners. |
Date: | 1868 |
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Description: | William Thomas Fish, who served as Madison's fire chief, 1867-1868. Although posed for a formal studio portrait, Fish is wearing his uniform and hat and h... |
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: | 1869 |
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Description: | Diploma awarded to fire fighter James Richard Cummings for his service to Madison in 1869. The diploma is illustrated with scenes of fire fighting heroics,... |
Date: | 05 05 1897 |
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Description: | Elevated view of Wisconsin Central freight cars in a rural storage yard near Manitowoc. |
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: | 1895 |
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Description: | Elevated view of Lake Geneva with the Lake Geneva steamboat. |
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: | 1892 |
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Description: | Illustration of "Voyageur with Tumpline". A tumpline is a strap attached at both ends to a load and used to carry the object by placing the strap over the ... |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Exterior view of the Haertel Brewery which later became the Eulberg Brewery. |
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: | 06 28 1865 |
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Description: | The Great Fair held at Milwaukee for the benefit of the Wisconsin Soldiers Home. The 130x130 foot building was constructed especially for the ten-day fair.... |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Illustration of Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) men. One of them may be Yellow Thunder. |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Al-che-say, chief of the White Mountain Apache, and his war council. |
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