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Photograph

Schuette Bros. Employees

Date: 1888
Description: Men who worked for Schuette Brothers Store assembled in front of the store. There are horses on both sides of the photograph, and the one on the right is p...
Photograph

Ward S. Williams Co. after Tornado

Date: 07 1899
Description: People stand among the rubble of Ward S. Williams Co.'s stone block building after a tornado.
Drawing

Shopiere Flouring Mill

Date: 1858
Description: Drawing of the exterior of the Shopiere Flouring Mill. Several men, some in a horse-drawn wagon are in front of the building.
Book or Pamphlet

Capture and Burning of Washington, D.C.

Date: 1814
Description: Etching depicting the burning of Washington, D.C. by the British during the War of 1812. In the foreground are a number of soldiers moving toward the Capit...
Print

Filling the Kegs

Date: 1885
Description: Engraved image of a man wearing an apron and a hat and filling a keg with beer from a tap.
Print

The Fermenting Cellar

Date: 1885
Description: Engraved image of two men working in a cellar full of wooden barrels filled with fermenting beer.
Print

Boiling the Beer

Date: 1885
Description: Engraved image of a man adding ingredients from a barrel to a boiling vat of beer.
Print

In the Beer Vault

Date: 1880
Description: Engraved image of three men in a dark room examining kegs of beer by candlelight.
Print

Henry P. Andrae

Date: 1898
Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Henry Andrae.
Print

A Velocipede of Fifty Years Ago

Date: 03 06 1869
Description: Engraved image of a man in a top hat and tails riding a velocipede. Another rider is in the background.
Magazine or Periodical

The Ice Velocipede

Date: 02 20 1869
Description: Engraved image of a man riding an ice velocipede, a bicycle-like vehicle with a studded front wheel and back blades. In the background is an iceboat.
Magazine or Periodical

Scene in a Velocipede Riding School, New York City

Date: 02 13 1869
Description: Engraved image of several men attempting to ride velocipedes in a large open, interior space. Many have fallen or are struggling with balance.
Magazine or Periodical

Pneumatic Masthead

Date: 1896
Description: Masthead of the bicycling journal Pneumatic.
Magazine or Periodical

An Awkward Fix

Date: 07 1892
Description: Engraved illustration depicting Frank Lenz sitting on the edge of a railroad bridge holding his safety bicycle in front of him and his box camera on his ba...
Magazine or Periodical

A Stretch Between the Tracks

Date: 06 1892
Description: Frank G. Lenz posed with his bicycle between railroad tracks in the northeastern United States.
Magazine or Periodical

A Sorely Neglected Stretch

Date: 05 1892
Description: Frank Lenz posed with his bicycle on a badly neglected stretch of road. A split-rail fence encloses a field behind Lenz.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

The American Spiritualist Masthead

Date: 1872
Description: Engraved masthead for The American Spiritualist depicting a seance over the word "phenomenal," a globe over the word "scientific," and a man at a de...
Book or Pamphlet

Richard W. Thompson

Date: 1850
Description: Studio portrait of Richard Thompson sitting in a chair and holding a cane.
Photograph

Increase Claflin

Date: 1850
Description: Portrait of Increase Claflin, first white settler of Door County.

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