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Drawing

Wisconsin Turns Its Back on the Soup Kitchen

Date: 02 1932
Description: Engraving by Charles Silver to mark the passage of Wisconsin's Unemployment Compensation Law, the first in the nation.
Photograph

Parade on Main Street

Date: 1899
Description: View of a marching band parading beneath a decorated arch on Main Street. Onlookers line both sides of the street. American flags are flying over the road ...
Photograph

4th Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 09 28 1918
Description: Soldiers parade with guns bearing American flags past Schuette Brothers clothing store at the corner of S. 8th and Jay Streets as spectators look on. There...
Photograph

Schuette Bros. Store

Date: 1891
Description: Exterior view of Schuette Brothers Store on S. Eighth Street. There are two horse-drawn vehicles in front of the store. There is a small mannequin in the s...
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

Schuette Bros. Employees

Date: 1910
Description: Five female employees and one male employee posed at the jewelry counter of Schuette Brothers Store. There is an American Red Cross Christmas Seals poster ...
Photograph

Rand & Roemer Hardware Co.

Date: 1891
Description: Exterior view from street of Rand & Roemer Hardware Co. and Henry Hinrich's Drug Store. Also visible are Rand & Roemer Ship Chandlery (nautical supply), Ra...
Photograph

Rand & Roemer Hardware Co.

Date: 1910
Description: Group of five men standing in front of Rand and Roemer Hardware Company store. Many items can be seen on the sidewalk and through the store windows, includ...
Photograph

Frank Pelishek Groceries

Date: 1910
Description: Frank Pelishek standing in front of his grocery store. Items on display in front of the store include brooms, candy, bananas, seed packets, and flower pots...
Photograph

Schuette Bros. Grocery Department

Date: 1915
Description: Interior view of Schuette Brothers grocery department. Among the items for sale are grapefruit, apples, bananas, dates, and figs. There is a Jell-O adverti...
Photograph

Panoramic View of Manitowoc

Date: 
Description: Panoramic view of downtown at the intersection of 8th and Washington Streets. The Manitowoc County Courthouse is at the right. Residences and churches can ...
Book or Pamphlet

Building on Superior Street

Date: 1969
Description: Building on the west side of Superior Street where Joseph Ruelle was shot.
Magazine or Periodical

The Velocipede Mania — What It May Come To!

Date: 05 01 1869
Description: Humorous engraved image showing a street scene crowded with people riding bicycles. In the background are businesses identified as J. Shanks Livery Stable,...
Print

Telegram Sanger Racers

Date: 11 1894
Description: Advertisement for the 1895 model of the Telegram Sanger Racer by the Telegram Cycle Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee. Features a drawing of the 1895 mode...

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