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Madison Capital House Bill of Fare

Date: 12 02 1855
Description: The Capital House bill of fare for Sunday, December 2, 1855. Proprietors were Nelson & Russell.
Photograph

Kindergarten Class

Date: 1899
Description: Students raise their hands in a kindergarten class at Crow School.
Photograph

Andrew Proudfit Engine Company No. 2

Date: 1881
Description: Andrew Proudfit Engine Company No. 2's steamer engine is shown in front of Central Fire Station at 10 South Webster Street.
Drawing

View of Detroit

Date: 1855
Description: View of Detroit with several boats and ships in (probably) the Detroit River.
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

Ice Skating on the Manitowoc River

Date: 1888
Description: Elevated view of a winter scene with a large group of people skating on the frozen Manitowoc River between the 8th and 10th Street bridges. A dog trots acr...
Photograph

Manitowoc Tanneries

Date: 1891
Description: Composite photograph showing the tanneries of L.M. Sherman and Henry Vits.
Photograph

District 2 Class Picture

Date: 1892
Description: Group of schoolchildren posed sitting and standing on a fallen tree trunk. They are dressed in their finest clothes for a school photograph. One of the boy...
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

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

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.
Print

Enfield Rifle

Date: 1864
Description: Catalogue illustration of an Enfield Rifle and bayonet.
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

1812 Fur Trade Engagement

Date: 03 14 1812
Description: English translation of the Fur Trade Engagement for Charles St. Antoine dit Vacher.
Drawing

Evergreen Shelter Belts and Ornamental Hedges

Date: 1878
Description: Engraved view of a house surrounded by gardens, an evergreen shelter belt and ornamental hedges.
Drawing

Ornamental Burdock

Date: 1898
Description: Drawing of a burdock planted at the foundation of a building.
Book or Pamphlet

Woman's Library at the World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 08 1893
Description: View of the main room of the Woman's Library in the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

"Southport American" Whig Publication

Date: 08 02 1845
Description: Front page of "Southport American."
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...

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