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Radisson Cabin

Date: 1655
Description: Front view of the Radisson cabin, the first house built by a white man in Wisconsin. It was built between 1650 and 1660 on Chequamegon Bay, in the vicinity...
Photograph

Stonefield Village

Date: 1965
Description: Rear view of a couple sitting in a horse-drawn buggy which is driving through a covered bridge at Stonefield Village. Buildings and trees are in the distan...
Photograph

A.G. Ellis - Hagemeister House

Date: 1890
Description: View of a house in a residential area, obscured by trees. "The house was built in 1835 by Ellis and was last occupied by the Misses Bessie and Barbara Hage...
Postcard

Tank Cottage in the Spring

Date: 1910
Description: View across lawn towards the front of the cottage. Train cars are in the background. On the original site on the west side of the Fox River, before restora...
Photograph

Tallman Homestead Marker

Date: 1951
Description: Tallman Homestead Marker. There are automobiles parked along the curb in the background.
Drawing

Pendarvis House

Date: 1935
Description: Cornish Pendarvis house on Shake Rag Street.
Photograph

Chicago Stageroad Marker

Date: 1915
Description: View of the Chicago Stageroad marker erected by the local Daughters of the American Revolution.
Photograph

Republican House

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the "Republican House."
Photograph

Nicolet Monument

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Nicolet monument at the site where Nicolet is supposed to have landed in Wisconsin.
Photograph

John Muir Marker

Date: 1958
Description: Historical marker at the site of John Muir's boyhood home, located in the John Muir Memorial Park near Montello. A woman stands next to the marker, and the...
Photograph

Aerial View of Little Norway

Date: 1957
Description: Aerial view of "Little Norway."
Photograph

Little Norway Buildings

Date: 1948
Description: Buildings at "Little Norway." From left to right: tool house, Norway house, Haugen homestead. The wagon in foreground is a kubberulle; the wheels are sec...
Photograph

Woman's Building

Date: 1959
Description: Woman's Building, one of the oldest buildings in the city. It is believed to have been built in 1842 by John Folsom, an early settler and farmer on the hei...
Photograph

Fort Crawford

Date: 
Description: Fort Crawford Hospital. A historic marker is on the lawn in front.
Photograph

Marquette and Joliet Marker

Date: 1910
Description: A view of the Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet marker. "This tablet marks the place near which Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet entered the Wisconsin R...
Photograph

Indian Agency House

Date: 1932
Description: Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago.
Photograph

Old Indian Agency House

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. View of Portage Canal in foreground. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox...
Photograph

Indian Agency House

Date: 1936
Description: A view of the Indian Agency house after restoration. A person is standing on the porch.
Photograph

Indian Agency House

Date: 1900
Description: Indian Agency House before restoration.
Photograph

Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Portage Canal and lock. The Indian Agency House in the center background. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox-Wisconsin waterway pro...

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