Date: | 1884 |
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Description: | View across water of a Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad locomotive (No #33) pulling a pay car across a trestle over the Fox River. Several large... |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Several houses at the intersection of Wilson Street and Monona Avenue with the home of Simeon Mills, one of Madison's most prominent citizens, on the corne... |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Wisconsin Central Railroad train on White River Bridge, with crew posing on top of cars. The bridge was 1600 feet long and 110 feet above the water. In 187... |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | Street parade rig, apparently to agitate against delays in construction of a railroad to connect Manitowoc to the west. In the background is a store owned ... |
Date: | 07 1927 |
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Description: | On-lookers survey a wreck on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. |
Date: | 1878 |
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Description: | "The West Wisconsin Railway roundhouse at Eau Claire, ca. 1872. It was located about a mile north of the present Civic Center. Workmen in the foreground ar... |
Date: | 1894 |
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Description: | Man in a rowboat on Lake Monona with a view of the city in the background. |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | The sidewheel steam rafter "Clyde," which was the first iron hull steamboat. Sign on side of boat reads: "Dubuque, Reads Landing & Eau Claire." Agricultura... |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | View looking up the 200 block of State Street from West Johnson Street, showing the Wisconsin State Capitol dome under construction. The bank on the left i... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway engine #542, class H4, built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1882. Renumbered 773 In April of 1899, 226 in Octo... |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | View from shoreline over river towards the town. |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | Depot owned by the Fairchild and Northeastern Railroad, which was owned by the N.C. Foster Lumber Company. |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | Fairchild and Northeastern Railroad depot, with first train into Willard on the Fairchild and Northeastern Line. |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Site of the Battle to Antietam, The Dunker Church. A group of men stand among trees on the left. Horse-drawn carriages are under trees on the right. |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Hagerstown Pike. A brick wall and trees are along the road on the right. |
Date: | 1875 |
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Description: | Locomotive No. 75. Class H. Built 1850 by Schnectady Locomotive Works. Men are posed on and around the locomotive. |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Nine men arrive at Fort William by canoe. Fort William, also called Kaministiguia, was the Hudson's Bay fur trading post. Men are standing along the opposi... |
Date: | 1856 |
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Description: | The Wisconsin State Capitol (the second State Capitol, the first in Madison). Illustration from the American Encyclopedia, Columbus, 1859. |
Date: | 1917 |
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Description: | Exterior view of the Municipal Market, which was built in 1910 but not operated successfully until July 1917 when it was run by a group of women from the D... |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the west wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. A view of the fourth capitol with snow flocked trees and snow-covered lawn and side... |
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