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"Daydreams"

Date: 
Description: Woman in a dress and bonnet seated on a bench at a window with a book (The Bible?) open in front of her. There is a spinning wheel in the corner behind the...
Photograph

Buffalo Street Bridge

Date: 1870
Description: Metal bridge over river with three men standing near the railing.
Drawing

Nitty Gritty Beer Special Sign

Date: 
Description: Sign advertising for 15 cent tap beers at the Nitty Gritty bar in Madison, Wisconsin. Shows a cartoon of a drunk bugler, playing taps while drinking a pint...
Photograph

McCormick Wire Binder of 1876

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of a man using a McCormick wire binder pulled by three horses to work in a field.
Photograph

McCormick Marsh Harvester of 1875

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of three men using a McCormick marsh-type hand-binding harvester in a field.
Photograph

McCormick Reaper of 1847

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using a team of two horses to pull a McCormick reaper in a field, while other women and men are raking the cut grain.
Photograph

Men Posing with McCormick Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A group of five men are standing and sitting around a McCormick grain binder.
Poster

Under the Gaslight Poster

Date: 1867
Description: Lithograph poster for Augustin Daly's 1867 play Under the Gaslight, depicting Snorkey the one-armed Civil War veteran tied to the railroad tracks, w...
Photograph

Manchester's Warehouse

Date: 1980
Description: Exterior of Manchester's Warehouse, located at 2013 Fish Hatchery Road.
Photograph

Port Pizzeria

Date: 1980
Description: Port Pizzeria and Deli-Type Sandwiches "Home of the Big Wheel Pizza." 3077 East Washington Avenue.
Photograph

St. Joseph Church

Date: 1980
Description: Telephone lines and trees are in the foreground of this photograph. Tucked behind them is the St. Joseph Church, which was located at 1905 West Beltline Hi...
Photograph

Cemetery

Date: 1980
Description: Large bush-like tree in cemetery.
Photograph

U-Haul Center

Date: 1980
Description: Shadow of billboard sign towers over the parking lot of the U-Haul 'U-Move, U-Store' Center on West Platte Drive.
Photograph

Condominiums Under Construction

Date: 1980
Description: Front view of a house under construction in the Tamarack Trails Subdivision.
Photograph

Gas Station (Closed)

Date: 11 1980
Description: Presumably the back side of a service station located at 2663 South Stoughton Road, south of McFarland.
Photograph

Clark Gas Station (Closed)

Date: 12 1980
Description: A large shadow from a cement wall is cast over the parking lot to Clark Gas Station at 2422 West Capitol Drive. A billboard for Coronet VSQ Brandy is mount...
Photograph

Garages and Evergreens

Date: 1980
Description: Roads and telephone lines intersect at the corner of the block, 4021 North 62nd (Rear).
Photograph

Imperial Garden Chinese Restaurant

Date: 03 1980
Description: A vacant parking lot accompanies the now Imperial Garden Restaurant (formally Villa Piazza), 2039 Allen Boulevard.
Photograph

Sewer Pipes - Cedar Ridge Subdivision

Date: 03 1981
Description: View of cement foundations and pillars for a future sewer pipeline. Cedar Ridge Subdivision.
Photograph

Dane County Hospital and Home

Date: 04 1981
Description: A grand horseshoe-shaped staircase in the center of the entrance to this Grecian-style building on Highway 151. The Hospital and home stand tall with large...

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