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St. Croix County Court House

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior view of the St. Croix County Court House with six people standing in front of it.
Photograph

Dane County Poorhouse

Date: 1907
Description: Exterior view of the Dane County Poorhouse.
Photograph

James Stout

Date: 
Description: Formal studio portrait of James Stout.
Photograph

Lake Mills Public Library

Date: 1949
Description: The Public Library in Lake Mills.
Photograph

Lake Mills Public Library

Date: 1949
Description: The Public Library in Lake Mills.
Photograph

Green County Court House

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of the Green County Court House. Snow is on the ground.
Photograph

Charles C. Sholes

Date: 
Description: Portrait of Wisconsin legislator and newspaperman Charles C. Sholes (1816-1867).
Photograph

Kleinsteuber Machine Shop

Date: 1880
Description: It was in this shop that Christopher Sholes, inventor of the typewriter, did much of his work on various inventions. This photograph may be as early as th...
Postcard

Pabst Building

Date: 1904
Description: Elevated view of the building. Two trolleys are on the road and in the foreground is a bridge over the river.
Postcard

St. Lawrence Church

Date: 1910
Description: A clock is in the taller corner belfry. A rose window is on the front facade. Caption reads: "St. Lawrence Church, Milwaukee."
Photograph

King Family

Date: 
Description: Members of the King family posing outdoors near a house. From left to right: Robert Drew King, son; Delia Drew King, mother; Frank O. King, father.
Photograph

Man and Boy with Fish

Date: 
Description: A man and boy stand on a landing in front of two boats with water and a far shoreline in the background. They are holding up their catch of fish.
Print

Cowan Memorial Library Bookplate

Date: 1928
Description: Bookplate from the Cowan Memorial Library presented to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries by the British Beekeepers Association 1928. The illustrati...
Photograph

Grace May Hall as a Circus Child

Date: 1891
Description: Grace May Hall, as a five-year-old circus child, with a large show python coiled at her feet and a smaller show snake around her neck.
Historical Object

Caroline A. Alllcott Stone

Date: 1834
Description: Aperture type hollow-cut silhouette of Caroline A. Allcott Stone, sister-in-law of Dr. Increase A. Lapham. Subject faces right (proper left), and wears her...
Photograph

William Upham in Winter

Date: 1909
Description: William Upham standing outdoors on a sidewalk next to a snowbank and two dogs. Behind him is a barbershop pole. Commercial buildings, a horse-drawn vehicle...
Photograph

Marion Brumder

Date: 04 1955
Description: Marion Brumder sitting in profile in an easy chair in a corner of a living room. She is gesturing with her left hand; in her right hand is a cigarette in a...
Photograph

William Proxmire at Cabin

Date: 08 1938
Description: Future Wisconsin Senator, William Proxmire, wearing a coat and hat at what appears to be a rural cabin.
Photograph

Christmas Tree

Date: 12 1916
Description: A Christmas tree decorated with glass ornaments, tinsel garland, and round electric lights is standing on a large block of wood in front of the bow window ...
Photograph

Emily Clapp Abbott

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length portrait of a woman. Caption reads: "ABBOTT, Mrs. Emily S. (wife Dr. S.W. Abbott) Emily Clapp Abbott b. May 25, 1832; died Chippewa Falls R...

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