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Swearing-In Native American Civil War Recruits

Date: 1861
Description: Thomas Bigford (in cap, on left) and another official swearing-in two Native American Civil War recruits. Thomas Bigford (1815-1890) of Taycheedah, Wiscons...
Photograph

Chief Oshkosh

Date: 1850
Description: Drawing of Chief Oshkosh rendered from a daguerreotype by J.F. Harrison. He is wearing a top hat wrapped with a ribbon. Also a suitcoat, bowtie, beaded nec...
Photograph

Pfeifer's Drugstore

Date: 1888
Description: Exterior view of Charles Pfeifer's Drugstore, founded in 1858. From left to right are Charles Pfeifer, Fred Pfeifer, Mrs. Adam Heeb, Fulda Pfeifer, Mrs. Ch...
Manuscript

German Scientist with Test Tube

Date: 1880
Description: Illustration of a scientist in his lab gazing at a test tube, with a caption in German that translates to "Eureka! I have found it!".
Photograph

Richmond McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view from across street of men posing with farm and lawn equipment along the storefront of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership. Thre...
Photograph

Circus Canvasman at Work

Date: 07 14 1897
Description: James Whalen, boss canvasman with the Ringling Brothers circus, at work in a van.
Book or Pamphlet

Aultman, Miller and Company Advertising Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for Aultman, Miller and Company, manufacturers of agricultural equipment. Features a chromolithograph of a woman sit...
Photograph

Chief Little Black Hawk

Date: 1895
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of George Blackhawk (WonkShiekChoNeeKah), sitting, and an unidentified man who is standing and w...
Photograph

Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Olson

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait of a man posing sitting on the arm of a chair and holding an umbrella, and a woman posing standing. They are in front of a painted backdrop...
Photograph

Man Posing near Wooden Fence

Date: 1898
Description: Man posing standing in the road in front of a wooden fence holding a derby hat. There is a house in the background.
Photograph

Fairchild at Gettysburg Monument

Date: 1869
Description: Governor Lucius Fairchild of Wisconsin and an unidentified group visiting the still uncompleted national monument at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1869. Fair...
Photograph

Dousman Office Building

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view across street towards the Dousman Office building, later used as a pearl button factory. A large group of people are sitting and standing at ...
Photograph

Lenore Harrison Cawker with Bird

Date: 1896
Description: Studio portrait of Lenore Harrison Cawker holding a parrot on her hand.
Photograph

Lucius and Frances Fairchild

Date: 1870
Description: Studio portrait of Governor Lucius Fairchild, and his wife, Frances (Bull) Fairchild.
Photograph

Night Hunters

Date: 1890
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two hunters, Jacob Gross, sitting and holding a lantern, and Henry Herold, standing and holding a rifle a...
Photograph

John Gilbert as a Baby with His Mother

Date: 1898
Description: Actor John Gilbert as a baby with his mother. She is lying on the floor on her stomach, resting on her elbows with her head up. Her knees are bent and her ...
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Catalog Cover

Date: 1893
Description: Front cover of Buckeye harvesting machinery catalog, featuring a group of men and horses resting under the shade of a tree. In the background is a field wi...
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Catalog Back Cover

Date: 1898
Description: Back cover with a color illustration of a man using a Buckeye binder in a field drawn by a team of two horses. On the left a woman wearing a dress and apro...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvester Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1894
Description: Catalog cover featuring illustrations along with the text: "The Foreign Commisioners Visit the Northwest, and Learn Why Bonanza Farming Pays." At the top i...
Photograph

Stone Octagon House

Date: 1860
Description: Three adults and two children are standing on the porch of the Baraboo Octagon house. The stone hexagonal building stood on Bench (1st) and Broadway and se...

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