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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 06 1837
Description: Lithograph based on a painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey showing the Peck cabin, the first house in Madison. In addition to the cabin, the lithograph includes a ...
Photograph

Hawks Tavern

Date: 1884
Description: Hawks Tavern, also known as Hawks Inn, with men on the porch and trees in the yard on each side.
Photograph

Cawker (Colonel E. Harrison) Residence

Date: 1890
Description: Cawker (Colonel E. Harrison) residence.
Photograph

Doty Home

Date: 1870
Description: Doty home with trees in the yard.
Photograph

De Pere High School

Date: 1890
Description: High school, built in 1857 and destroyed by fire in 1899.
Photograph

Randall Wilcox Residence

Date: 1867
Description: View across unpaved road towards Randall Wilcox's home, with a fence along the sidewalk. A group of people are standing on the front porch.
Photograph

Green Bay Residence

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior of home and lawn on a summer day, with a forest in the background and a picket fence in the foreground. The house has a lookout on the roof.
Painting

12th Wisconsin Marching to Fort Riley

Date: 04 24 1862
Description: Watercolor view of Manhattan, Kansas, from the bluff westward. The watercolor portrays the 12th Wisconsin Volunteers on their way to Fort Riley, on April ...
Painting

12th Wisconsin Marching through Tecumseh

Date: 04 1862
Description: Watercolor of the 12th Wisconsin Volunteers marching through on their way to Fort Riley, April 1862. Created by John Gaddis of Company E.
Painting

12th Wisconsin in Topeka

Date: 05 1862
Description: Topeka, Kansas, when the 12th Wisconsin Volunteers came marching through the town on their way to Fort Riley, May 1863. Watercolor by John Gaddis of E Com...
Painting

Ossawattamie, Kansas

Date: 03 1862
Description: Ossawattamie, Kansas, as it appeared at the time the 12th Wisconsin Volunteer's passed through on their march from Leavenworth to Fort Scott in March of 18...
Book or Pamphlet

D.M. Osborne Catalog Cover

Date: 1896
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Osborne agricultural machinery showing a woman and two young girls mixing ingredients for a recipe from an Osborne cata...
Photograph

Elliott Home

Date: 1890
Description: Elliott home, residence of Hames T. Elliot, at 7th Avenue. People are posing at the fence, and near the entrance.
Print

Case Residence

Date: 1875
Description: Elevated view across street towards the Case Residence. People are in a horse-drawn carriage in the foreground.
Photograph

Indian Agency House

Date: 1897
Description: The Indian Agency House when the land was farmed by E.S. Baker of Portage, Wisconsin.
Print

The Novel Reader

Date: 1847
Description: A woman sits at a table reading while apparently neglecting her whole family.
Print

Bijou Opera House

Date: 1889
Description: Souvenir Booklet for the opening night of August 19. Interior view showing part of the stage, floor seating, stairs, and the three levels of balcony seati...
Photograph

Lakeside Croquet Game

Date: 1880
Description: Lakeside lawn set up for croquet game and garden pavilion at the estate, "Sunnybank." A man sits in the grass with two children. On the right in the backgr...
Photograph

Dining Room of the James Nevins Home

Date: 1897
Description: Interior view of the dining room in the James Nevins home on Broom Street. Dishes, teacups and glasses are stacked on the table. A bowl of fruit is in the ...
Book or Pamphlet

C.B. Reynold's Tent

Date: 1886
Description: Illustration of C.B. Reynold's tent, in which he offered liberal lectures free of charge. A lectern and chairs are set up inside the tent. The sign on the ...

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