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Manuscript

Country Life at Syene

Date: 01 1913
Description: Cover of manuscript keepsake souvenir scrapbook titled "Country Life at Syene." The photograph of canned items and bins of fruit and vegetables in the cell...
Manuscript

Kitchen and Bathroom Scenes

Date: 01 1913
Description: Page from manuscript keepsake scrapbook containing an image of a kitchen stove and of a toilet. Caption below the kitchen stove reads: "Some of the machine...
Photograph

Vilas Flying Boat

Date: 07 01 1913
Description: The Curtiss flying boat in which Jack Vilas made the first flight across Lake Michigan. Vilas, a Chicago businessman, was greeted by a crowd of aerial enth...
Photograph

Institute of Paper Chemistry

Date: 1953
Description: The Institute of Paper Chemistry at Lawrence College.
Photograph

Ivey and Webb General Store in British Hollow

Date: 1930
Description: Ivey and Webb general store, with trees and a hill behind, and in front a man standing under the store's awning.
Photograph

Curtin House

Date: 1935
Description: View of the Jeremiah Curtin house located at 8685 West Grange Avenue. This stone and stucco residence was erected in 1835. It has been recognized as the b...
Photograph

American Club

Date: 1925
Description: The American Club, a fine club house for workers in a modern industrial villiage near Sheboygan, Wisconsin. It was built by Kohler Manufacturing Company as...
Photograph

Forest Products Laboratory

Date: 1946
Description: The Forest Products Laboratory.
Photograph

Bridge in Lake Delton

Date: 1930
Description: Bridge on U.S. highway 12.
Photograph

Gilmore-Weiss Home

Date: 1972
Description: The Gilmore-Weiss house, 120 Ely Place, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Photograph

Manitowoc Shipyards

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the shipyards with the Badger State cement plant in background.
Photograph

First National Bank

Date: 06 05 1952
Description: View of the remodeled interior of the bank, showing the original skylight.
Photograph

Pinckney Street from East Washington Street

Date: 03 1954
Description: Elevated view from the Wisconsin State Capitol towards Pinckney Street from East Washington to King Street.
Print

Milwaukee Auditorium

Date: 1910
Description: Advertisement for Auditorium with capacity information (total 15,700), purposes (Exhibitions, Conventions, Meetings, Lectures, Concerts, Dances, Circus, et...
Photograph

Exterior of Portage Jail

Date: 1900
Description: Group posing on lawn outside of the large brick building with a steep hip roof. Four men are identified (from left to right) as the turnkey, William MacKen...
Photograph

Bascom Hall

Date: 1917
Description: Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is on Bascom Hill in front of the main entrance.
Photograph

Lathrop Hall

Date: 1931
Description: Reception Room of hall at University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A large fireplace is along the right wall, and decorative pillars support the room. Table...
Photograph

President Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at Quebec

Date: 09 1944
Description: Prime Minister Winston Churchill greets President Franklin Roosevelt as he is about to exit his vehicle for their meeting at Quebec. This was their second ...
Photograph

Grand Army of the Republic, Jairus Richardson, Post No. 12

Date: 05 25 1901
Description: Grand Army of the Republic, Jairus Richardson, Post No. 12 in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, meeting at the Methodist Church. From left to right are: Charles ...
Photograph

Economic Promotion

Date: 05 1973
Description: As part of a national economic development program for northern Wisconsin, former baseball star Ted Williams, then a representative of a fishing tackle com...

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