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Photograph

Swimming in the Mississippi River

Date: 1890
Description: View across water towards men and boys swimming and splashing in the Mississippi River. Alma is in the background on the far shoreline.
Painting

Peshtigo Fire II. Fire in Town

Date: 
Description: Townspeople fleeing the Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871.
Photograph

L.C. Smith Typewriter Truck

Date: 08 17 1937
Description: View across street towards a semi-trailer truck delivering 200 new 1937 Super Speed L.C. Smith typewriters. A young boy and three men are standing in the s...
Photograph

Young Women at Gas Station

Date: 2008
Description: Two young women and an infant in a stroller posing for a picture at a gas station. One woma has her arm around the other woman.
Photograph

Woman and Two Children

Date: 10 01 2008
Description: A woman is walking down the sidewalk, wearing a head covering and smiling at the camera, while two young girls are following close behind.
Photograph

Girl at Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 28 2007
Description: A young girl dressed in red, white, and blue is watching the Memorial Day parade while holding an American flag and sitting in a chair on the sidewalk.
Poster

Crimean War Themed Advertising Broadside

Date: 05 1854
Description: This yellow and black wood block print broadside ties England and France's declaration of war against Russia during the Crimean War into a war against high...
Photograph

Group Posed in Automobile

Date: 08 27 1921
Description: Group in automobile looking out the left side windows. A man is driving, a young boy is in the passenger seat, and in the back seat are two women and a you...

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