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Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Bayfield

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye view of Bayfield, county seat of Bayfield County. On the lower left side is an inset for Bayfield and the Apostle Islands.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of City of Antigo

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye map of Antigo, county Seat of Langlade County, population 2500.
Map or Atlas

Racine, Wis., County Seat of Racine Co.

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye map of Racine looking south west, with insets of points of interest.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of River Falls

Date: 1880
Description: Bird's-eye map of River Falls.
Print

Baraboo, Wis. County Seat of Sauk Co.

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye map of Baraboo with inset of Devil's Lake, the south and east sides of the commercial square, the First National Bank, and the Warren House hote...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Clinton

Date: 1884
Description: Like many early settlements of southeastern Wisconsin, Clinton was founded in 1836 by Yankees--immigrants from New England and New York.
Photograph

Diamond Grotto

Date: 03 21 1881
Description: Four women gather in the Diamond Grotto, a notable land form in the Wisconsin Dells. There is a rustic bridge in the foreground.
Photograph

Mouth Rood's Glen

Date: 03 21 1881
Description: A man rows a small boat through Mouth Rood's Glen. Behind the boat a portable darkroom tent is set up.
Photograph

Group of Men in Encampment

Date: 07 28 1881
Description: A group of men dressed in uniform gather near a fence in a shaded encampment. Several tents are visible in the background. Caption on back of stereograph r...
Photograph

Portrait of Blanche Budd

Date: 1888
Description: Studio portrait of Blanche Budd (later McFetridge) at the age of 14 years, taken in Chicago.
Photograph

Family Home of William Henry Rogers

Date: 05 14 1887
Description: The family home of William Henry Rogers on the shore of Lake Mendota.
Photograph

Ferdinand Hotz

Date: 1888
Description: Quarter-length portrait of the photographer Ferdinand Hotz (March 14, 1868 - December 28, 1946) as a young man. He wears a fine suit and a single pearl stu...
Photograph

Gunder Larson and Family

Date: 1888
Description: Full-length studio portrait of the Gunder Larson Family. Front row: Mary Jane Rodgers Larson, Arthur Larson, Gunder Larson. Back row: Margaret Slossen Lars...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Water Works System of Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1887
Description: City water works system map. Pencil annotation on the top right reads: "Period represented is after 1887 and before Aug. 1891". The middle of the map has a...
Photograph

Greenwood Brewery

Date: 1886
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a crowd visiting Greenwood Brewery. Individuals pictured include: First row, left to right: Anton Novy, Edward McDonough, Frank R...
Book or Pamphlet

New Buckeye Mower and Binder Catalog Cover

Date: 1884
Description: Catalog cover for Buckeye Mower and Binder. Features a 12-point buck in the "B" of Buckeye, and decorative typefaces over framing ornaments, including a fe...
Photograph

Martin K. Dahl House

Date: 1885
Description: Martin K. Dahl, far left, sits with three women around a table which has been set in front of an iron fence which encloses a manicured yard. Two of the wom...
Photograph

Jacob Witting, Jr.

Date: 1885
Description: Jacob Witting, Jr., was born January 15, 1837 in Renhoff, Prussia. He was a soldier in the Iron Brigade during the Civil War. Jacob is posing standing with...
Photograph

Ojibwa Delegation

Date: 1880
Description: Group portrait of Ojibwa Chiefs from Bad River, Lac Courte Oreilles, and Lac du Flambeau, in Washington, D.C. The reason they were there is in dispute. Rec...
Photograph

Damage from a Cyclone

Date: 07 08 1885
Description: Stereograph of the aftermath of a cyclone. The debris may be the remains of a stable. In the foreground is a dead horse, with the remains of a buggy and a ...

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