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Singer Advertising Card - Roumanian Group

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a group of three men from Roumania [Romania] in "native" costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of A...
Print

Duncan's Coal Docks

Date: 1896
Description: View of W.E. Duncan's coal docks.
Drawing

Comanche Combat

Date: 09 1890
Description: Combat between a Comanche (left) and a Kiowa (right) done by a Comanche boy, at Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, Oklahoma.
Photograph

War Dance

Date: 09 1890
Description: A drawing of a war dance including Kiowas, Osages, and Pawnees drawn by a Comanche boy, at Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, Oklahoma.
Drawing

Illustration of the DuCharme House

Date: 1890
Description: A drawing of the DuCharme/Grignon house and fur-trading post as it appeared shortly before being razed in about 1892.
Drawing

Rock Lake

Date: 1890
Description: A sketch of Rock Lake, or Tyranena Lake.
Drawing

Stockbridge Indian Mission

Date: 1899
Description: View of the Stockbridge Indian Mission.
Drawing

First Congregational Church, Stockbridge, Wisconsin

Date: 1899
Description: Exterior view of the First Congregational Church.
Drawing

Elisha D. Smith Library

Date: 1899
Description: The Elisha D. Smith Library built by Van Ryn and De Gelleke.
Drawing

Benjamin Walker Castle

Date: 1890
Description: Benjamin Walker Castle, 1862-1893 in the 900 block of East Gorham Street.
Drawing

Historical Society Design

Date: 1896
Description: Front elevation and floor plans submitted by Milwaukee architect, H. C.Koch & Co., for the Wisconsin Historical Society building design competition. The b...
Drawing

Wisconsin Historical Society Plans

Date: 1896
Description: Unsuccessful elevations and floor plans submitted by Peabody & Stearns, of Boston, and Charles S. Frost, of Chicago, as part of the design competition for ...
Manuscript

Indian Setting up a Hunting Trap

Date: 03 1892
Description: An Indian sets up a hunting trap, with a rifle resting against a tree in the background.
Drawing

First Ward School

Date: 1890
Description: Drawing of a two-story school house. A bell tower is on the roof, a tree and a lamp post and fence are next to the road.
Photograph

Elisha D. Smith Library

Date: 1899
Description: Copy of an artist's rendition of an exterior view of the Elisha D. Smith Library. Pen and ink drawing is signed: "G.J. de Gelleke, 1899." Bottom of drawing...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Verona

Date: 1894
Description: Sanborn map of Verona, Wisconsin.
Drawing

Ornamental Burdock

Date: 1898
Description: Drawing of a burdock planted at the foundation of a building.
Drawing

Six Decades of Progress 1831-1891

Date: 1890
Description: Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration for a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Includes illustrations of McCormick's "first" reaper and McCor...
Drawing

The McCormick Big 4 Steel Mower

Date: 1890
Description: Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration for a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Includes an illustration of a well-dressed farmer operating a ...
Drawing

The Household

Date: 1890
Description: Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration for a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Features a drawing of a farmhouse, trees and grounds in winter...

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