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Fort Howard

Date: 1851
Description: A rare photograph of U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Howard rowing a boat on the Fox River. Fort Howard, built in 1816, was the first in the chain of ...
Drawing

Wisconsin State Capitol (Second) Sketch

Date: 1851
Description: A watercolor view of Madison. Prominent on the left side of King Street is the Madison Hotel.
Book or Pamphlet

Farwell's Madison Mills

Date: 1851
Description: Engraving of the five-story tall mill erected at the outlet of the Yahara Creek by Leonard J. Farwell. This engraving appears in Statistics of Dane County,...
Photograph

School and Church

Date: 1851
Description: School and church, from a drawing by Johann B. Wengler, an Austrian traveller in this country.
Photograph

Chapel, Ripon College

Date: 1851
Description: View across lawn toward the chapel at Ripon College. The roof has a central bell tower and a smaller, secondary tower to the right.
Photograph

Ripon College

Date: 1851
Description: View across lawn toward the chapel at Ripon College. The bottom half of the structure is made of brick and has tall, stained-glass windows. Above this is a...
Photograph

Chapel, Ripon College

Date: 1851
Description: View across lawn toward the chapel at Ripon College. The bottom half of the structure is made of brick and has tall, stained-glass windows. Above this is a...
Photograph

Ingraham Hall, Ripon College

Date: 1851
Description: View looking uphill toward the back of Ingraham Hall at Ripon College. The primary material used is brick, and the foundation and basement are stone. The b...
Photograph

Wright, Evans, and Shaler Halls, Ripon College

Date: 1851
Description: View across lawn toward the Wright, Evans, and Shaler Halls at Ripon College. The building is made out of stone, and a porch with columns protects each doo...
Photograph

Merriman Hall, Ripon College

Date: 1851
Description: A pathway leads to Merriman Hall at Ripon College. The columned porch shelters a double door entrance and supports a second floor balcony. The middle thir...
Photograph

Smith Hall, Ripon College

Date: 1851
Description: Smith Hall at Ripon College features a three-story porch, supported by columns and which shelters the entrance. Brackets add decoration to the roof. Vines ...
Photograph

Ripon College

Date: 1851
Description: A view of campus green space at Ripon College. A commemorative stone marker in the foreground has text that reads: "Rendezvous 1st Wis. Cav. Aug. 15 to Nov...
Map or Atlas

Plat of Madison The Capital of Wisconsin

Date: 1851
Description: This map shows plats with lots and block numbers of Madison. The far left corner features "University Ground" and some streets are labeled. Lake Monona is ...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1851
Description: Elevated view of a central street lined with businesses. Automobiles are parked at the curbs. There is a large building with columns on the left near an op...
Postcard

Panel of the Brown County Court House

Date: 1851
Description: Elevated view across water towards Fort Howard. In the foreground is a man standing on a pier, and in the water nearby are five men rowing in a boat. Capti...
Photograph

Fort Howard

Date: 1851
Description: A rare photograph of U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Howard rowing a boat on the Fox River. Fort Howard, built in 1816, was the first in the chain of ...

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