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Poster

Real Estate Advertisement

Date: 1855
Description: Poster advertising homesteads and village lots for sale.
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin

Date: 1855
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, buildings, some landownership, roads, railroads, cemeteries, the Milwaukee River, and Lake Michigan. The map includes...
Map or Atlas

Parish's Addition to Prairie du Chien

Date: 1855
Description: This map shows streets and lots. The right side of the map includes notes on widths of streets and certifications. The top right reads: "Parish's Addition ...
Map or Atlas

City of Portage

Date: 1855
Description: This map shows landownership, lot and block numbers, streets, a canal, bridges, Fort Winnebago, the Wisconsin River, and the Fox River. Relief is shown by ...
Photograph

Edward P. Bridgman

Date: 1855
Description: An eighth plate daguerreotype of Edward P. Bridgman, 1834-1915, as a young man. Bridgman served in the 37th Massachusetts volunteer Infantry, Company G in ...
Manuscript

Map of the Subdivision of the Lots and Blocks in Glidden and Lockwood’s Addition in the First Ward of Milwaukee

Date: 1855
Description: This map shows plat of town, local streets, numbered blocks and lots, proposed city park, Murray’s addition, and part of Lake Michigan. Also includes a tab...
Manuscript

Notes of General Henry Dodge, Page 2

Date: 1855
Description: The second page of General Henry Dodge's notes, taken by Lyman Draper.
Manuscript

Notes of General Henry Dodge

Date: 1855
Description: The third of four pages of General Henry Dodge's notes, as taken by Lyman Draper.
Manuscript

Notes of General Henry Dodge

Date: 1855
Description: The notes of General Henry Dodge, as taken by Lyman Draper. Page 99.
Map or Atlas

Map of the State of Wisconsin Shewing [sic] the Location of the Ancient Works

Date: 1855
Description: This map shows the locations of ancient works in the state of Wisconsin. Lake Superior and Michigan are labeled. Counties, towns, and rivers are also label...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin, Exhibiting The Routes of the Principal Rail Roads Chartered and Now in Process of Construction Within the State

Date: 1855
Description: This map shows current and purposed railroad routes. Lake Michigan is on the far right, with Lake Superior visible at the top of the map. Routes are marked...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin with Portions of Adjoining States, Showing the Chicago, Madison, and Lake Superior Rail Road Route

Date: 1855
Description: This map shows railroad lines from Chicago, with emphasis on the proposed railroad from Chicago to Madison to Lake Superior near the Ontonagon River. Inclu...
Photograph

John Bascom at Age 28

Date: 1855
Description: Quarter-length oval-framed portrait of John Bascom at the age of 28.
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Oshkosh

Date: 1855
Description: This map shows the Fox River, Lake Winnebago, streets, and plats. Below the title reads: "N. F.&Co. will make surveys of lands and plat the same in the bes...
Photograph

James Jesse Strang

Date: 1855
Description: Three-quarter length sitting portrait of James Strang.
Photograph

James Jesse Strang

Date: 1855
Description: Copy print of a quarter-length daguerreotype portrait of James Jesse Strang.
Book or Pamphlet

Baptism of Nakam

Date: 1855
Description: Illustration of Father Florimond Bonduel baptizing a Menominee woman named Nakam by pouring water from a clam shell onto her head. The woman is kneeling at...
Book or Pamphlet

Musique Indienne

Date: 1855
Description: A page of Menominee Indian music as transcribed by Father Florimond Bonduel.

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