Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Aftermath of Peshtigo fire on October 8, 1871. Devastated landscape with deer carcass in foreground. The Peshtigo fire razed the small town of approximatel... |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Stereograph portrait of Increase Allen Lapham (1811-1875) examining the sixth fragment of a 33 lb. meteorite found in Trenton, Washington County, Wisconsin... |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Ruins of building showing smokestack still standing after the Peshtigo fire. A group of men are standing on the left. |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Street scene showing destruction after Peshtigo fire. |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Fire destruction near railroad tracks after Peshtigo fire. There are wheel carriages from destroyed boxcars on and near the tracks. |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Wood engraving of the Congregationalist Church in Peshtigo. From the book "Sketch Of The Great Fires In Wisconsin". |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Photographic print of a wood engraving of a schoolhouse and children in Peshtigo. From the book "Sketch of the Great Fire In Peshtigo." |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Studio portrait of Carl Schurz wearing suit and spectacles. |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Elevated view of South Twelfth Street. There is a child standing in the center of the street holding onto a wagon in which another child is sitting. A chur... |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Stereograph of a sawmill area and Lake Winnebago in the foreground. The square building with the "cupola" was the Revere House. A manuscript notation, very... |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | A view of the campus at the State Normal School. Established in 1871, headed by George S. Albee. In the early years of the school, tuition was free to all ... |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Stereograph. In the right background is the building of the Trade Reporter newspaper at the corner of Main and High Streets; across the street from it is J... |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Weather map depicting the great cyclonic storm that prevailed the day of the Peshtigo and Chicago fires. |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | The building has a fence around it and the yard is filled with trees. Pedestrians are in the road, as well as a man riding a horse. |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Jeremiah Curtin with a full beard. |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Hall, built in 1870, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Below the image is the caption "Female College of Wisconsin." |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | View of first house built in Dodge City. The sod building has a roof, window openings and a door. The surrounding landscape is barren. |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Stereograph. In the right background is the building of the Trade Reporter newspaper at the corner of Main and High Streets; across the street from it is J... |
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