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Drawing

Milwaukee Cement Company's Works

Date: 1880
Description: Lithograph of the Milwaukee Cement Company's Works at 154 West Water Street in Milwaukee.
Photograph

La Crosse Railroad Bridge

Date: 1880
Description: Construction of a railroad bridge on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad line. A set of railroad tracks is in the foreground, running along the s...
Photograph

The "Sandusky," the "Shawnee" and the "Superior"

Date: 1880
Description: Three ships at dock, the "Superior," the "Sandusky," and the "Shawnee," all built in Gibralter, Michigan.
Photograph

Ingram and Pinkum Sawmill

Date: 1880
Description: View from high bank across the river of the Ingram and Pinkum sawmill (left), Ingram and Kennedy mill (right), later incorporated as the Empire Lumber Co. ...
Photograph

Willow River Falls

Date: 1880
Description: Willow River Falls. Text at right reads: "Published by Whitney's Gallery, St. Paul, Minn. Willow River Falls Near Hudeson, Wis."
Photograph

Clark's Saw and Planing Mill

Date: 1880
Description: Clark's Saw and Planing Mill in the right foreground which is now the site of the electric plant. Behind Clark's is Plummers Mill where the Vocational Scho...
Photograph

Empire Mill

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view over canal towards the Empire Mill.
Photograph

Red Cedar or Menomonie River and the Mills

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of Red Cedar (or Menomonie) River and the Knapp, Stout & Co., mills from the top of present day Meadow Hill Dr. looking Southeast.
Photograph

Sawmill in Porterville

Date: 1880
Description: The sawmill of Gilbert E. Porter and Delos R. Moon was located on the Chippewa River approximately three miles southwest of the city of Eau Claire. In 1873...
Photograph

View of Town

Date: 1880
Description: Illustration of an elevated view over rooftops looking towards Oshkosh. There are chimneys along the horizon with smoke rising into the sky. A river is alo...
Photograph

Bad River

Date: 1880
Description: Man in canoe close to shoreline with a bridge in the background.
Photograph

Milwaukee River from Bridge

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph. Part of a bridge is visible in the lower left corner. Under the bridge is a floating pier with advertisements painted on its sides. Another br...
Postcard

P.H. Best Brewing Company

Date: 1880
Description: View across river toward the malt house. In the background is the south side brewery of the same company. There are two steamboats, one large, one small. ...
Photograph

Glass Bayou — Logan's Division Coming Into Action

Date: 1880
Description: A scene from a panoramic painting of Grant's assault on Vicksburg.
Photograph

Milwaukee River from Bridge - Anaglyph

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph. Part of a bridge is visible in the lower left corner. Under the bridge is a floating pier with advertisements painted on its sides. Another br...
Book or Pamphlet

N.C. Thompson Advertising Booklet

Date: 1880
Description: Front page of booklet with an engraving of a man with a team of two horses in a field with the "Celebrated Gorham Sulky Cultivator."
Photograph

Eau Claire Lumber Company

Date: 1880
Description: View of a lumber mill and logs floating on a river, which is spanned by a bridge. The mill has a sign that reads: "Cash for Wheat - Eau Claire City Mill." ...

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