Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | The Opera House at the corner of Washington (now Main) and North Mill Streets. A sign at the back of the building reads: "Printing." A barber pole is in fr... |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Lithograph of the Milwaukee Cement Company's Works at 154 West Water Street in Milwaukee. |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr. (1859-1936). Mr. McCormick was the oldest son of inventor and industrialist Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). He was ... |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Three ships at dock, the "Superior," the "Sandusky," and the "Shawnee," all built in Gibralter, Michigan. |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Cover of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company fair circular (catalog). The cover is illustrated with a lake and mountain scene and includes the text "Man... |
Date: | 1880 |
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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. ... |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | The schooner "S.M. Stephenson" was built in Manitowoc in 1880, weighing 511 gross tons. Its owner was A. Bigelow. |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | E.P. Allis & Co's Reliance Works: steam cranes and ovens. |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | View across water towards the Hull mill (right), showing Merlin Hull's ancestral home at left. |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Exterior view of a mill owned by George Mills Hull. Three men stand in the foreground, and three more stand near the entrance to the mill. |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | View of the Waukesha Woolen Mills buildings. Caption reads: "The picture above shows the Waukesha Woolen Mills buildings as they looked around 1880. At lef... |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | The Whiting Paper Mills before it was ruined by fire. A group of men and women are posing in the foreground. |
Date: | 1880 |
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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. |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin River shoreline, showing lumber rafts "tied up over Sunday." |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Elevated view of Rice Lake. A partially constructed building is in the right foreground. Unpaved roads and a sidewalk lead to commercial buildings and dwel... |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | A straw lead furnace, an open hearth furnace where lead sulphite (Galena) was roasted. Located on the Rountree branch of the Little Platte River, Richard S... |
Date: | 1880 |
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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... |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | It was in this shop that Christopher Sholes, inventor of the typewriter, did much of his work on various inventions. This photograph may be as early as th... |
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