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Map or Atlas

Sectional Map of the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1881
Description: A hand-colored, cloth mounted, sectional map of Wisconsin showing the township grid, completed and proposed railroads, counties, towns, cities, villages. T...
Map or Atlas

Northern Outlet Menasha Meander Lines

Date: 1881
Description: Ink, watercolor, and pencil on paper. Top of the map reads: "NORTHERN OUTLET MENASHA MEANDER LINES Scale 132ft 1 INCH Var S.E. Survey Completed Spet. 23 18...
Photograph

Edward Singleton Holden

Date: 1881
Description: Cabinet card portrait of Edward Holden seated with his legs crossed.
Map or Atlas

Map of Present and Prospective River Improvements at and Near Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin : Showing Adequate Booming and Rafting Facilities for Chippewa River

Date: 1881
Description: This map of Chippewa Falls is a proposal of river improvements using booming and rafting facilities and shows the city of Chippewa Falls, the Chippewa Rive...
Photograph

New York "Five Points"

Date: 1881
Description: Stereograph of a street in the “Five Points” slum district.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee

Date: 1881
Description: Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee from the south lakeshore.
Photograph

Lumber Camp Group

Date: 1881
Description: Archie Young and crew at Yellow River camp.
Print

C. Aultman & Co. Advertising Card

Date: 1881
Description: Advertising card featuring a chromolithograph of young boys in a field. One boy is sitting on the seat of a Buckeye implement while holding the reins of fo...
Print

"Imperial" Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co. Advertising Card

Date: 1881
Description: Front of card for the Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co., Canton, Ohio. Features a color illustration of a man wearing a spike helmet and military uniform decorated w...
Print

Wise's Axle Grease is the Best

Date: 1881
Description: Advertising card featuring an illustration of a man doffing his hat to a woman who is standing on a path holding an umbrella. Above their heads is a large ...
Print

Columbia Chilled Plows Advertising Card

Date: 1881
Description: Chromolithograph card featuring an illustration of a man (or boy) perched barefoot on a rope ladder at the edge of a balcony. He is trying to kiss the woma...
Print

Columbia Chilled Plow Advertising Card

Date: 1881
Description: Reverse side of chromolithograph card listing the advantages of the Columbia Chilled Plow. Includes black text over an illustration in red ink of a plow. M...
Historical Object

Appleton Woolen Mills Fabric Samples

Date: 1881
Description: Colorful patterned wool fabric in an Appleton Woolen Mills sample book.
Print

Holt's Lightning Hay Knife

Date: 1881
Description: Front of advertising card featuring a color illustration of a man and young boy outside during winter. The man is using a Lightning Hay knife to cut the ha...
Book or Pamphlet

Back Cover of Minneapolis Harvester Works Catalog

Date: 1881
Description: Features an illustration of men working in a field with a Dewey Harvester pulled by a team of two horses.
Book or Pamphlet

D.S. Morgan & Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1881
Description: Front cover of color catalog for Triumph Reapers, Seymour Mowers and the New Clipper.
Print

Merchant's Gargling Oil

Date: 1881
Description: Two advertising cards featuring a color illustration of a caricature of a baseball player. The card on the left is titled: "A close Affair. Hugging the Bat...
Book or Pamphlet

Peerless Reaper Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1881
Description: Front cover with gold, red and green ink. There is an oval inset illustration of the factory building on the bottom left.
Print

Sheridan's Powder Advertising Card

Date: 1881
Description: Advertising card with the heading: "To make hens lay, use Sheridan's condition powder." Features a color illustration of a man in a hen house on the left h...
Book or Pamphlet

St. Paul Harvester Works Catalog Cover

Date: 1881
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Saint Paul harvester and cord binder, manufactured by the Saint Paul Harvester Works. The cover features a chromol...

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