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Champion Harvester and Binder

Date: 1882
Description: Advertising handbill for the Champion harvester and binder. Includes the text: "the Champion light binder, is the only simple, light, durable, efficient wo...
Photograph

Locomotive No. 539

Date: 1882
Description: View across railroad tracks of two men posing near the right side of locomotive no. 539 on another set of railroad tracks. The locomotive was built by the ...
Photograph

Science Hall

Date: 1882
Description: View of Science Hall on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus from the southwest.
Photograph

First Central Station

Date: 1882
Description: Building housing the very first central electric light station for distribution of incandescent lighting. The sign on the building reads: "Vulcan St."
Photograph

The First Incandescent Central Station

Date: 1882
Description: Cutaway view of the building that housed the first electrical station created to distribute incandescent light electricity.
Photograph

Early Electrical Switchboard

Date: 1882
Description: A man shows off an incandescent lamp switchboard with bamboo filiament, lamp receptacle with wooden base, current and pressure indicators and controlling d...
Map or Atlas

Map of Indian Reservations

Date: 1882
Description: Map showing Indian Reservations in the United States.
Photograph

Lathrop Residence

Date: 1882
Description: View of excavation for the Lathrop residence, home of William H. Lathrop.
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1882
Description: View of Main Street business district. Horses and buggies are on the street. Some business signs read: "American and Norsk Store," "Furniture," "L....re & ...
Photograph

Wisconsin Chief Clerk's Assembly

Date: 1882
Description: Composite photograph of the Wisconsin chief clerk's assembly.
Photograph

Senator Edward Colman

Date: 1882
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Edward Colman, member of the Wisconsin Senate in 1882.
Photograph

Red Star Yeast & Products Co.

Date: 1882
Description: First building of the 27th Street plant.
Poster

Administrator's Public Auction

Date: 1882
Description: Broadside advertising a public auction at the estate of Olaus Haagenson.
Photograph

Pupils of the 2nd Ward School

Date: 1882
Description: A group portrait of students at the 2nd Ward School. The students are posing in front of the building, with girls in the front (straw hats on laps), boys i...
Map or Atlas

Railroad Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1882
Description: The official railroad map of Wisconsin showing railroad lines throughout the state.
Photograph

The Elephant Hotel

Date: 1882
Description: A view of the left side of the Elephant Hotel, constructed in the shape of an elephant with small windows punctuating the side and a covered open-air obser...
Map or Atlas

Soils of Northern Wisconsin

Date: 1882
Description: A geological map of northern Wisconsin showing the locations of different soil types in the state such as sandy soil, sandy loam, prairie loam, clayey loam...
Map or Atlas

Plat of the Farms of I.N. Stewart and Robt. A. Stewart

Date: 1882
Description: This manuscript map from 1882 shows land use and land for sale in a portion of the Town of Pewaukee, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Woods, marshland, springs,...
Photograph

Kerrigan Brothers as Children

Date: 1882
Description: A studio portrait of William Wallace Kerrigan, his older brother George Warren Kerrigan, and a small dog, probably taken in Indiana around 1882. George War...
Book or Pamphlet

Ann Arbor Agricultural Co. Brochure

Date: 1882
Description: Front and back sides of the Ann Arbor Co. brochure. The front cover includes an illustration of the factory. The inside is a spread with an illustration of...

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