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Battle of Gettysburg Advertising Poster

Date: 1886
Description: Color lithographed color advertising poster showing a McCormick grain binder at the Civil War battle of Gettysburg. The poster was based on a cyclorama by ...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1886
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a farmer in a field operating a hor...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of City of Antigo

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye map of Antigo, county Seat of Langlade County, population 2500.
Book or Pamphlet

William Deering and Company Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1886
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering and Company farm machinery. Features an illustration of a young woman in a wheat field surrounded by bi...
Photograph

Western Rifle Association Tournament

Date: 1886
Description: Participants at the Western Rifle Association Tournament in Wapello, Iowa. Many of the men are holding guns. A farmhouse and farm buildings are in the ba...
Photograph

Milwaukee Panorama Artists with Panorama

Date: 1886
Description: Group portrait of a group of German panorama painters on a scaffolding in their Milwaukee studio, with The Atlanta Cyclorama as a backdrop. Included in the...
Photograph

Wonewoc, Wisconsin

Date: 1886
Description: Elevated view of houses and buildings in Wonewoc.
Photograph

Superior Street

Date: 1886
Description: View of the west side of Superior Street, looking north.
Photograph

Morey Residence

Date: 1886
Description: Exterior view of the residence of D.J. Morey, with multiple individuals standing in and around its front yard. A fence runs along the sidewalk.
Photograph

Killbourne Residence

Date: 1886
Description: The Killbourne residence, the home of E. B. Kilbourne, 927 Superior Avenue.
Poster

Battle of Gettysburg Advertising Poster

Date: 1886
Description: Lithographed advertising poster showing a McCormick grain binder at the Civil War battle of Gettysburg. The poster was based on a cyclorama by French artis...
Photograph

Man Posing on Main Street

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a man on Main Street, created by Van Schaick or his colleague, Thomas T. McAdam.
Photograph

Potosi Brewery

Date: 1886
Description: Exterior view of the Potosi Brewery at about the time Adam Schumacher took over the operation. Children and adults can be seen near a fence and in horse-dr...
Photograph

Early P&H Machine Shop

Date: 1886
Description: Exterior view of one of the first Pawling & Harnischfeger machine shops. The building was built in 1886 on the corner of South First Street and East Oregon...
Photograph

J.F. Mosher Residence

Date: 1886
Description: Mosher family standing in front of the J.F. Mosher residence. From the left are J.F. Mosher, daughters Celia Belle, Rhoda Adelaide, and Bertha May, son Her...
Photograph

Man Posing on Main Street - Anaglyph

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a man on Main Street in Black River Falls, ca. 1886, created by Van Schaick or his colleague, Thomas T. McAdam.
Photograph

Portrait of Four Men

Date: 1886
Description: J.R. Sharp, P.E. Woodley, W.M. Bour, and R.M. Seymour sit and stand for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop wearing work clothes, ties, and ha...
Photograph

Monona Lake Assembly

Date: 1886
Description: Women and children, who are members of the Monona Lake Assembly, relax beneath the trees at the Monona Lake Assembly grounds. There are tents and small bui...
Magazine or Periodical

The American Velocipede

Date: 1886
Description: Engraved image from a sketch by Theodore Davis showing four men bicycling.
Photograph

Greenwood Brewery

Date: 1886
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a crowd visiting Greenwood Brewery. Individuals pictured include: First row, left to right: Anton Novy, Edward McDonough, Frank R...

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