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Map or Atlas

Railroad Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1887
Description: This map shows lakes, railroads, and rivers. An explanation of railroad lines with mileage in Wisconsin and total mileage for 1887 is included. Portions of...
Map or Atlas

Michigan, Wisconsin & Minnesota

Date: 1887
Description: This map shows railroads, county boundaries, cities, towns, and waterways with relief shown by hachures. The prime meridians are: Greenwich and Washington....
Postcard

"Proud Mary" Est. 1887

Date: 1887
Description: Black and white illustration of the Proud Mary Hotel (now the Whistling Swan).
Photograph

Wedding Portrait of Bernhard Stieg and Mary Dittbermer

Date: 1887
Description: Formal portrait of Bernhard Stieg, a pharmacist, & Mary (Dittbermer) Stieg, a milliner, in their wedding clothes. Bernhard is seated and wearing a dark sui...
Photograph

Oxen in Harness with Haul of Logs

Date: 1887
Description: Seven men are posing on or near a haul of logs loaded onto a sled. Some of the men are holding cant hooks. A team of oxen are yoked to the sled.
Photograph

Manitowoc Harbor Scene

Date: 1887
Description: Caption reads: "Some of the Old-Timers on the Photo. Steamers: Petosky (on stocks), Muskegon, Corona, A.D. Hayward, City of St. Joe, Lotus, J.F. Dayan, Gra...
Map or Atlas

Map of Waterford

Date: 1887
Description: A plat map of Waterford. Township 4, North Range 19, East of 4th Principal Meridian. References at bottom include school houses, houses, churches and cemet...
Photograph

Richard Adams

Date: 1887
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Richard Adams, a member of the 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company "F."
Photograph

"Mrs. Richard Adams"

Date: 1887
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of a woman identified as "Mrs. Adams."
Photograph

Louisa May Alcott

Date: 1887
Description: Seated profile portrait of American novelist Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women and its sequels.
Photograph

Silver Street, Hurley, Prior To Fires of 1887

Date: 1887
Description: A view of the businesses present on Silver Street, Hurley's main street, less than three years after the city's settlement. City residents and a horse-dra...
Print

Edward P. Allis

Date: 1887
Description: Vignetted engraved lithograph portrait of Edward Phelps Allis, an industrialist who formed the Edward P. Allis Company in Milwaukee, initially manufacturin...
Photograph

Katharine Allen

Date: 1887
Description: Vignetted head and shoulders carte-de-visite portrait of Katharine Allen, daughter of historian and UW-Madison classics professor William Francis Allen. Ca...

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