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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers - Anaglyph

Date: 1887
Description: Stereograph. From the northeast (contrary to photographer's description.) A large tree is standing in the center along the drive, with the home behind it.
Print

St. Valentine's Day

Date: 1887
Description: Valentine's Day card with tan fringe and tasseled cords. A border of white daisies surrounds a smaller zig-zag border. Inside the border is the text "St. V...
Photograph

Hilda and Jack Johnston

Date: 1887
Description: Full-length cabinet card of two young children in front of a painted backdrop of the ocean. They are attired in coats, dresses and hats, and are holding ha...
Print

Pittsburg Landing, Battle of Shiloh

Date: 1887
Description: Engraving of Pittsburg Landing taken from a photograph a few days after the Battle of Shiloh (Tennessee), which occurred on April 6-7, 1862. The image sho...
Photograph

Mrs. Langtry in "As in a Looking-Glass"

Date: 1887
Description: Lillie Langtry is in character as the adventuress Lena Despard from the play "As in a Looking-Glass." In this full-length portrait, she is seated, facing ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1887
Description: This map shows block numbers, roads, railroads, wards, and selected buildings. The map includes a "Milwaukee city street guide" and index to public buildin...
Poster

Poster for "A Hole in the Ground"

Date: 1887
Description: Color lithograph poster. A man stands at a train station, his luggage flying out from the baggage room. The caption reads "The Junction-the Train Four Hour...
Photograph

Looking in at Main Entrance to the Palace #1536

Date: 1887
Description: A person is standing under the arched entrance of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival's ice palace. Inside the palace there is an ice animal sculpture on a plat...
Photograph

The Palace from the South, Night View #1540

Date: 1887
Description: Stereograph of the south entrance of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival palace.
Map or Atlas

Diagram of Pepin County Along the Left Bank of Lake Pepin, Between the Chippewa & Rush Rivers

Date: 1887
Description: This 1887 manuscript map by Amidon G. Miller covers portions of the towns of Nelson and Stockholm in Pepin County, Wisconsin, as well as a portion of the T...
Map or Atlas

Township No. 31 North of Range No. 22 East, 4th Mer.

Date: 1887
Description: This manuscript map of the southern portion of the Town of Porterfield, Marinette County, Wisconsin, shows sections and land ownership. The Menominee River...
Map or Atlas

Map of Price County, Wisconsin

Date: 1887
Description: This 1887 map of Price County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections, railroads, vacant land and land sold by the Wisconsin Central Rail...
Map or Atlas

Map of Ashland County, Wisconsin Corrected

Date: 1887
Description: This 1887 map of Ashland County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections, railroads, vacant Wisconsin Central Railroad land, state and "go...
Map or Atlas

Gogebic Iron Range

Date: 1887
Description: This map shows mining properties in the Gogebic Range between Atkins Lake, in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, on the west and Lake Gogebic, Michigan, on the east...
Map or Atlas

Map of Taylor County, Wisconsin

Date: 1887
Description: This 1887 map of Taylor County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections, railroads, vacant Wisconsin Central Railroad land, land sold by t...
Map or Atlas

Map of Taylor County, & Part of Lincoln County, Wisconsin Showing Wisconsin Central Rail Road Lands

Date: 1887
Description: This 1896 map shows the township and range system, sections, cities and villages, railroads, roads, vacant land and land sold by the Wisconsin Central Rail...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Lakes & Drives in the Vicinity of Oconomowoc & Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Date: 1887
Description: This late 19th century map shows the lake region around Oconomowoc in Waukesha County and eastern Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Cities and villages, roads, ...
Manuscript

Thwaites' Diary of Fox River Trip

Date: 1887
Description: Opening spread of Reuben Gold Thwaites' diary of his 1887 trip on the Fox River.
Manuscript

Historic Waterways Draft Manuscript

Date: 1887
Description: First page of the Reuben Gold Thwaites' handwritten draft manuscript for his book Historic Waterways.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Fox-Wisconsin Rivers

Date: 1887
Description: Map of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers to accompany Reuben Gold Thwaites' Historic Waterways.

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