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Sawmill Fire

Date: 1894
Description: A crowd gathers and watches the sawmill on fire.
Photograph

Portrait of Laura (Smith) Kaun

Date: 1894
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Laura (Smith) Kaun (1875-1937) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is wearing a dress with ...
Map or Atlas

Map of West Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1894
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, railroads, street car tracks, sewers, water mains, gas mains, paved streets, land owned by the Land & River Improveme...
Book or Pamphlet

Back Cover of Buckeye Harvesting Machines Catalog

Date: 1894
Description: Back cover of an advertising brochure for Buckeye harvesting machines manufactured by Aultman, Miller & Company. Features an illustration of three boys by ...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvester Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1894
Description: Catalog cover featuring illustrations along with the text: "The Foreign Commisioners Visit the Northwest, and Learn Why Bonanza Farming Pays." At the top i...
Book or Pamphlet

Massey-Harris Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1894
Description: Front cover featuring a color illustration of a man forging a chain on an anvil. He is wearing a winged helmet with the word "Progress" on the front. The c...
Book or Pamphlet

Massey-Harris Co. Card Front and Back

Date: 1894
Description: Front cover featuring a color illustration titled: "Young Canada, 'I wonder what they are doing on the other side,'" and "Merry Christmas." A young boy wea...
Photograph

Proposed Site of Library Building

Date: 1894
Description: Caption from photograph: "Proposed site of library building. Wis[consin] Histor[ical] Soc[iety].--looking N.W. Building would occupy place now covered by t...
Book or Pamphlet

Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company Champion Catalog Cover

Date: 1894
Description: Front cover with color illustration reads: "The Search Light of Public Experience Reveals the Champion." To the right, on a pedestal, is the figure of a ma...
Book or Pamphlet

Hillside Home School Brochure

Date: 1894
Description: The front cover of a booklet about Hillside Home School during 1894-1895, the school's seventh year.
Book or Pamphlet

The New Champion Catalog Cover

Date: 1894
Description: Cover features a ribbon reading "The New Champion" against an ornate framed background of green and embossed gold in. Two round frames have a silhouette ag...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1894
Description: Sanborn map of Milwaukee, with the Milwaukee River on the left, and Water Street in the center. There are two iron draw bridges over the river.
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1894
Description: This map shows railroads, street railways, roads, wards, block numbers, parks, Lake Michigan, and one mile concentric circles indicating distance from the ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the city of Milwaukee Showing Completed Sewers Up to Dec. 31st, 1894

Date: 1894
Description: This map shows sewers, intercepting sewers, manholes, block numbers, streets, railroads, parks, cemeteries, and Lake Michigan. The right margin reads: "Tot...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of George W. Peck

Date: 1894
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Wisconsin's 17th governor, George W. Peck, on a cabinet card. He wears glasses and a suit, vest and necktie, and is standi...
Photograph

Western Canoe Association Members

Date: 1894
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Western Canoe Association members lounging in front of their tent camp. They are all wearing caps or hats. Near the center of the...
Photograph

Western Canoe Association Members at Picnic Point

Date: 1894
Description: Seven members of the canoe association are posed around an eighth member, who is lying face down on a padded cot, covered with ferns. Ferns have been strat...
Map or Atlas

New Vest-Pocket Map of the City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Date: 1894
Description: This map shows railroads, street railways, ward lines, land parcels, streets, schools and public buildings. Ward lines are highlighted in red. Lake Michiga...
Photograph

Frederick Jackson Turner and His Children

Date: 1894
Description: Frederick Jackson Turner holding his two children, Dorothy and Jackson Allen Turner and in their Frances Street home.
Map or Atlas

Rand McNally & Co.'s Indexed County and Township Pocket Map and Shippers' Guide of Wisconsin

Date: 1894
Description: This map shows automobile routes across the state and into parts of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Iowa. Cities, counties, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior...

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