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Book or Pamphlet

Massey-Harris Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1897
Description: Front cover of Massey-Harris farm machinery catalog featuring a color illustration of a woman wearing a long, white gown and a laurel leaf crown, holding a...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog Covers

Date: 1897
Description: The left side (front cover) features a color illustration of a woman in a red dress who is holding up branches, and is wearing two gold colored bangles on ...
Photograph

Turvill Family Picking Strawberries

Date: 1897
Description: The Turvill family picking strawberries on their family farm. Five family members, men and women, are crouched in the field picking, and a young girl stand...
Photograph

Outdoor Portrait of Mary Turvill McConnell

Date: 1897
Description: Outdoor portrait of Mary Turvill McConnell.
Photograph

Outdoor Portrait of George McConnell

Date: 1897
Description: Outdoor portrait of George McConnell. He is sitting in a chair looking to the left. A building with a vine growing up along a window is in the background.
Photograph

Portrait of Kent Wood with Two Dogs

Date: 1897
Description: Outdoor portrait of Kent Wood, with a pipe in his mouth and sitting in a cart, posing with two dogs. All three are in profile. The side of a building is be...
Photograph

Portrait of Anna McConnell

Date: 1897
Description: Full-length outdoor portrait of Anna McConnell standing in the shade in a field, with trees in the background.
Photograph

Portrait of Jessie Turvill Thwaites

Date: 1897
Description: Portrait of Jessie Turvill Thwaites, wife of the Wisconsin Historical Society Director Ruben Gold Thwaites. She is sitting sideways in a chair, and is hold...
Photograph

Portrait of Kent Wood

Date: 1897
Description: Outdoor portrait of Kent Wood sitting on a wooden wheelbarrow against a wall holding a pipe. He has his right arm resting on a wooden box. A dog (at the ed...
Photograph

Men Ice Skating on Lake Monona

Date: 1897
Description: Men ice skating on Lake Monona, with two young boys. Other skaters are behind them, and the far shoreline is in the background.
Photograph

Shoreline in Madison

Date: 1897
Description: A view of Madison from a lake shoreline. Unknown location.
Photograph

Swimmers in Lake Monona

Date: 1897
Description: Original title reads, "Bathers assemble [swimmers in Lake Monona]." Women and men, wearing suits, hats, and long dresses, are standing near the lake shorel...
Photograph

Portrait of an Unknown Woman

Date: 1897
Description: Full-length indoor portrait of an unknown woman. She is wearing a long dress with puffy sleeves, and underneath a white blouse with lace collar and cuffs. ...
Photograph

Outdoor Portrait of Thomas Turvill

Date: 1897
Description: Outdoor quarter-length portrait of Thomas Turvill sitting in a chair. He is resting his head on his right hand.
Photograph

Home of Edward Buenning

Date: 1897
Description: Edward Buenning and his wife posing in front of their home and farm buildings.
Photograph

Outdoor Portrait of Thomas Turvill

Date: 1897
Description: Outdoor portrait of Thomas Turvill standing on a porch. He is seen leaning against the railing and trellis which is covered in foliage.
Photograph

Black River Falls High School

Date: 1897
Description: View across street towards the front of a large brick school building. Identified as the high school built in 1897 in Black River Falls.
Photograph

Black River Falls High School

Date: 1897
Description: View across lawn towards a large brick school building. Identified as the high school built in 1897 in Black River Falls.
Photograph

William Turvill in Rowboat Carrying Farm Produce

Date: 1897
Description: View over water towards William Turvill, rowing a boat loaded with farm produce in wooden crates and baskets. There is a tree-lined shoreline in the backgr...
Photograph

Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Speaking from Wagon

Date: 1897
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with his arms spread wide, speaking from the back of a wagon. It was in part due to his vigorous speaking style that La Follett...

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