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Painting

Battle of Chickamauga, 1863

Date: 1925
Description: "Battle of Chickamauga," an oil painting depicting a dramatic moment in the Battle of Chickamauga, painted by Alfred Thorsen after the lithograph. "Charge ...
Photograph

Street Railroad Car

Date: 1925
Description: View over sidewalk of a street railroad car passing the old Northwestern Railroad Station on the 400 block of West Lakeside Street.
Postcard

Grant County Court House

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of the Grant County Court House. Caption reads: "Court House, Lancaster, Wis."
Photograph

Railroad Depot

Date: 1925
Description: Railroad depot taken as part of a survey by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company to promote economic development by emphasizing available buildings and bu...
Poster

Promotional Circular of Young Woman Picking Cherries

Date: 1925
Description: Promotional circular announcing the 1926 calendar for McCormick-Deering farm machinery. The calendar features a young woman looking coyly over her shoulder...
Poster

Chattanooga Cane Mill Advertising Poster

Date: 1925
Description: South American advertising poster for Chattanooga cane mills featuring color illustrations of machines and a photograph of a rural sugar processing operati...
Poster

Deering Hay Press and Ensilage Cutter Advertising Poster

Date: 1925
Description: South American advertising poster for Deering featuring color illustrations of hay presses and ensilage cutters. Imprinted with "Rosario, Buenos Aires, Bah...
Photograph

Boy Dressed in Native American Clothing

Date: 1925
Description: A boy is standing at the entrance to a teepee. He is dressed in Native American clothing, and is holding an axe.
Photograph

Chippewa Settlement

Date: 1925
Description: Native American settlement. This photograph is thought to represent a view of the Chippewa (Ojibwa) settlement at Lac du Flameau. Probably photographed by ...
Photograph

Chippewa Woman Making Baskets

Date: 1925
Description: A Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman preparing splints for basket making. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the fir...
Photograph

Water Tank

Date: 1925
Description: View down railroad tracks towards a water tank.
Photograph

Albion Academy, Men's Dormitory

Date: 1925
Description: Men's dormitory at Albion Academy. Caption reads: "Albion".
Photograph

Albion Academy, Women's Dormitory

Date: 1925
Description: Women's dormitory at Albion Academy.
Photograph

District School in Alto

Date: 1925
Description: District school No. 5 in Alto (or Metomen).
Photograph

Dill Hall

Date: 1925
Description: Dill Hall, a women's dormitory at Northland College. A clapboard building with wooden shingles, it caught fire in 1926 and was totally destroyed within a h...
Photograph

Houston Homestead in Cambria

Date: 1925
Description: Front view of the Houston homestead.
Photograph

Denniston House Hotel

Date: 1925
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Denniston House Hotel.
Postcard

James Street in Columbus

Date: 1925
Description: Residence district of James Street. The view is of a wide street with houses on both sides. Caption reads: "James Street, Residence District, Columbus, Wis...
Photograph

Monument to the Pioneers

Date: 1925
Description: A man kneels next to a monument dedicated to the pioneers.
Photograph

Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1925
Description: Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery near Lake Nagawicka.

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