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Painting

Indian Spearing Beaver

Date: 1821
Description: Indians of the North Red River area, probably in the vicinity of old Fort Douglas, now Winnipeg, Canada, spearing beaver.
Book or Pamphlet

Beavers and their Dams

Date: 1859
Description: Color drawing of beavers working on and living at their dams.
Photograph

Summit Lake Camp

Date: 
Description: Five women in two boats arrive at a beaver dam while taking a boat ride at Summit Lake Camp.
Drawing

A View of ye Industry of ye Beavers of Canada

Date: 
Description: Drawing of beavers building a dam.
Print

Holiday Card With Animals Dancing

Date: 1969
Description: Holiday card with three couples of animals dancing; two bears, a seal and a beaver, a fox and a rabbit. They are on a snowbank overlooking the sea with the...
Map or Atlas

Indian Legend Map of Lake Mendota

Date: 1941
Description: Hand-drawn, watercolor and ink, map of Lake Mendota. Locations and many small figures appear around the shore with explanations referring to Indian legends...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin, The Badger State

Date: 1941
Description: This pictorial map of Wisconsin with historical text highlights the history of the state and identifies places of interest, Indian villages, missions, trad...
Photograph

Beaver Lodge at Nature Lovers Paradise

Date: 
Description: View of a beaver lodge made with tree limbs along the edge of the water. This beaver lodge was located near Nature Lovers Paradise resort on Jackson Lake. ...
Print

Beaver Canning Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Beaver Canning Company of Randolph, Wisconsin, packers of peas and sweet corn, with three beavers perched on a branch overhanging the wat...
Postcard

Greetings From Beaver Dam

Date: 1906
Description: Color postcard with three illustrations: The Williams Free Library, the dam in 1841 (actual beavers), and the present dam. Captions read: "Greetings From B...
Map or Atlas

A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye Continent of North America, Containing Newfoundland, New Scotland, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pensilvania, Maryland, Virginia and Carolina

Date: 1720
Description: One of Herman Moll's most famous maps, often referred to as The Beaver Map for its elaborate engraved inset depicting and describing beavers building a dam...
Map or Atlas

Amérique Septentrionale Publiée sous les Auspices de Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans Prémier Prince du Sang

Date: 1746
Description: Map of North America from the southern portion of James Bay to Florida. It shows the colonies, cities, Native American land, and topological and geographic...
Map or Atlas

A Map of the Whole Continent of America: Particularly Shewing the British Empire in the Northern Part of America, with the Divisions of the New Governments since the Accession of Canada and Florida

Date: 1780
Description: Map of North and South America, showing the boundaries of colonial territories, cities, settlements, rivers, lakes, and Native American land. Particular em...
Map or Atlas

America Septentrionalis

Date: 1636
Description: Map of North America, divided into regions, and showing some rivers, lakes, settlements, cities, mountains, and Native American land. Of the Great Lakes on...
Map or Atlas

Carte Particuliere du Fleuve Saint Louis: Dressee sur les Lieux Avec les Noms des Sauvages du Pais

Date: 1719
Description: Map of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence river showing French and English cities and villages, trading posts, Indian villages and tribes, portages, for...
Map or Atlas

Canada, Louisiane et Terres Angloises

Date: 1755
Description: Large format map of America and Canada east of the Mississippi River. D'Anville marks the locations of rivers, lakes, settlements, cities, Native American ...
Map or Atlas

Partie de l'Amerique Septent? qui Comprend la Nouvelle France ou le Canada

Date: 1783
Description: Map of eastern Canada and part of America, with an inset map of the Great Lakes region in the lower left corner. It shows boundaries, cities, settlements, ...
Map or Atlas

Partie Orientale du Canada Avec la Nouvelle Angleterre, l'Acadie, et la Terre-Neuve

Date: 1776
Description: Map showing New England, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, based on the seminal work of D' Anville, as well as the works of Belllin and de Vaugondy. It shows ...
Photograph

Beaver Removal

Date: 1935
Description: A warden, wearing high laced boots and leather jodhpurs, is holding a beaver by the tail while standing in shallow water. A second man, wearing waders, is ...
Postcard

Beaver House on Beaver Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View across water toward a stick-based structure, which is situated on the water near a shoreline and forest. Caption identifies it as: "Beaver House on Be...

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