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Massey-Harris Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1901
Description: Front cover of catalog featuring a color illustration in green, red and gold ink on a black background, of bundles of wheat, clover leaves, flowers, trees,...
Photograph

Jennie and Edgar Posing with Rifles

Date: 04 04 1904
Description: Jennie and Alexander Krueger standing against the side of a house holding up rifles. Each of them is wearing a belt with a pistol propped inside. A dead ra...
Photograph

Jennie and Edgar Posing with Dead Rabbit and Two Dead Birds

Date: 04 04 1904
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger suspending a tree limb on their shoulders on which is hanging a dead rabbit and two birds. Each of them is holding a rifle over th...
Photograph

Frederick and Emma Winkelmann Tending Canaries

Date: 1952
Description: Former Vilas Park Zoo director Frederick Winkelmann and his wife Emma, tending to canaries.
Photograph

August Krueger with the Cows

Date: 1903
Description: August Krueger standing in the cow pasture behind the barn, tending to the cattle during winter. He is holding a pitchfork, with several cows standing behi...
Postcard

Feeding the Chicken and Geese

Date: 1900
Description: An unidentified woman standing near a shed is feeding chickens and geese in the barnyard.
Photograph

Woodcock

Date: 1967
Description: Close-up view of a woodcock sitting among sticks and leaves.
Photograph

Johnny Heimlich with Pet Robin "Chirp"

Date: 08 15 1961
Description: Johnny Heimlich (8), son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Heimlich of 208 Nygard Avenue, posing with his pet robin "Chirp" which the family found as a baby bird.
Map or Atlas

Map of Forest Lodge on Lake Namakagon

Date: 1930
Description: Original map made with watercolor and inkwash. Includes a legend of buildings, roads, natural features and other details of the lodge. Inset at bottom has ...
Photograph

Carrier Pigeon with Message

Date: 11 05 1918
Description: A soldier in uniform holds a pigeon with a message on its leg at the 4th Corps Pigeon Loft, Essey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Poster

McCormick-Deering No. 60 Combine

Date: 1937
Description: Advertising poster for the "Efficient, Low-Cost Harvesting," and "A One-Man Combine For Any Man's Farm." Features a color illustration of a man on a tracto...
Map or Atlas

Index of Out-of-Print Quadrangle Maps of Wisconsin

Date: 1975
Description: This map provides an index of outdated quadrangle maps for the state. Communities, counties, rivers, and lakes are labeled including Lake Michigan and Lake...
Poster

"Stop the Mad Bomber" Poster

Date: 1972
Description: Poster promoting a rally against Richard Nixon. The header reads, "Stop the Mad Bomber: Confront Nixon at Miami Beach. August 20th-23rd,1972. The Miami Con...
Painting

Protect Our Wild Beauty

Date: 1910
Description: Watercolor design for a conservation poster made by a Wisconsin high school student as part of a competition. The poster has an image of birch trees and fl...
Photograph

Henry Vilas Park Zoo Adds Yaks and Hornbills Thanks to Gift from Monona Grove Civics Club

Date: 03 11 1965
Description: The Henry Vilas Park Zoo adds hornbills, thanks to a gift from the Monona Grove Civic Club. New zoo residents include a pair of Indian hornbills.
Photograph

Robin's Nest in Church Being Constructed

Date: 06 09 1965
Description: A robin sitting peacefully on her nest on a railing of the choir loft of a church in the midst of construction. Workmen are seen in the background. The chu...
Map or Atlas

Eagle Watcher's Guide for Sauk Prairie, Wisconsin

Date: 1999
Description: This map shows the best places to view bald eagles and areas to avoid when watching for eagles. The back of the map includes text and illustrations.
Map or Atlas

Deer Hunting in Wisconsin

Date: 1952
Description: This map shows lakes, rivers, railroads, highways, roads, hunting grounds and trails around Flambeau Flowage and Boulder Junction in the north, to Brantwoo...
Map or Atlas

Bird and Water Fowl Hunting in Wisconsin

Date: 1952
Description: This map shows hunting areas, lakes, rivers, railroads, highways, roads, and trails around Clam Lake, Glidden, and Flambeau Flowage in the north, to Hawkin...
Map or Atlas

Public Lands Open to Hunting and Fishing

Date: 1958
Description: This map shows state public hunting and/or fishing grounds, national forests, state forests, county forests.The lower margin includes an index to these loc...

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