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Drawing

Presentation of a Sword to General Burnside on Behalf of the State of Rhode Island, at Newbern, North Carolina

Date: 06 19 1862
Description: Illustration depicting crowd attending the presentation of a sword to General Burnside.
Photograph

Horses at a Logging Camp

Date: 1884
Description: The logging camp of Bruno Vinett. About a dozen horses, most in harness, and a similar number of men stand in front of a barn-like building and a small woo...
Photograph

River Steamer Chippewa on West Eau Claire Levee

Date: 1868
Description: The river steamer Chippewa drawn up alongside shore on the West Eau Claire Levee. The steamer was built by Captain E.E. Heerman at La Crosse in 1866...
Photograph

Wagon Load of Logs

Date: 1899
Description: Front view of a man holding the reins of two horses hitched to a sled loaded with logs on a snowy path in or near Vinette's logging camp.
Photograph

Grignon House and Family

Date: 1896
Description: The house built by Charles A. Grignon between 1837 and 1839 for Mary Meade, his Pennsylvania bride. Mrs. Grignon and her family are standing in front of th...
Photograph

Toddler in Cloak

Date: 1896
Description: Margery Bish, the toddler daughter of the photographer, stands on a dirt road wearing a hooded cloak.
Photograph

Margery Bish Wearing Coat

Date: 1896
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Margery Bish, the young daughter of the photographer, wearing a heavy hooded coat.
Photograph

Cranberry Harvest Party

Date: 1885
Description: Large group of cranberry harvesters posing with implements. Many of the individuals are wearing boutonnières and corsages made from cranberry sprigs. Many ...
Photograph

Hilda and Jack Johnston

Date: 1887
Description: Full-length cabinet card of two young children in front of a painted backdrop of the ocean. They are attired in coats, dresses and hats, and are holding ha...
Photograph

Ethelinda (Thorsen) Johnston

Date: 1895
Description: Cabinet card portrait of Ethelinda (Thorsen) Johnston (1856-1947), wife of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker. She is wearing a seal ...
Photograph

McCormick Grain Binder near Church

Date: 1895
Description: Side view of a man sitting on a McCormick grain binder. Two men are standing in front of the horses, and in the background is a Presbyterian church. The ch...
Photograph

Kunigunde Willms

Date: 1880
Description: Vignetted quarter-length portrait of Kunigunde (Dorn) Willms (1857-1941) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her hair is pulled back, and she wears earrings, a white ...
Photograph

Locomotive Engine No. 12

Date: 1872
Description: Employees of the West Wisconsin Railway stand in a line in front of Engine No. 12. From left to right are E.S. Graves (auditor's office clerk), A.H. Baldwi...
Photograph

August Krueger and Charles Goetsch

Date: 1871
Description: Copy from tintype. Wedding photograph of August Krueger with Charles Goetsch, assumed to be his best man.
Photograph

Mary and Alexander Krueger

Date: 1873
Description: Mrs. August Krueger with her son Alexander Krueger.
Poster

Poster for "The Shaughraun"

Date: 1875
Description: Color lithograph on paper. Title across top in caps. Below it a scene in a pub featuring three men, with the central figure propping a foot on a wooden buc...
Photograph

Gund's Brewery, La Crosse

Date: 1890
Description: A large group of Brewery workers posing outside of Gund's Brewery in La Crosse. In the front of the group two men are seated at a table with a large stein ...
Photograph

Excursion Cave, Hemlock Island

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph of a sailboat in Excursion Cave, on Hemlock Island of the Apostle Islands. A man can be seen sitting in the boat.
Photograph

Violet Lee Dousman and Fellow Travelers in Egypt

Date: 1896
Description: Group portrait including Violet Lee Dousman (back row, 4th from left) and her fellow travelers on a trip to Egypt.
Photograph

Violet Lee Dousman and Fellow Travelers and Guides

Date: 1896
Description: A group portrait of Violet Lee Dousman (back row, 3rd from left) and her fellow travelers, guides and Egyptians on a trip to Giza, Egypt. Five people are r...

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