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Camp Randall

Date: 1861
Description: Christmas and New Years greeting card from Hosea W. Rood, presumably sent to his comrades of the 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company E, who had been...
Book or Pamphlet

Artesian Stock Farm

Date: 1884
Description: Bird's-eye view drawing of the grounds of Villa Louis, the estate of the fur trading Dousman family. After the death of H. Louis Dousman's mother in 1882, ...
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A Sea Otter

Date: 1784
Description: Plate 43. Scene from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska.
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Fortified Village of Aztalan

Date: 1955
Description: Artist's conception of ancient village of Aztalan, fortified with high walls surrounding it.
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Old Mission House Buildings (Lakeland College)

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Description: View of a few buildings with a grove of trees in the yard, and a fence running across the foreground. The school buildings of the old Mission House, showin...
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Stamp Design with Flowers

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Description: Design for a Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp featuring a wood violet, which is the state flower, as well as a jack-in-the-pulpit and a trillium.
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Postage Stamp Design in Green

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Description: Design in green for Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp featuring evergreen trees, and an agriculture and industry theme.
Photograph

Little Stone House

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Description: Sketch of a residential home. Text reads: "'Little Stone House' 1841".
Book or Pamphlet

Beavers and their Dams

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

Gothic Revival Residence

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Description: Exterior view of the Gothic Revival residence located at 150-152 Center Street.
Print

Signal Oak, Ripon, Wisconsin

Date: 1956
Description: View of the Signal Oak taken from the original, which was the first in a series of Heritage Prints. The idea for the series was conceived by the First Nati...
Magazine or Periodical

Porter's Gun-Boats Passing the Dam in the Red River

Date: 06 18 1864
Description: Engraved view of gunboats passing the dam in the Red River near Alexandria.
Magazine or Periodical

Harper's Weekly Canal Drawing

Date: 08 02 1862
Description: Engraved view of several men in a long trench digging Grant's canal on the Mississippi River opposite Vicksburg.
Photograph

Tractor Advertising Illustration

Date: 1915
Description: Advertising illustration showing a man driving a Titan 10-20 tractor down a road with markers labeled: "Material Test, Factory Inspection, Brake Test, Draw...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Avatar

Date: 08 04 1967
Description: Cover of "The Avatar," an underground newspaper, featuring a charcoal drawing of a woman, facing away, with a pack over her shoulder and a white and red fl...
Book or Pamphlet

Slave Catchers

Date: 1849
Description: Drawing of two slave catchers pointing guns at two runaway slaves.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Kilbourntown House

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Description: Newspaper clipping featuring a drawing by Fernekes. The house has four fluted columns on the front porch.
Magazine or Periodical

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1870
Description: Magazine illustration of the home, titled: "Soldiers' National Asylum at Milwaukee, Wisconsin". The building is in the background, and in the foreground ar...
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Paul Bunyan and Babe

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Description: Paul Bunyan walking with an axe over his shoulder and whistling. He is accompanied by Babe the Blue Ox who is carrying several people on his back.
Book or Pamphlet

River Scene

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of steamboat in the distance on a river (possibly the Wisconsin River).

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