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| Date: | 1832 |
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| Description: | An early type of sidewheel passenger and freight steamboat The Milwaukie, also known as The Milwaukee. It was used on Lake Erie and upper lak... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Pencil drawing of view overlooking Madison. The sketch looks down North Hamilton Street from the capitol. Rutted, irregular streets and frame houses mark ... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| 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, ... |
| Date: | 05 02 1964 |
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| Description: | Sitting on the school lawn, students draw Highway 51, Marathon Mill, Rib mountain and the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 1784 |
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| Description: | Plate 43. Scene from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska. |
| Date: | 1784 |
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| Description: | Plate 45. Scene from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Artist's conception of ancient village of Aztalan, fortified with high walls surrounding it. |
| Date: | 07 03 1849 |
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| Description: | Wilkins' wagons ferrying across the North Platte River in eastern Wyoming; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Ov... |
| Date: | 07 07 1849 |
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| Description: | The Buttes, Wyoming and Sweetwater River; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the O... |
| Date: | 07 10 1849 |
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| Description: | The clay hills that were formed by the Sweetwater River in Wyoming; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland ... |
| Date: | 07 10 1849 |
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| Description: | Devil's Gate in Wyoming; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail). |
| Date: | 07 11 1849 |
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| Description: | Sweetwater River in Wyoming; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail). |
| Date: | 07 14 1894 |
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| Description: | Cartoon depicting "King Debs" a man wearing a crown representing Debs American Railway Union, sitting atop the highway of trade. |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Color drawing of beavers working on and living at their dams. |
| Date: | 06 18 1864 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of gunboats passing the dam in the Red River near Alexandria. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Chart or sign illustrating the "New Plow Works of the International Harvester Co. Canton, Illinois." The middle of the poster features an article titled "H... |
| Date: | 1833 |
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| Description: | Drawing on a faint grid with Lake Michigan on the right, and the rivers on the left. Labeled is an Indian Village, J. Veiu, S. Juneau, and P. Juneau. Alo... |
| Date: | 11 02 1889 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of a government snagboat removing obstructions from the channel of a western river. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Drawing of steamboat in the distance on a river (possibly the Wisconsin River). |
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