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Kids Drawing

Date: 05 02 1964
Description: Sitting on the school lawn, students draw Highway 51, Marathon Mill, Rib mountain and the Wisconsin River.
Print

Fortified Village of Aztalan

Date: 1955
Description: Artist's conception of ancient village of Aztalan, fortified with high walls surrounding it.
Print

View of Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1935
Description: View of Sturgeon Bay.
Poster

Canton Works Illustration

Date: 1919
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...
Book or Pamphlet

River Scene

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

Lock and Dam

Date: 1903
Description: Lock and dam system on a canal along the Mississippi River.
Book or Pamphlet

Lost Camera Sign

Date: 1903
Description: Sign posted on a fence announcing a lost camera near the town of Prairie du Sac and requesting its return to Herbert Fowler.
Book or Pamphlet

Bridge

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of the Rock Island Bridge.
Book or Pamphlet

Steamer Weyerhauser on Mississippi River

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of the steamboat Weyerhauser on the Mississippi River.
Book or Pamphlet

"Rambo" and "Musser"

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of the "Rambo" and "Musser" transporting a log raft on the Mississippi River.
Book or Pamphlet

Canoeists

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of two men rowing a boat.
Poster

Rally Advertisement

Date: 12 1970
Description: Poster advertising for a rally at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Speakers include Fania Davis Jordan (Angela Davis' sister), Abner Spence, and Frank Battagli...
Photograph

Frank and Lillian Drew's Cottage on Lake Flora Dell

Date: 1911
Description: View of Frank and Lillian Drew's cottage on Lake Flora Dell. Their daughter, Delia Drew King, is on the steps. "Home Again" is written along the right side...
Photograph

"The Cottage by the Sea"

Date: 1911
Description: View of the Drew family cottage on Lake Flora Dell. A caption of "The Cottage by the Sea" is to the left of the photograph, in addition to a decorative bor...
Photograph

"Pollywoggles"

Date: 1911
Description: Several women and one man wade in Lake Flora Dell. Delia Drew King is second from left, in a white straw hat. A hand-drawn caption beneath the photograph r...
Photograph

"A Mermaid"

Date: 1911
Description: Delia Drew King wades in Lake Flora Dell. There is a hill and shoreline in the background, and a group of people stands near a pier behind Delia. A hand-dr...
Photograph

"Mountaineers"

Date: 1911
Description: A group of men, women, and children pose on a bluff above Lake Flora Dell. In the background are several cottages surrounded by trees near the shoreline of...
Photograph

The Bluff

Date: 1911
Description: View from lake of the bluff along shoreline of Lake Flora Dell. There is a hand-drawn decorative border, moon, stars and clouds, and the word "Finis."
Book or Pamphlet

Missionary in Canoe

Date: 1941
Description: Woodcut illustration of a missionary priest wearing a robe standing in the fore of a canoe as it comes ashore paddled by a person in the aft. An Indian on ...
Map or Atlas

Frost's Woods : [on the South Side of Lake Monona, Dane County, Wisconsin]

Date: 1927
Description: Blueprint-style map of Frost Woods on the shore of Lake Monona. The map indicates the locations of Indian mounds, an Indian camp, and various plants. There...

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