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Painting

Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

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Description: The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built in Madison.
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1408: Cook and Cookie Before Dinner

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Description: Stereograph of a group of men on a raft. The man in the foreground is sitting and peeling potatoes. The young man splitting wood is Ashley Bennett, son of ...
Photograph

Raft Over Dam at Munger's Mill

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Description: Several men on a raft going over the dam at Munger's Mill. There is a railroad bridge in the background.
Drawing

Running the Rapids of New River

Date: 02 21 1874
Description: African American boatmen run a rapids in a small river boat.
Photograph

Fishing Boats at Dock

Date: 05 05 1963
Description: View across water towards two fishing boats moored at a dock.
Map or Atlas

Panoramic View of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: Bird's-eye map of Milwaukee with prominent streets and buildings identified. Taken from City Hall Tower.
Painting

On Horicon Lake in the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: In April of 1860 Hölzlhuber took the railway from Milwaukee to Lake Horicon to visit the small town that was developing on its shore. Since the settlers we...
Photograph

New Orleans Composite

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Description: Composite of views showing the French market, sugar refinery and sugar sheds, fishing boats, steamer unloading bananas, and picking and cutting sugar cane ...
Photograph

Rock River at Watertown

Date: 1860
Description: View of the Rock River with a train on a railroad bridge in the foreground, and the town in the distance. Pedestrians are walking along a path on the left ...
Photograph

Horlick's Mill and Dam

Date: 1906
Description: View of Horlick's mill and dam, also known as "Ye Old Mill."
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: The Daddy of Them All

Date: 08 05 1922
Description: Two fishermen on a lake catch a giant fish. Both of the fishermen are wearing hats and one is smoking a pipe. A dock and the tip of a boat are in the foreg...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Great Sport Fishing

Date: 1910
Description: Photomontage of three fishermen in a rowboat, seen from behind, trying to reel in giant fish. A shadowy forest is visible on the opposite side of the river...
Photograph

Chequamegon Bay Fishermen

Date: 1955
Description: Three fisherman in a boat pulling in a net full of fish on Chequamegon Bay while a man and a boy look on.
Print

Cream City Mills

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Description: M. Keenan & Company, flour and feed mill. Small print of mill on the water front. River is behind the building with a steamboat and a ship. A tall smoke...
Photograph

Yahara River

Date: 1918
Description: View from shoreline of people rowing on the Yahara River on Madison's East Side. The Malt House, 1603 Sherman Avenue, is in the background.
Photograph

Mirabella Ice Company Fish Receiving Area

Date: 05 12 1939
Description: View of the dock area used by Mirabella Ice Company's wholesale and retail fish store. Men are standing and sitting near the receiving area, and boats are ...
Photograph

Boat Powered by International Power Unit

Date: 02 24 1939
Description: The boat Popeye floats in front of a bridge carrying five male passengers. The boat was powered by an International PD-80 Diesel power unit owned by...
Photograph

Fishing Boat Interior

Date: 1938
Description: Interior view of a fishing boat powered by an International PD-40 power unit and owned by Julius Dettloff. A man stands at the boat's wheel.
Photograph

Milwaukee Fishing Boat

Date: 1938
Description: Elevated view of a boat owned by Julius Dettloff docked along the edge of a river. The boat was powered by an International PD-40 power unit; in the backgr...
Photograph

Fishing Boat

Date: 1938
Description: Two men stand to the rear of a 44-foot fishing boat marked Frank Braeger. The boat was owned by Julius Detlaff and powered by an International PD-80...

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