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Gettysburg Battleground

Date: 1863
Description: Stereograph of Gettysburg battlefield showing trees and a stump. Handwritten on reverse, "On the right of our line." This is probably a reference to the te...
Drawing

River from Fort Snelling

Date: 10 1852
Description: Landscape view of the river looking downstream from Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory. An expanse of placid river water fills the center of the drawing an...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Sauk City, Wis.

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye map of Sauk City.
Painting

The First House in Milwaukee, Matthias Stein, Owner

Date: 1858
Description: This house, built on a hill close to the Milwaukee River, was the only one in the city as late as 1840. The owner of the house, Martin [Matthias] Stein, a ...
Photograph

Bear Island Forest

Date: 1898
Description: A forest from the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle at Sugar Point on Bear Island.
Drawing

Road at Madison

Date: 08 1852
Description: Pencil drawing of a dirt road through the woods with added white highlights. A horse-drawn wagon with two passengers moves down the road in the distance, ...
Painting

Train Crossing 12th Wisconsin's Bridge

Date: 06 1862
Description: First train crossing the Obion River, Tennessee, on the Ohio and Mobile Railroad on a bridge built by the 12th Wisconsin Volunteers. Watercolor by John Ga...
Photograph

Willow River Falls

Date: 1880
Description: Willow River Falls. Text at right reads: "Published by Whitney's Gallery, St. Paul, Minn. Willow River Falls Near Hudeson, Wis."
Photograph

Willow River Falls

Date: 1880
Description: Willow River Falls.
Photograph

Capitol Avenue

Date: 03 15 1896
Description: Winter view down Capitol Avenue, possibly in Maple Bluff.
Photograph

Wonewoc, Wisconsin

Date: 1886
Description: Elevated view of houses and buildings in Wonewoc.
Photograph

West Virginia Shoreline

Date: 05 12 1894
Description: View from the Ohio River of the West Virginia shoreline.
Photograph

Logging Near Rice Lake

Date: 1872
Description: A group of men use a team of four horses to transport logs across snow-covered ground on a sled. Trees are in the background. Caption reads: "A Logging Sce...
Photograph

Logging Near Rice Lake

Date: 1872
Description: A group of loggers poses for a group portrait amongst cut logs in a snow-covered wooded area. The men in the middle have their axes in hand, while other me...
Drawing

Courthouse and Mountains

Date: 1852
Description: Landscape featuring a rural city center with a prominent courthouse surrounded by fields and woods. Rolling erosion-softened mountains rise in the backgro...
Drawing

Farm and Trees

Date: 1852
Description: Rural landscape with farm buildings seen from across a field and framed by trees.
Drawing

Spirits on Devil's Lake

Date: 1852
Description: Devil's Lake from shore flanked by steep tree-covered hillsides. A small solitary rowboat floats near the distant shore.
Map or Atlas

Map of Green County Wisconsin

Date: 1861
Description: Shows townships and sections, landowners, and woodlands. Includes inset maps of Monroe, Brodhead, Albany, Cadiz, Decatur, Dayton, Clarence, Springfield, Tw...
Photograph

Men and Dog in Spring Wheat Field

Date: 07 19 1895
Description: Man and dog standing in a field of spring wheat on the farm of Ferdinand Ledke. Another man is standing in the background, facing the forest.
Photograph

Clearing Hardwood Forest

Date: 08 02 1895
Description: A hardwood forest ten miles southwest of Florence, containing hard maple, birch, elm, oak, hemlock, and other types of timber. Two men are leaning against ...

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