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Drawing

"Garden Pest"

Date: 
Description: Flies and mosquitoes, and fruits and vegetables with faces drawn on them, are looking with alarm at a man pushing what appears to be a grocery basket with ...
Map or Atlas

A Map of Virginia and Maryland.

Date: 1676
Description: Map of Virginia and Maryland, based on John Smith's 1612 map and Augustine Herman's 1673 seminal map. It shows borders, counties, Native American land, tri...
Painting

Julius Reinhold Lund

Date: 1843
Description: Watercolor miniature of Julius Reinhold Lund, painted by Theodore Lund in 1843. Waist-up portrait facing forward, but with torso turned to the right (prope...
Photograph

Food Market in Street

Date: 
Description: View from sidewalk of a food market across the street set up along a sidewalk. A woman and a child are walking across the street in the crosswalk. The Poin...
Photograph

Jack Eating Watermelon

Date: 1914
Description: John "Jack" Greene standing in front of a porch eating a slice of watermelon.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

"Evening Record" Page Two

Date: 03 15 1896
Description: Page two of the "Evening Record." The handwritten newspaper includes several hand-drawn illustrations. On the top center of the page, one illustration port...
Photograph

Solveig Picking Cherries in the Backyard

Date: 07 06 2015
Description: A woman wearing glasses is picking cherries from a tree while standing on a ladder. A tupperware container on the ladder is full of cherries.
Photograph

Bushels of Apples at Farm Stand

Date: 1969
Description: Bushel baskets of apples on display at a farm stand. Gourds, squash and pumpkins are sitting on a table built around a tree. People are standing in or arou...
Photograph

Leonore at Lunch Counter

Date: 09 01 1920
Description: Leonore Middleton sitting at a counter eating a slice of melon. She is wearing a hat with an artificial flower in the front. A sign behind the counter adv...
Book or Pamphlet

Salzer Seed Company Advertisement

Date: 1895
Description: An illustration in the John A. Salzer Seed Company catalog advertising a variety of fruits, including cherries, pears, apples, apricots, plums and peaches....
Book or Pamphlet

Salzer Seed Company Advertisement

Date: 1903
Description: An illustration in the John A. Salzer's Seed Company catalog featuring a variety of fruit in large bowl, including apples, cherries, etc. There is a small...
Book or Pamphlet

Olds' Catalog Cover Design

Date: 1932
Description: The cover design of Olds' Catalog from the L.L. Olds Seed Co. The subtitle reads: "Tells the Truth." The illustration features a melon cut in half, and veg...
Book or Pamphlet

Salzer Seed Company Catalog Back Cover

Date: 1898
Description: The back cover design of the John A. Salzer Seed Company catalog. The illustration features strawberries, tomatotos, and figs, and a woman and girl in a ga...
Book or Pamphlet

Salzer Seed Company Catalog Back Cover

Date: 1903
Description: The back cover design of a John A. Salzer Seed Company catalog featuring "The Greatest Tomato On Earth."
Photograph

Hilltop Farm Enclosed by Apple Trees

Date: 11 06 1960
Description: Exterior view of a farm and outbuilding, which are mostly obscured by trees, which are leafless. Caption reads: "Mt. Vernon (vicinity), Wis. Nov. 6, 1960. ...
Photograph

Apple Trees

Date: 1972
Description: Apple blossoms are blooming in an apple orchard.
Photograph

Driving through the Apple Tree Orchard

Date: 1972
Description: View from side of road towards an automobile driving down a road. Apple trees in an orchard are blooming on both sides of the road.
Photograph

Path through the Apple Orchard

Date: 1972
Description: Apple trees in an orchard blooming on either side of a two-track dirt path.
Photograph

Children and Apple Barrel

Date: 1953
Description: Several children are gathered outdoors around a bushel basket filled with apples, taking as many apples as they can. Caption reads: "School children posed ...
Postcard

Sister Bay, near Sturgeon Bay

Date: 
Description: Color postcard view towards the shoreline, with a pier and three boats moored to it. On the far right is a portion of what may be a boathouse. There are bu...

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