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Painting

Braddock's Defeat

Date: 1903
Description: An important event of the French and Indian War (1754-1763) was commissioned in 1903 by Robert Laird McCormick, president of the State Historical Society o...
Print

A Fur Trader in the Council Tepee

Date: 02 1892
Description: Engraving of a fur trader standing in the middle of a circle of seated Indians in their council tepee.
Painting

The Fur-Trader's House on Yellow Lake, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: This house was located among the Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians. Here Hölzlhuber and his companions took shelter in an uncomfortable stable one night, after an ...
Manuscript

Indian Setting up a Hunting Trap

Date: 03 1892
Description: An Indian sets up a hunting trap, with a rifle resting against a tree in the background.
Manuscript

Trappers Leaving Hunting Grounds

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Description: Drawing of trappers on leaving their hunting grounds.
Drawing

French Fur Traders at La Baye

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Description: Several French fur traders negotiating with native Indians at La Baye.
Photograph

Chippewa Indians near a Stretched Bear Hide

Date: 1907
Description: View towards a man standing with two children, a boy wearing a hat and suspenders, and a girl wearing a dress. They are standing in front of a bear hide st...
Drawing

Three Figures

Date: 1941
Description: Woodcut illustration of three standing figures, possibly a missionary, a fur trader, and an American Indian, depicting Wisconsin history.
Book or Pamphlet

Ho-Chunk in Ciproke

Date: 1884
Description: Group of Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians in a long house (ciproke). Some of the men are displaying animal pelts. There is a bucket and a small barrel at the e...
Photograph

Fur Trading Post

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Description: A diorama depicting several people, including a small child, gather at a fur trading post in Juneau, Alaska.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Mineral Lands Upon Lake Superior Ceded to the United States by the Treaty of 1842 With the Chippeway Indians

Date: 1845
Description: This map shows lakes, rivers, Chippewa land, the U.S. Mineral Land Agency, boundary between U.S. and Canada, Methodist and Catholic missions, and American ...
Map or Atlas

Indian Tribes and Trapper Trails

Date: 1949
Description: This pictorial map shows the United States west of the Mississippi, including Indian Tribes, historic trails, forts, trading posts, mountain ranges, lakes ...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Illustrated Map

Date: 1974
Description: Map of Wisconsin with drawings illustrating historic places and events throughout the state. The Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin appears at the top ri...
Print

Distribution of Fur Trade Company Goods to the Indians

Date: 1859
Description: Hand-colored engraving showing fur company agents making a distribution of goods to Indians, some of whom are seated on the ground, in a fenced courtyard w...
Map or Atlas

Historical Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1937
Description: Pictorial map showing historical events and locations within the state of Wisconsin, as well as waterways and counties. Original caption on the bottom marg...

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