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Wonewoc, Wisconsin

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

Panoramic View of International Exhibition, Horticultural Gardens

Date: 1862
Description: Color lithograph of International Exhibition building, originated by the Society of Arts, at the suggestion of Henry Cole. View of the North side of the bu...
Photograph

Three Women

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph. The woman in front is displaying a Muskellunge, caught in Long Lake, on the residential lawn of M. Newman. Two other woman are standing behind...
Book or Pamphlet

Kitchen Garden Diagram

Date: 1858
Description: Diagram drawing of a kitchen vegetable garden.
Drawing

Evergreen Shelter Belts and Ornamental Hedges

Date: 1878
Description: Engraved view of a house surrounded by gardens, an evergreen shelter belt and ornamental hedges.
Photograph

Dousmans and Friends Playing Cards

Date: 1898
Description: Group of twelve people, including Nina Dousman, gathered around a table outdoors, with a fountain spouting water in the background. Four people play cards ...
Map or Atlas

Plat of the Farms of I.N. Stewart and Robt. A. Stewart

Date: 1882
Description: This manuscript map from 1882 shows land use and land for sale in a portion of the Town of Pewaukee, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Woods, marshland, springs,...
Photograph

Ladies of Durand

Date: 1895
Description: Posed group portrait of twenty-eight women, perhaps a meeting of some local women's organization.
Photograph

A Summer Sitting Room

Date: 07 08 1896
Description: An informal group is seated under an awning in the garden of the Fairchild house at 302 Monona Avenue (later renamed Martin Luther King Boulevard). Picture...
Photograph

View of the Fairchild House from the Garden

Date: 06 08 1896
Description: The Lucius Fairchild home at 302 Monona Avenue (later Martin Luther King Blvd.) seen from the back garden. Lush foliage surrounds the back door, where a br...
Photograph

View Across Lake Monona from Fairchild Garden

Date: 07 08 1896
Description: View down hill towards a board fence and two outbuildings on the shore of Lake Monona, taken from the back yard of the Lucius Fairchild home at 302 Monona ...
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...

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