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Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Whitewater

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye view of Whitewater, with insets.
Magazine or Periodical

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1870
Description: Magazine illustration of the home, titled: "Soldiers' National Asylum at Milwaukee, Wisconsin". The building is in the background, and in the foreground ar...
Photograph

Eagle Regiment Car

Date: 
Description: Dr. James A Jackson, Sr., who was a hospital steward for the 8th Wisconsin Regiment during the Civil War, riding in an open car during a GAR parade in Madi...
Photograph

Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 1918
Description: Two pelicans and other waterfowl on the lagoon in Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), opened in 1911.
Photograph

Deer Hunters in Camp

Date: 
Description: Five men holding hunting rifles sitting or standing to the left of a log cabin (only a corner of which is in the image) in front of the hanging carcasses o...
Postcard

Scene at Arcadia

Date: 
Description: A man is watching deer eating grass. There is also a turkey on the right. Caption reads: "Scene at Arcadia, Wis."
Print

International Model D-300, DS-300 Truck Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for International D-300 and DS-300 trucks, featuring the International Triple Diamond logo, and a photograph of a man with...
Photograph

Sarajevo Street Scene

Date: 1940
Description: A street scene with Sarajevo.
Magazine or Periodical

The American Velocipede

Date: 1886
Description: Engraved image from a sketch by Theodore Davis showing four men bicycling.
Drawing

Big-Foot's Village and Lake

Date: 1856
Description: Lithographic view of a man in a canoe on Big-Foot's Lake (modern day Lake Geneva) with a small settlement on a bluff overlooking the lake. A group of birds...
Map or Atlas

Amerique Septentrionale: Divisée en ses Principales Parties, ou Sont Distingués les vns des Autres les Estats Suivant Qu'ils Appartiennent Presentemẽt aux François, Castillans, Anglois, Suedois, Danois, Hollandois

Date: 1719
Description: Map of North America showing land divisions between France, Spain, England, Sweden, Denmark and Holland. The map is detailed, labeling cities, forts, islan...
Photograph

Man and Pigeon

Date: 1909
Description: An unidentified man is kneeling down and holding his hand out to a bird (probably a pigeon or a dove) in the town of Watersmeet.
Poster

South America. Come Along

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of two sailors enjoying themselves in a colorful (and apparently South American) village. One sailor is riding a llama, an...

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