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Painting

Fort Howard dans La Grand Baie Verte (Ouisconsin)

Date: 1842
Description: This hand-colored lithograph of the second Fort Howard, with Indians canoeing on the Fox River, shows the hospital built 1834-1835 outside the stockade on ...
Photograph

Ottawa Indian Camp

Date: 1889
Description: Beach fishing camp showing several people around a fire drying fish with a tent in the background. Captioned: Ottawa Fishing Camp -- On the Island at Fran...
Photograph

Indians Fishing From Boats

Date: 07 16 1898
Description: A group of Ojibwa men fishing from boats.
Print

Indian Techniques of Fishing and Stag-hunting

Date: 1655
Description: Scene near Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, ca. 1614.
Print

The Salmon Stream

Date: 1923
Description: The original caption reads: "A Hupa youth is waiting with poised spear for the shadowy outline of a salmon lurking in a quiet pool and gathering its streng...
Map or Atlas

Recreational Map of Glacier National Park, Montana: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

Date: 1930
Description: Pictorial map of Glacier National Park, Montana and Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Illustrated by Joe Scheurle, it depicts white people, American ...
Postcard

Greetings from Green Bay, Wisconsin

Date: 1957
Description: Large Letter style postcard for Green Bay depicting various scenes in the letters that spell the name of the city. Caption reads: "Greetings from Green Bay...
Map or Atlas

Bad River Indian Reservation, Wisconsin

Date: 1939
Description: This map shows the towns to Gingles, Sanborn, and Guney as well as Chequamegon Bay, Kakagon River, White River, Marengo River, Bad River, Potato River, Vau...
Book or Pamphlet

Spearing Fish in Winter

Date: 1884
Description: Small group of Native Americans spearing fish through ice on a river. Mountains can be seen in the background.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Famous Hunting and Fishing Grounds Embraced in the Lake Region of Gogebic County, Michigan, and in Iron, Vilas, Forest, and Oneida Counties, Wisconsin

Date: 1895
Description: This late 19th century map of northern Wisconsin and a portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula shows the township and range grid, the (Lac du) Flambeau India...
Map or Atlas

Lac du Flambeau, Welcome to Indian Country : Vilas County, Wisconsin

Date: 1994
Description: This map shows historical sites, picnic grounds, public boat landings, canoe and motor boat trips, and resort locations. The left margin of the map include...
Map or Atlas

A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye Continent of North America, Containing Newfoundland, New Scotland, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pensilvania, Maryland, Virginia and Carolina

Date: 1720
Description: One of Herman Moll's most famous maps, often referred to as The Beaver Map for its elaborate engraved inset depicting and describing beavers building a dam...
Map or Atlas

Nouvelle Carte Particulière de L'Amérique où sont Exactement Marquées la Nouvelle Bretagne, le Canada ou Nouvelle France, la Nouvelle Ecosse, la Nouvelle Angleterre, la Nouvelle York, la Pensilvanie, Maery-Land, la Caroline Septentrionale

Date: 1750
Description: Map of the northeast corner of America and Canada with hand-colored boundaries. The map shows colonies, Native American nations, fishing areas, and detaile...
Map or Atlas

Partie Orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada avec l'Isle de Terre-Neuve et de Nouvelle Escosse, Acadie et Nouv. Angleterre avec Fleuve de St. Laurence

Date: 1759
Description: Map of north eastern Canada and parts of New England, showing settlements, cities, portages, Native American land, mountains, lakes, and rivers. The unusua...
Map or Atlas

Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-America: Nach der von Wm. Faden 1783 Herausgegebenen Charte

Date: 1783
Description: Map of the newly formed United States showing borders, regions, Native American land, cities, mountains, lakes, and rivers. It includes a small inset map o...
Map or Atlas

Bowles's New Pocket Map of the United States of America

Date: 02 04 1783
Description: One of the first and few maps to attempt to map the new boundaries of the United States and British territories during the preliminary treaty at the end of...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

Date: 1972
Description: This colored map displays Wisconsin and bordering areas of Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan. There is color-coding on the map to indicate National Forests, an...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

Date: 1971
Description: This colored map displays Wisconsin and bordering areas of Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan. There is color-coding on the map to indicate National Forests, an...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

Date: 1973
Description: This colored map displays Wisconsin and bordering areas of Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan. There is color-coding on the map to indicate National Forests, a...
Map or Atlas

Central Wisconsin

Date: 1962
Description: This colored map represents "Tour #2" of a series of driving tours of the state published by the Sperry & Hutchinson Company, in order to "help you enjoy W...

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