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| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Back of painting reads: "Madison in June 1837 after photo taken by E.E. Bailey" and "Peck's cabin by Dengel." The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built... |
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| Description: | The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built in Madison. |
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| Description: | Watercolor of Canadian Prairie Indian at lake's shore with gun in hand and a recently hunted duck on the ground. A dog is at his feet. On the far shoreline... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Cover for the 1969 Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape program. Depicted is a tree with white blossoms, yellow flowers, and a pathway leading up to a... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Cover for the 1960 Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape program. Depicted are some vibrant purple flowers, with a lake in the background. The Wisconsi... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Cover for the 1948 Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape program. Depicted is a sketch of a tree, a fence, and a small town by a lake. The Wisconsin Fr... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Cover for the 1956 Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape program. Depicted are some white flowers with green leaves, a lake, and some birds flying in t... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Hölzlhuber's first extensive excursion in Wisconsin was a walking tour from Madison to Prairie du Sac along the Wisconsin River. He lost his way along Lake... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | In April of 1860 Hölzlhuber took the railway from Milwaukee to Lake Horicon to visit the small town that was developing on its shore. Since the settlers we... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | The Stoner house, located at 321 South Hamilton Street. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | The Benjamin Franklin Hopkins house, 142 East Gilman Street, built by Hopkins about 1850. The house was later owned by Dr. William Jacobs. The square bay ... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | The Oscar D. Brandenburg house, 22 Langdon Street. Later the Theta Delta Chi fraternity house. Razed and replaced in 1972 by the Langdon Apartments. Oscar... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | The sandstone house known as Walker's Castle was located in the 900 block of East Gorham Street. According to newspaper articles, it was built in about 186... |
| Date: | 10 07 1934 |
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| Description: | James Jacco, Red Cliff Chippewa, and William Webster, Odanah Chippewa, competing in a lacrosse game. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Sunrise over Lake Monona and the Madison, Wisconsin isthmus, showing the Wisconsin State Capitol building in the distance. |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa man and woman paddle a canoe on a lake at sunset. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Watercolor design for a conservation poster made by a Wisconsin high school student as part of a competition. The poster has an image of pine trees in a me... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Watercolor design for a conservation poster made by a Wisconsin high school student as part of a competition. The poster has an image of birch trees and fl... |
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| Description: | Watercolor painting of Lake Monona from asylum grounds or Governor's Island. On the far shoreline is Madison and the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
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