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Class at the State School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Male and female students read and practice math at the State School for the Deaf as a teacher looks on from the head of the class.
Photograph

State School for the Blind

Date: 1893
Description: Interior of the State School for the Blind, perhaps a study or room for recreation. Included in the room are several tables with small models, a piano, and...
Book or Pamphlet

Back Cover of D.M. Osborne Catalog

Date: 1899
Description: Back cover of an advertising catalog for D.M. Osborne and Company showing a schoolmaster in front of men from many nations. Includes the caption "all natio...
Magazine or Periodical

Uncle Sam and the Philippine Islands

Date: 06 09 1898
Description: Cover art for Leslie's Weekly depicting Uncle Sam peering through a magnifying glass at the Philippine Islands on a globe. The caption reads: "Guess...
Photograph

Classroom at State School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Male and female students sitting in desks while writing on what appear to be slates. A group sitting in a circle at the back of the room are possibly pract...
Manuscript

Superior--The City of Destiny

Date: 1890
Description: Letterhead for Moulton, Moran & Co. The logo shows North America and depicts Superior as the center of a hub with spokes going to Russia, to China and Japa...
Manuscript

Superior as Hub

Date: 1890
Description: Rand, McNally map of North America enhanced to show Superior as the center of a wheel. The image was used on the back of stationery from City Improvement C...
Photograph

Men in an Office

Date: 1895
Description: Two men in a small office, probably a railroad station. On the right is a map on the wall, and below it is a Herring Hall Marvin safe.
Print

Six O'Clock Club Dinner Menu

Date: 11 14 1899
Description: Front and back covers of the first dinner of the Six O'Clock Club held at the Park Hotel, with a map on the back cover of the southern tip of Africa, with ...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvester Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Front cover of catalog for Deering Harvester Company. The headline reads: "Around the World on a Harvester," and features an illustration of men and women ...
Photograph

Deering Harvester Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Back cover of catalog for Deering Harvester Company. Features an illustration of men, women and children riding on agricultural machinery pulled by horses....
Book or Pamphlet

Massey-Harris Co. Card Front and Back

Date: 1894
Description: Front cover featuring a color illustration titled: "Young Canada, 'I wonder what they are doing on the other side,'" and "Merry Christmas." A young boy wea...
Book or Pamphlet

Massey-Harris Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1897
Description: Front cover of Massey-Harris farm machinery catalog featuring a color illustration of a woman wearing a long, white gown and a laurel leaf crown, holding a...
Book or Pamphlet

Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company Brochure Cover

Date: 1893
Description: Front cover of a brochure for Champion Mowers and Binders. Features a color illustration of the office building of the Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Compan...
Map or Atlas

Congressional District-Map of Wisconsin, Apportionment 1891, Showing the Population of the State by Counties

Date: 1890
Description: This map shows the congressional districts lines in accordance with the 1890 census. Districts are labeled by number and color. Original caption reads, "Sh...
Map or Atlas

Bulletin map of Wisconsin

Date: 09 1894
Description: This map shows Congregational churches and Home Missionary churches. County boundaries and county seats are also labeled. The original caption reads, "Cong...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin Showing the Population of the State by Counties--Census

Date: 1895
Description: This map shows the populations for each county in accordance with the census of 1895. The original captions read, " Total population-1,937,915. Diagram sho...
Map or Atlas

The C-K Road Map of Wisconsin. Section 1

Date: 1896
Description: This map shows railroads, ordinary roads, good roads, township lines, county lines, county boundaries, towns, lakes, and rivers in the southeastern part ...
Map or Atlas

Forest Conditions of Northern Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: This map shows the conditions of the forest. Includes a color legend in left margin, depicting the various conditions. Original caption reads, "Compiled by...
Print

Banquet to President Porfirio Diaz Menu

Date: 1896
Description: Front cover and interior of banquet menu for Mexican President Porfirio Diaz, to celebrate the construction of a drainage canal between Lake Texcoco and La...

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