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Photograph

Map Kiosk at Copper Falls State Park

Date: 1939
Description: Man looking at a map of Copper Falls State Park, which is on display to assist visitors.
Photograph

Calumet Harbor

Date: 1920
Description: Calumet Harbor on Lake Winnebago. On the left is a map, and on the right are two images, one captioned: "Calumet Harbor".
Book or Pamphlet

Scenic Wisconsin Motorways

Date: 1924
Description: Front and back covers of Scenic Wisconsin Motorways, a guide to Wisconsin roads compiled by Victor F. Pettric and published by the Wisconsin Motorists Asso...
Poster

Chemins de Fer électrique du Valais à Chamonix Travel Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Chemins de Fer électrique du Valais à Chamonix (Electric Railways of Valais in Chamonix) railway. The poster...
Print

Seasons Greetings

Date: 1948
Description: Holiday card of the history of the State of Wisconsin, 1848-1948. Shows a map of Wisconsin with many historical and themed elements. Image was created by w...
Print

No More Branches But Each Has Grown And How!

Date: 1950
Description: Holiday card with the "family tree" of D.C. III (David Clark Everest) and Rita Everest, on the front, and a map of the U.S.A. on the inside showing the two...
Postcard

Seasons Greetings

Date: 1969
Description: Photographic holiday postcard of a couple on their bikes in a driveway. Shrubs and palm trees surround them. A map of the Pacific Ocean is in the backgroun...
Photograph

Cranberry Exhibit

Date: 1950
Description: Agricultural exhibit designed by the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association and Eatmor Cranberries. The exhibit shows various types and stages of cr...
Photograph

26th of July Movement Meeting in Oriente Province

Date: 1958
Description: Meeting of the 26th of July Movement in Oriente Province during the Cuban Revolution. Vilma Espin and Fidel Castro crouch over a map spread on the ground....
Photograph

Day's Service Station

Date: 1936
Description: View across road of a one-story building, Day's Service Station, with gasoline pumps and signs and a map out front. The signs read “Straight Ahead, 10 Mi. ...
Photograph

Day's Service Station Highway 77

Date: 1943
Description: View across road of Day's Service Station with gasoline pumps, maps and signs out front. The right half of the building is one-story high, and the left hal...
Print

The American Soldier, Rifle Regiment Officer

Date: 1976
Description: "A general staff officer stands in the left foreground in the single-breasted blue coat with black herringbone false buttonholes on the chest and cuffs and...
Photograph

River View Mobile Home Park

Date: 07 1987
Description: "Andy Schnitzler holds the plans for the 'River View Mobile Home Park' which will be developed in the fields behind."
Photograph

Valley Estates Subdivision

Date: 03 1998
Description: "Village officials help kick off Valley Estates Subdivision."
Book or Pamphlet

Empire Drill Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1901
Description: Catalog cover with the title: "The Three Greatest Empires," features an illustration of an Empire Drill in the foreground, and in the background a train tr...
Photograph

Reading a Map

Date: 1910
Description: Fred Carr and Bill Marr reading a map together while sitting on the ground.
Photograph

Consulting the Maps

Date: 1910
Description: The Gang is sitting on their packs or bedrolls as they consult their maps with a ranger.
Manuscript

Bordner Survey Sketch Map of Picnic Point and Lake Mendota Shoreline

Date: 01 13 1937
Description: Sketch map of Township 7 North, Range 9 East, created for the Land Economic Inventory (Bordner Survey). The map shows Picnic Point and the Lake Mendota sho...
Book or Pamphlet

Henry Vilas Park Zoo Map

Date: 11 1964
Description: Fold-out map of the zoo inside a publication titled: "Henry Vilas Park Zoo: An Instructive Book on the Origin and Habits of Animals." Includes Lake Wingra,...
Drawing

Brumder Properties

Date: 1929
Description: An unsigned, hand-drawn map of properties owned by members of the Brumder family on the northwest shore of Pine Lake in 1929. Named Villa Henrietta, the pr...

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