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Painting

Eleazer Williams

Date: 1836
Description: Waist-up portrait of Eleazer Williams. Label on painting reads: "Eleazer Williams. Born ca. 1792 -- Died 1857. Pretender to French Throne. George Catlin, A...
Photograph

Protestant Episcopal Mission Buildings

Date: 1832
Description: People work in the garden at the Protestant Episcopal Mission Buildings.
Photograph

Poster Celebrating "The International Safari"

Date: 02 05 1929
Description: Poster or display board describing an expedition across Africa with an International truck. The truck used for the expedition was later promoted by the com...
Photograph

Portrait of Father Frederic

Date: 
Description: Portrait of Father Janssoone Frederick (11/9/1838 - 8/4/1916) (Le Bon Pere Frederic), missionary at Trois Rivideres, Canada, wearing a robe with a waist co...
Photograph

YMCA Dinner

Date: 03 10 1952
Description: Speakers table at the annual dinner of the Madison YMCA. Left to right: Missionary Appadural Aaron, principal speaker; Walter Engelke, dinner chairman; Jea...
Photograph

Father Florimond Bonduel

Date: 
Description: Sketched quarter-length portrait of Father Florimond Joseph Bonduel.
Drawing

Three Figures

Date: 1941
Description: Woodcut illustration of three standing figures, possibly a missionary, a fur trader, and an American Indian, depicting Wisconsin history.
Photograph

Retired Medical Missionaries

Date: 08 10 1954
Description: Outdoor portrait of Doctor and Mrs. Paul Harrison, in Madison visiting their daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Howard Koop. The Harrisons were medical m...
Print

The Missionary

Date: 1892
Description: Photographic print of an engraved image showing a robed missionary standing in a birch bark canoe paddled by four Native Americans and another man who appe...
Map or Atlas

Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France: Et des Decouvertes qui y ont été Faites

Date: 1710
Description: A seminal and fairly accurate map of the Great Lakes Region up to Baffin's Bay in Northern Canada. This is possibly the first printed map to locate Detroit...
Map or Atlas

Le Cours de Missisipi, ou de St. Louis: Fameuse Riviere de L'Amerique Septentrionale aux Environs de Laquelle se Trouve le Païs Appelle Louisiane

Date: 1718
Description: This map shows the Mississippi River, with latitude and longitude coordinates, ad covers east to Lake Ontario and south to Illinois. The inset map (the top...
Photograph

Two Christian Missionaries with Airplane Atop a Car

Date: 10 30 1958
Description: Two men are examining a disassembled airplane attached to the roof of an automobile. The airplane belonged to the Rev. Millard Kirkpatrick, right, missiona...
Photograph

Teachers Alfred Holt and Madeleine Wood Holt in China

Date: 1921
Description: Teachers Alfred Holt and Madeleine Wood Holt are standing together in front of a building, possibly in Guangdong (Canton), China.
Photograph

At the Train Station

Date: 07 1922
Description: A group of Holt family members and others are standing by the train tracks. Alfred and Madeline Holt are standing on the far left. W.A. Holt is standing on...

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