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Map or Atlas

Map of State of Idaho

Date: 1905
Description: Map of state of Idaho. Department of Interior General Land Office.
Book or Pamphlet

Call of the Open Road

Date: 1922
Description: Front and back cover of the Call of the Open Road, an annual publication of the Milwaukee Journal Tour Department based on its regular columns of mo...
Photograph

Portrait of Rabbi Mayer Relles in Swiss Refugee Camp

Date: 06 1944
Description: Portrait of Holocaust survivor Rabbi Mayer Relles during the time he worked in a refugee camp; Rabius, Switzerland.
Photograph

P&H 25-Ton Type "N" Bridge Crane

Date: 07 19 1917
Description: Elevated view of Pawling & Harnischfeger 25-ton type "N" bridge with a 5-ton type "A" trolley and a standard bottom block, equipped for exterior use. There...
Photograph

Madero Lumber Co.

Date: 1912
Description: A distant view of Madero Lumber Company. There are houses and other residential buildings in the foreground, and the lumber works in the background. In the...
Photograph

View of Mountains

Date: 1910
Description: A distant view of the Bartlett and Kearsarge Mountains. A field and trees are in the foreground, and a white house is nestled in the forest further up the ...
Photograph

Tree-lined Dirt Road

Date: 1915
Description: A view looking down a tree-lined dirt highway, with an open field on one side and a mountain in the distance.
Photograph

The Cripple Creek Short Line Railroad

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the Cripple Creek Short Line Railroad and a train winding through the mountains.
Photograph

Ice Breakup

Date: 1905
Description: Two men stand near giant chunks of snowy ice which is breaking up on the Yukon River, outside of Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada.
Photograph

Derby Diversion Dam

Date: 1903
Description: Elevated view of Derby Diversion Dam with a crowd gathered on the rim of the dam and individuals standing along its top. A train cuts across the horizon in...
Photograph

Elevated View of Green River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the city as seen from Castle Rock.
Photograph

Elevated View of Mining Company

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Deadbroke Mining Company nestled in a valley. In the foreground are a small number of dwellings and roads, and cut lumber. Caption reads: ...
Photograph

Elevated View of Mining Community

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of a mining community, including numerous houses, mining structures, and large mounds of gravel material.
Photograph

Two Men on Top of Stagecoach

Date: 1910
Description: A rear view of two men atop a stagecoach as it winds through the Twin Falls, Idaho, home of the Snake River Canyon. A waterfall is in the background on the...
Photograph

U.S. Fish Hatchery and Town

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of town with the U.S. Fish Hatchery in the foreground, the town in the distance and a gently sloping mountain in the background. Caption read...
Photograph

Wallace Stegner

Date: 1965
Description: Writer and conservationist Wallace Stegner, and his wife Mary, during a visit to Alaska as a member of the National Parks Advisory Board and special assist...
Photograph

Myles Horton on a Rock Formation

Date: 1980
Description: Myles Horton sits on a rock formation known as the Devil's Courthouse.
Print

Holiday Card of a Military Camp

Date: 1942
Description: Holiday card showing a military camp with three soldiers standing together gazing at the Christmas star. Two tents are pitched under two trees on the shore...
Photograph

Marathon Mountain

Date: 06 21 1917
Description: View across water towards the 4,462-foot Marathon Mountain at midnight. Houses and establishments are along the shoreline. A bar is labeled, "The Commerce,...
Photograph

Construction of Miles Glacier Bridge

Date: 04 19 1910
Description: View of the construction of Miles Glacier Bridge, constructed from 1909-1910. The bridge crosses the Copper River near mountains. Caption reads: "Construct...

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