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Photograph

East Water Street and Wisconsin Street

Date: 1890
Description: East Water Street and Wisconsin Street, northwest corner; this is also called the Ludington Block. The Spring Street and Booth Building are in the backgrou...
Print

Sentinel Building

Date: 1843
Description: Exterior of two-story wood building at the corner of Wisconsin and Water Streets. The first floor consists of businesses run by Dewey, Highby & Wardner, a...
Drawing

1880 Iron Brigade Reunion

Date: 1880
Description: A composite drawing, including photographic portraits, depicting "Doc" Aubrey, newsboy of the Iron Brigade, delivering papers to the camp where other membe...
Manuscript

Banner of "Milwaukee Sentinel"

Date: 04 15 1865
Description: Banner from newspaper from the day after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
Manuscript

"Extra!... Sad News for the Nation. Lincoln Assassinated."

Date: 04 15 1865
Description: Newsprint extra about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. It appeared on the back page of publication with a time line of events as they occurred.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Germania

Date: 06 18 1873
Description: Front page of the inaugural issue of Milwaukee German language newspaper Germania.
Book or Pamphlet

"The Pneumatic"

Date: 04 15 1892
Description: The masthead page of the first issue of "The Pneumatic," a monthly cycling magazine. It features a cartoon captioned, "A Spring Cycling Episode."

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