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| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Back of painting reads: "Madison in June 1837 after photo taken by E.E. Bailey" and "Peck's cabin by Dengel." The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | The Tollef Olsen family posed around a table in the yard with the family dog. A framed print of a long-haired retriever is placed prominently on a chair to... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Family on entryway steps of two-story brick house with hipped roof; board fence in foreground. There is fruit, probably apples, on a window sill and an ova... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | The Henry Hooker family in front of a picket fence before their stone house, which has a bird cage and a picture hanging on its front porch. In the 1870 c... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of a woman standing behind a stone fence in front of a painted backdrop. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of three women standing behind a wooden fence in front of a painted backdrop. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of two small girls leaning on a stone fence, with one sitting on the fence in front of a painted backdrop. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of a girl, in a dress with a sash around the waist, standing with her hand on a wooden fence near a doll sitting on the ground in front of ... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on a prop wooden fence, and two Ho-Chunk men flanking her. The woman is wearing a shawl over her head, a... |
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| Description: | A man and woman pose for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. The man sits on a low fence holding a hat and wears a matching checked suit jack... |
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| Description: | Two women stand facing each other for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing long dresses, and are posed near a gate in a prop ... |
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| Description: | A woman in a long dress sits on a low fence, and a girl in a knee-length dress stands next to her for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. |
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| Description: | A family of four stands by a studio prop of a stone wall in front of a painted backdrop. The father, in a long suit jacket and trousers, and youngest daugh... |
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| Description: | A studio portrait of a couple with two children posing in front of a painted backdrop. A man wearing a suit jacket, vest, tie, and trousers sits on a studi... |
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| Description: | A studio portrait of a man and small girl in a white dress sitting on a studio prop of a stone wall. The man wears a suit jacket, vest, and trousers. A wom... |
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| Description: | A large group consisting of five males and four females pose for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop around a studio prop of a stone wall. The... |
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| Description: | A studio portrait of seven individuals in front of a painted backdrop. A man in a suit jacket, vest, and trousers sits on the studio prop of a stone wall a... |
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| Description: | A studio portrait of three young women, a young man, and two youth gathered around a prop stone wall in front of a painted backdrop. The man and boy are we... |
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| Description: | A studio portrait of four women and two men posed in front of a wooden prop fence in front of a painted backdrop. The women are wearing long dresses and ha... |
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