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| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Painting depicting Chippewa Falls and the first sawmill on the Chippewa River, built by Jean Brunet. The residence of H.S. Allen, one of the owners of the... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four men sitting at a table playing cards, smoking cigarettes and ... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men smoking cigars and wearing summer hats. Joseph Bowar is sitting, and his brother, Jacob Bowar, is... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of a man sitting in a chair rolling a cigarette in front of a painted backdrop. A tin of Prince Albert Tobacco sits on his knee. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four men with cigarettes. From left to right, Mel Pick, Charlie Lenter of Milwaukee, Alphouse Frank, and ... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Hallway leading to a fireplace in the McCormick Works Club House. The Club House was designed for recreational use by factory employees. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of Will Thunder (NaKikSayWaHeKah) (son of [WaConChaKah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [WeHonPeKaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder) sitti... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio group portrait of young Ho-Chunk men. Standing (l to r) are George Otter (Hay Cho Kah), Johnnie Thunder (Hoonk Nee Kah), and George Bear... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Frank Browneagle (HeWaKaKayReKah), a Ho-Chunk man, and Annie Snake (KhaWinKeeSinchHayWinKah) ... |
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| Description: | Interior of the bar room at Hotel Astor, built in 1904. Waiters, bartenders, and patrons stand around the bar, decorated in the Old World style. |
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| Description: | A scene including the American Fur Company buildings, an American flag, a lake and people in boats. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of group of nine men, identified on the reverse as associates of the Geneva, New York Experiment Station. St... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Sid Boyum, standing in his backyard, painting a landscape depicting Little Fork River in northwest Minnesota. |
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| Description: | Display of Sid's art works on the street at what appears to be a fair on the Capitol Square. A man, possibly Steve Boyum, is sitting in a chair behind the ... |
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| Description: | View of a corner of Sid's living room. There is a painting by Sid of a pine tree in a mountainscape hanging on the wall. Below it is a bookshelf with sever... |
| Date: | 12 05 1953 |
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| Description: | Guests at the Truax Field Officers Club formal "debt party" and dance celebrating the opening of the new clubhouse. Darlene Simmons is shown providing a "l... |
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| Description: | Formally dressed audience members are watching a beauty pageant in a smoky beer hall. The men are wearing suits with ties; the women are wearing dresses an... |
| Date: | 04 1955 |
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| Description: | Marion Brumder sitting in profile in an easy chair in a corner of a living room. She is gesturing with her left hand; in her right hand is a cigarette in a... |
| Date: | 07 08 1960 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin Artist-in-Residence Aaron Bohrod shows his new studio at his English Tudor style home at 4811 Tonyawatha Trail overlooking Lake Mon... |
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