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| Description: | Two horses pull a street waterer. When Main Street was a dirt road, the local merchants paid to have it sprinkled during the summer to keep the dust down. ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of City Hall during winter with horse-drawn sleighs passing. A sign above the second story windows on the front of City Hall reads: "Welcome.... |
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| Description: | Buildings located in the first block of East Main Street. Businesses in the image include Gleason Hardware and the Madison Institute. Two men on horseback ... |
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| Description: | John S. Fuller took this photographs of the buildings in the first block of East Main Street from the Wisconsin State Capitol roof. Most of the businesses ... |
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| Description: | Buildings on Pinckney Street, including the U.S. Hotel building and a carriage manufacturer. John S. Fuller's studio, "Fullers Temple of Art" was located i... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | A watercolor of the Catholic Cathedral in Milwaukee, with well-dressed pedestrians strolling on the street. Hölzlhuber was choirmaster here between 1856 an... |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | The magnificent Newhall House, a hotel that dwarfed the neighboring buildings, opened in 1857. Hölzlhuber completed this sketch for the Neue illustriert... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Business section of downtown. View across unpaved road towards business along the left. A group of children and adults are posing standing in the road nea... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk on the left with the theatre across the street on the right. Caption reads: "Oneida St. Appleton Theatre, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View down College Avenue. Caption reads: "College Ave. looking East from Oneida St., Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 07 28 1949 |
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| Description: | Businesses along West Main Street during the remodeling of the Blied Building, 29 West Main Street, after the top one and two stories have been removed. Bu... |
| Date: | 02 26 1904 |
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| Description: | People view the third capitol building with a large fountain in front. The third Capitol was built between 1857 and 1869 and destroyed by fire on February ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of John Street Bridge. Caption reads: "John Street Bridge, Appleton, Wis. Largest stone arch bridge in Wisconsin." A railroad bridge runs acr... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View across street toward campus. Two men are standing on the sidewalk on the left. Caption reads: "Lawrence College Campus, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Elevated illustration of the Lawrence College Campus with snow on the ground. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Bascom Hill and lower campus vicinity from the roof of the Wisconsin Historical Society, which was then under construction. A large group ... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the bridge, which is intersected by a railroad bridge. Caption reads: "John St. Bridge, Appleton, Wis. Largest stone arch bridge in Wiscon... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Unpaved Main Street with many storefronts and a hotel on the right hand side. Pedestrians are on the sidewalks. Caption reads: "Main Street, Arcadia, Wis". |
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