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| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Sketch of Boone's Knob and the Kentucky River, where Company A of the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry camped, November-December, 1862. The sketch was drawn by Priv... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wiscsonsin Central's bridge over the White River, about six miles south of Ashland. The bridge was 1600 ft. long and 110 ft. above the... |
| Date: | 09 01 1882 |
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| Description: | View looking up towards the special train of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad comprised of 24 freight cars loaded with lumber and other ... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Moscow Laseselskab (the Moscow Library Association). Rasmus B. Anderson is probably in the group. |
| Date: | 1835 |
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| Description: | Cut-taa-tas-tia, a celebrated Chief of the Fox Tribe. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, was drawn at the Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1... |
| Date: | 1835 |
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| Description: | Francis Godfroy, a celebrated Miami chief who was half French and half Miami. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the Treaty ... |
| Date: | 1835 |
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| Description: | A Sioux Chief. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1825). He holds a pipe. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Group of people sitting beside spring, perhaps at Winnequah or Picnic Point in Madison. All of them are either holding or are wearing hats. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | An A.L. Dahl photograph, one of "Two different side views of the Suspension Bridge," from the series "Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge" as mentioned in ... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | This house, built on a hill close to the Milwaukee River, was the only one in the city as late as 1840. The owner of the house, Martin [Matthias] Stein, a ... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Hölzlhuber located this farm at about three German miles from Stevens Point. The region's soil was quite fertile. A wooden dwelling house stood in the mids... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Business with Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper took Hölzlhuber to New York, and from there he also visited Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washingt... |
| Date: | 04 1860 |
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| Description: | Accompanying this sketch is Hölzlhuber's description of his last foray from Milwaukee before leaving America. "Before my return to Europe, D. Brandis, the ... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the Columbian Exposition pavilions from the vantage point of Lake Michigan. Included is an inset of the Union Passenger Station (now Uni... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill of the freight steamer "Cornucopia" loading hides at the Hammond Brothers warehouse, with Lawrence University buildings on the hill... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Overlook of the river, and a building near the dam from a steep hillside. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View from a hillside of either houses or factory buildings on the Fox River near a dam. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the river and town. Probably prior to 1885 because the Van Schaick building/photograph gallery is not constructed on Second Street. |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Lithograph view of river with a riverboat on the river, and a family on a hill above the river. There is a wagon or cart on the road below the hill. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the town, looking northwest. The Chippewa River is in the foreground, with a lot of buildings, an intersection, and distant hills. One bui... |
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