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Photograph

Fishing Early in the Morning

Date: 
Description: Lawrence Martin and Will Hotchkiss fishing off a pier early in the morning.
Painting

Wisconsin Heights Battlefield

Date: 1856
Description: Painting by S.M. Brookes of the Wisconsin Heights Battlefield.
Painting

Bad Axe Battleground

Date: 1856
Description: This landscape painting by Samuel Marsden Brookes and Thomas H. Stevenson depicts a broad view of the confluence of Bad Axe and Mississippi Rivers; site of...
Painting

Sunset from Lake Monona

Date: 1881
Description: Sunset from Lake Monona.
Drawing

Queen's Bluff below Trempealeau

Date: 1872
Description: The sidewheel packet, Red Wing, in the Mississippi River near Queen's Bluff below Trempealeau, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Canoeing on Rainbow Lake

Date: 1945
Description: Couple canoeing under partly cloudy skies with sun dappling the water on Rainbow Lake, Chain O' Lakes.
Photograph

View of the College of Agriculture

Date: 1929
Description: View of the College of Agriculture on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus as seen from the tower of the First Congressional Church.
Postcard

Lake Mendota Sunset

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Description: Sunset over Lake Mendota. A rocky shoreline is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Sunset on Lake Mendota, Madison, Wis."
Postcard

River View at Night

Date: 1920
Description: View down the river at night. Caption reads: "River View at Night, Menasha, Wis."
Photograph

Wisconsin River from Cactus Bluff

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: View of the Wisconsin River from Cactus Bluff.
Photograph

Feast for the Lotus-Eater

Date: 1957
Description: Lotus beds on Mississippi River in the foreground and middleground. Bluffs are in the background.
Photograph

View over Rooftops and Armory

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view over trees towards University of Wisconsin-Madison Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) and Lake Mendota. Dwelling rooftops are in the foreground. Par...
Photograph

Armory and Lake Mendota

Date: 1914
Description: Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) on Langdon Street, with YMCA (on the left), and Lake Mendota in the background. University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Photograph

Armory on Langdon Street

Date: 1914
Description: Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) on Langdon Street on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Lake Mendota is in the background.
Book or Pamphlet

Las Isletas-Falls of Presidio de Rio Grande

Date: 1857
Description: An etching showing the landscape and vegetation around the Rio Grande.
Photograph

Lake Winnebago

Date: 08 11 1963
Description: Elevated view of the northern end of Lake Winnebago, seen from High Cliff State Park. The sunset is subdued by a large cloud formation over the lake. On th...
Poster

New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission Travel Poster

Date: 1936
Description: An original lithograph promoting New Hampshire as the "Land of Scenic Splendor." The poster features the artist Maxwell Parrish's depiction of a New Hampsh...
Photograph

Old Cheshire Covered Bridge

Date: 
Description: A view of Old Cheshire Covered Bridge over the Conneticut River between Charlestown, New Hampshire, and Springfield, Vermont.
Photograph

Log Jam

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Description: Elevated view of a log jam in the middle of the river. Logs are stuck on a small sandbar in the foreground. Trees are on both sides of the water, and house...
Postcard

A Glimpse Of Devil's Lake From The New Warner Road, Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1933
Description: Colorized postcard of Devil's Lake and bluffs seen through the trees. Some of the trees have autumn color. A roof and chimney are visible. The text at the ...

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