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Olympian Hiawatha

Date: 1946
Description: Reproduction of a painting depicting an Olympian Hiawatha locomotive and an Olympian Hiawatha observation car traveling in the western United States. A man...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 750-757

Date: 
Description: Some towering hand-made genius had fighting words to sell
Photograph

Leaving for the Honeymoon

Date: 09 1952
Description: Ralph and Helen Widmer leaving for their honeymoon.
Print

M.S. Kungsholm Dinner Menu

Date: 01 13 1934
Description: Handwritten menu and "Bon Voyage" greeting in a card from the Swedish American Line, with a Swedish castle on the cover, and on the inside of the card, a t...
Magazine or Periodical

Frank G. Lenz

Date: 1892
Description: Portrait of Frank Lenz on his safety bicycle which he rode on a round-the-world tour. He is posed on a country road lined with fences and telegraph or tele...
Magazine or Periodical

Going Straight Through the Mountain

Date: 08 1892
Description: Engraving, probably after a photograph, showing Frank Lenz posing with his safety bicycle near the stone arch entrance of a canal tunnel cut through a moun...
Magazine or Periodical

An Awkward Fix

Date: 07 1892
Description: Engraved illustration depicting Frank Lenz sitting on the edge of a railroad bridge holding his safety bicycle in front of him and his box camera on his ba...
Photograph

Janesville Rotary Club Entertains University of Wisconsin, Beloit, and Milton College Foreign Students

Date: 02 11 1961
Description: Ninety-two foreign students attending the U.W., Beloit, and Milton Colleges representing 35 countries took buses to Janesville where they were guests of th...
Photograph

Roadside Picnic

Date: 1917
Description: Roadside picnic on the way to Waupaca. Mary E. Smith is seated with a friend on a white blanket with thermoses and a picnic basket. In the background the a...
Magazine or Periodical

Escort Into Minneapolis

Date: 07 23 1892
Description: Frank Lenz entering Minneapolis escorted by members of the St. Paul Cycle Club, the Minneapolis Business Men's Bicycle Association, and the Minnesota Divis...
Magazine or Periodical

A Stretch Between the Tracks

Date: 06 1892
Description: Frank G. Lenz posed with his bicycle between railroad tracks in the northeastern United States.
Magazine or Periodical

A Sorely Neglected Stretch

Date: 05 1892
Description: Frank Lenz posed with his bicycle on a badly neglected stretch of road. A split-rail fence encloses a field behind Lenz.
Photograph

Gondola Ride in Venice, Italy

Date: 1906
Description: Mary E. Smith, seated on the right, riding a gondola ride with two friends in Venice, Italy.
Photograph

Volksgarten in Vienna, Austria

Date: 1906
Description: Mary E. Smith walking along a path in the Volksgarten in Vienna, Austria. She is wearing an ornate hat, holding an umbrella over her shoulder, and looking ...
Photograph

In Front of a Monument in Vienna, Austria

Date: 1906
Description: Mary E. Smith standing in front of the Grillparzer monument in the Volksgarten in Vienna, Austria. She is holding a rose in her left hand and an umbrella o...
Photograph

Park in Vienna, Austria

Date: 1906
Description: Mary E. Smith walking along a path in a park in Vienna, Austria holding an umbrella.
Photograph

Heidelberg Castle, Germany

Date: 1906
Description: Mary E. Smith walking in the courtyard of Heidelberg Castle. Several women are standing near the entrance to the building.
Photograph

Newspaper Carriers Visit Milwaukee for Braves-Cardinals Game

Date: 07 02 1954
Description: Wisconsin State Journal newspaper carriers attend a Milwaukee Braves versus St. Louis Cardinals baseball game. A group of carriers try on Milwaukee Braves ...
Print

R.M.S. Nieuw Amsterdam Dinner Menu

Date: 05 13 1948
Description: Dinner menu from the Holland-America Line ship R.M.S. Nieuw Amsterdam, with "A Repast About 1830," with men, women, and a child gathered around a ta...
Photograph

Bicycling Outing

Date: 10 04 1896
Description: View down sidewalk of a group of men and women standing near a large brick building. Bicycles are leaning against the curb and the side of the building. Th...

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