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| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Back of painting reads: "Madison in June 1837 after photo taken by E.E. Bailey" and "Peck's cabin by Dengel." The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built... |
| Date: | 1842 |
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| Description: | This hand-colored lithograph of the second Fort Howard, with Indians canoeing on the Fox River, shows the hospital built 1834-1835 outside the stockade on ... |
| Date: | 06 1837 |
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| Description: | Lithograph based on a painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey showing the Peck cabin, the first house in Madison. In addition to the cabin, the lithograph includes a ... |
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| Description: | A Menominee Indian Village on Wolf River. There are dwellings on the shore and many people in canoes are on the river. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Artist's conception of ancient village of Aztalan, fortified with high walls surrounding it. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting of the exterior of the Eben Peck cabin by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. The location of this original painting is unknown. |
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| Description: | Two Indians are launching a new canoe, possibly on Flambeau Lake. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View towards a man standing with two children, a boy wearing a hat and suspenders, and a girl wearing a dress. They are standing in front of a bear hide st... |
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| Description: | Ho-Chunk man in a canoe on a river holding up an oar. Just out of frame on the left is a woman, who is perhaps holding a child. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Hand-drawn, watercolor and ink, map of Lake Mendota. Locations and many small figures appear around the shore with explanations referring to Indian legends... |
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| Description: | View across water of a Menominee man standing in a canoe in a marsh. He is holding a paddle in his hand. Behind him on the left is another canoe with three... |
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| Description: | Cigar box cover with a head and shoulders portrait of Nelson Dewey. Beneath his portrait is a Native American headdress, a tomahawk, a stone club and a qui... |
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| Description: | A Native American Indian in native dress, including a beaded bandolier and feathered headdress, gazing out to the Wisconsin River. He is standing on a rock... |
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| Description: | A young Native American Indian boy in traditional dress is posing on a rock formation above the Wisconsin River. In the background is a steamboat on the ri... |
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| Description: | Group portrait of older men, with younger men and a boy, posing on a rock formation above the Wisconsin River. They are all wearing traditional clothing, i... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Engraving of the Peck Cabin, after the painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. Caption at bottom reads: "First House in Madison. 1837." |
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| Description: | Painting of the Eben Peck cabin, the first house in Madison, was built in June, 1837. Text on back of art board: "Madison in June 1837." Painting likely ba... |
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| Description: | Two young women, Annette Miner and Carolyn Young, are standing in water on a sand bar with a toy canoe floating nearby. |
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| Description: | An unidentified young man is standing next to an unidentified young women sitting on a rock over looking Palisades and Big Bay. |
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| Description: | Photograph of a woodcut of the Eben and Roseline Peck cabin. It was built by or for Roseline, the first white settler in Madison. The drawing was inspired ... |
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