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Plant Under Construction

Date: 10 18 1928
Description: View across field towards a plant under construction. There are automobiles parked on the far left, and a tower rising in the background has a sign for "In...
Drawing

Filling Haymow with Thresher

Date: 08 25 1928
Description: View across barnyard towards men using a thresher near a barn. A tractor in the yard on the left is belt-driving the thresher to fill the haymow. There is ...
Drawing

A Bird's Eye View of Shullsburg in 1838

Date: 1838
Description: Drawing of Shullsburg. There is a numbered key on the left that reads, at top: "Explanation. Nos. Denote present Site." Streets are named on the map and ma...
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Pagoda Sketch

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Description: Graphite and blue ink line drawing of Sid Boyum's study on pagodas. The drawing of the central pagoda towers over the landscape, with pine trees on the gro...
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Deffaite des Yroquois au Lac Champlain

Date: 1609
Description: Illustration of an elevated view of a battle between Iroquois tribe and French on the banks of river. The Iroquois are unclothed and armed with bows and ar...
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Descending the Bluff

Date: 1948
Description: A pencil drawing of two men descending a bluff with oxen and a wagon to Winona, Minnesota. There is a church in the town below and the Mississippi River is...
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Solar Park Design

Date: 02 09 1944
Description: An architectural rendering of a solar park.
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Bicyclists

Date: 1948
Description: Pencil drawing depicting a group of men and women bicycling on a dirt road in a rural, wooded area, probably in the 1880's. One man and woman are riding a ...
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Velocipede Race in Paris

Date: 12 1868
Description: Engraved view of four women racing on bicycles. Spectators in the background are behind a fence.
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Andrae Cycles Advertisement

Date: 09 1895
Description: Full page, engraved advertisement for Andrae Cycles. Depicts men and women bicycling on a path in a bucolic setting, in addition to text promoting bicycles...
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Beekeeper on Top of Capitol Building

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Description: Drawing of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. Features the dome with the "Wisconsin" statue replaced by a seated beekeeper wearing protective clothing, ...
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Proposed Development of the Fifth Cul-De-Sac

Date: 03 03 1937
Description: A pencil drawing of a proposed area of the planned community of Greendale, Wisconsin. The community was established as an objective of the Department of Ag...
Drawing

Train Spooking Horses

Date: 1948
Description: Drawing of a passenger train approaching a small town where two teams of horses on a plank road appear to be startled by the noise of the locomotive. One t...
Drawing

Stone and Log Causeway

Date: 1948
Description: Drawing depicting a horse-drawn carriage crossing a stone and log causeway built across a river.
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Building Corderoy Road

Date: 1948
Description: Pencil drawing of men building a corderoy road in the 1860's. Used for historical display for the Wisconsin State Highway Department.
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Fort Pillow upon the Eve of the Evacuation by the Rebels

Date: 
Description: Preliminary sketch for "Fort Pillow upon the Eve of the Evacuation by the Rebels".
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Capitol View with Hotel Loraine

Date: 1920
Description: Color illustration of a view from the Wisconsin State Capitol (which was the fourth State Capitol and the third in Madison) showing the Hotel Loraine and W...
Drawing

Lake Terraces

Date: 1850
Description: Elevated view of the Lake Superior shoreline, with terraces leading to the beach. A canoe is on the shoreline.
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Island of St. Ignace

Date: 1850
Description: Pastoral scene depicting a small bay on the Island of St. Ignace in Lake Superior with canoes on the rocky beach, two men conversing on a blanket in the fo...
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Pic Island from Camp Porphyry

Date: 1850
Description: Pic Island on the north shore of Lake Superior.

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