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Interior Savidusky's Branch

Date: 11 23 1936
Description: Interior view of Savidusky's Inc. branch in new Madison Theatre Building, 115 Monona Avenue, (Martin Luther King Jr, Boulevard), Art Deco style.
Photograph

Savidusky's Cleaners and Dyers

Date: 11 17 1936
Description: Savidusky's Cleaners and Dyers, at new location at 115 Monona Avenue. (Martin Luther King Jr, Boulevard) next to Madison Theatre. Sign reads: "Ladies plain...
Photograph

Woman Posing with Furs

Date: 1938
Description: A woman is seated in front of silver fox pelts hanging from pegs at the Fromm Brothers Fur and Ginseng Farm sale. On the right is a poster of an advertisem...
Photograph

Lakeside Mink Ranch

Date: 
Description: Aerial view of the Lakeside Mink Ranch, operated by Robert "Bud" Quinn. Spreading over 15 acres, the Ranch was one of the first operations to breed mink in...
Print

American Fur Company Buildings

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Description: A scene including the American Fur Company buildings, an American flag, a lake and people in boats.
Photograph

John Jacob Astor House Inn

Date: 1900
Description: An exterior view of the John Jacob Astor House. The building previously housed the American Fur Company.
Manuscript

Fur Trade Engagement in French

Date: 03 14 1812
Description: A fur trade engagement for Charles St. Antoine dit Vacher, written in French.
Book or Pamphlet

1812 Fur Trade Engagement

Date: 03 14 1812
Description: English translation of the Fur Trade Engagement for Charles St. Antoine dit Vacher.
Photograph

Augustin Grignon

Date: 1850
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype studio portrait of Augustin Grignon. He is seated, holding a tomahawk. The tomahawk, which could also be used as a pipe, was made...
Drawing

Fur Trading Post

Date: 1833
Description: Illustration of the Solomon Juneau fur trading post at Milwaukee in 1833.
Postcard

"Queen Marinette" Residence

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Description: Inset of head and shoulders portrait of "Queen Marinette" along with a depiction of her home, which was one of the earliest houses in Marinette. She was th...
Photograph

Voyageurs at Fort William

Date: 1860
Description: Nine men arrive at Fort William by canoe. Fort William, also called Kaministiguia, was the Hudson's Bay fur trading post. Men are standing along the opposi...
Painting

Braddock's Defeat

Date: 1903
Description: An important event of the French and Indian War (1754-1763) was commissioned in 1903 by Robert Laird McCormick, president of the State Historical Society o...
Print

A Fur Trader in the Council Tepee

Date: 02 1892
Description: Engraving of a fur trader standing in the middle of a circle of seated Indians in their council tepee.
Photograph

Madeline Island Historical Museum Under Construction

Date: 1956
Description: Constructing the Madeline Island Historical Museum in La Pointe which consists of four separate buildings. L-to-r: jail; American Fur Trade storage buildin...
Photograph

Ox Carts with Furs

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Description: A view showing a line of ox carts loaded with furs leaving the Hudson Bay Company's Post to make the 16 mile trip to avoid the rapids on Slave River. Housi...
Map or Atlas

A Plan of the Straits of St. Mary and Michilimakinac

Date: 1761
Description: A plan of the Straits of St. Mary and Michilimakinac, to shew the situation and importance of the two westernmost settlements of Canada for the fur trade. ...
Photograph

Northwest Fur Co.

Date: 1925
Description: This building was supposedly once used as a storage house for the Northwest Fur Co.
Photograph

Old Northwest Fur Trading Post

Date: 1936
Description: Old Northwest Fur Trading Post.
Photograph

View of Town

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Description: 1. Stone Astor Fur Co. building built in 1808. 2. Voth Cottage, built in 1930. 3. Brisbois mansion, built 1808, by Michael Brisbois. 4. Site of Hudson Bay ...

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