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| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large farm binding operation. Men are working in a field in the left foreground. Farm buildings and a farmhouse are across the road. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Engraved portrait of Col. A.C. Litchfield of the 7th Michigan Cavalry. |
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| Description: | Political cartoon depicting Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey holding the tail of one running horse labeled spending, with his legs wrapped around... |
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| Description: | Layout of pages 28 and 29 for a Gisholt Machine Company promotional brochure. The drawing is rendered on tissue paper in graphite and yellow and black past... |
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| Description: | Layout of pages 8 and 9 for a Gisholt Machine Company promotional brochure. The drawing is rendered on tissue paper in graphite and yellow and black pastel... |
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| Description: | Portrait drawing on paper with graphite and crayon of Alex Jordan. The black and orange abstract of the architect shows his hair with flute-styled motifs m... |
| Date: | 1616 |
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| Description: | Illustration of four Algonquian Indians. E depicts a man dressed for combat in wood armor. F shows a woman in her regular dress carrying a child and an ear... |
| Date: | 1615 |
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| Description: | Drawings of four Native Americans. A and C are dressed for combat. B appears to be a woman carrying and nursing an infant, and D is wearing winter garb, in... |
| Date: | 1615 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the Huron Indians and French explorers attacking an Iroquois fort near present day Fenner, New York. A wooden platform was constructed to f... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A German cartoon depicting Leo Lania and two other men examining and apparently stockpiling guns and other weapons. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 1981 |
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| Description: | Political cartoon showing a nude man chained to a jail cell door bearing a sign that reads "Jailing of Children." There are two rats in the foreground, wit... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Sketch of an "Alice in Dairyland" costume for the 10-foot mechanical mannequin of Alice to be displayed at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. A contest w... |
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| Description: | Copy photograph of a studio portrait of a drawing, set up on a stool, of a young European American man wearing a dark-colored suit coat, vest, and bow tie. |
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| Description: | Crayon drawing from Old World Wisconsin collection displayed in the Ketola House, which was restored on the museum grounds in 1976. The drawing is of Heiki... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Waist-up pen and ink drawing of Chief Oshkosh. He is wearing a top hat wrapped with a ribbon. He wears a suitcoat, bowtie, beaded neckpouch and a blanket w... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Drawing depicting the Milwaukee Bank Riot of June 24, 1861. A large crowd is gathered outside the State Bank and Mitchell's Bank. A fire burns in the stree... |
| Date: | 1825 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of boats being towed by horses through the Erie Canal at Lockport Erie Canal at Lockport. The horses can be seen on a high towpath at right. ... |
| Date: | 1825 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of several wooden cranes extracting large stones from a cut during the construction of the Erie Canal. The rig in the foreground is horse-dri... |
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