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Waa-Na-'Taa or The Foremost in Battle, Chief of the Sioux Tribe

Date: 1835
Description: Waa-Na-'Taa or The Foremost in Battle, Chief of the Sioux Tribe. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the Treaty of Prairie du...
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Camp Randall

Date: 1862
Description: Camp Randall looking southwest. In April 1861, Governor Alexander Randall asked that the State Agricultural Society fairgrounds be converted into a militar...
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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 06 1837
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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View of the Butte des Morts Treaty Ground, with the arrival of the Commissioners Gov. Lewis Cass and Col. McKenny

Date: 1835
Description: Little Lake Butte Des Morts just north of Lake Winnebago where Governor Lewis Cass of Michigan, and Thomas McKenney, head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (...
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Camp at Michipicoton

Date: 1850
Description: View of Michipicoton, Ontario on Lake Superior showing a village with log structures and tents. Fishing nets are drying on poles.
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Fort Winnebago

Date: 1831
Description: Drawing of Fort Winnebago (near present-day Portage) that illustrated "Wau-Bun," Juliette Kinzie's memoir of her experiences on the early Wisconsin fronti...
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Fort Pierre on the Missouri River

Date: 1832
Description: Black and white engraving showing landscape with Fort Pierre and Indian tipis along the Missouri River.
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Mih-Tutta-Hangkusch: A Mandan Village

Date: 1832
Description: Mih-Tutta-Hangkusch, a Mandan village with boats on the river in foreground.
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Encampment of the Piekann Indians

Date: 1832
Description: Encampment of the Piekann Indians.
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The Abduction of Pocahontas by Captain Argall

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, 1610.
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A View of the Habitations in Nootka Sound

Date: 1784
Description: Plate 41. Scene from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska.
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Native of Oonalashka, and Their Habitations

Date: 1784
Description: Plate 57. Scene from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska.
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Nabu-naa-kee-shick, Or One Side Of The Sky

Date: 1835
Description: Nabu-naa-kee-shick, or the One Side of the Sky, a Chief of the Chippewa (Ojibwa) Tribe. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at ...
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Tramway

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Description: An engraving based on a drawing by Alexander Simplot. The image shows a very detailed aerial view of a hillside with a tramway traversing the side. There a...
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Salisbury House

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Salisbury house, with a horse-drawn wagon located to the left side of the home and William Salisbury, John Salisbury, Mrs. William Sal...
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Immigrants at Ellis Island

Date: 1900
Description: A group of immigrants, both children and adults, who have just arrived at Ellis Island.
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Hillside Calendar April

Date: 1895
Description: Page showing the month of April from the Hillside Home School calendar. Included are two small cyanotype photographs, one of a house and the other of a fie...
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Milwaukee County Court House

Date: 1870
Description: Slightly elevated view at an angle towards the left and front of the courthouse. A large statue is on top of the main dome. The area around the courthouse ...
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Shack in Fall

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Description: Wooden shack on a small hill next to small trees.
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The Siege of Vicksburg

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Description: A large lithograph showing the landscape, camps and bombardment.

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