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| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | ". . . At De Pere they stopped on the west shore for a broad sketch of the dwellings clustered on both sides of the river. The distant dam, the mills, ware... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | ". . . The upper Grand Chute was the last of the 'improvements' paintings signed by Brookes and Stevenson. Yet there were two more vital links in the Fox R... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | "After painting a number of Fox River scenes, "the artists continued their way to Fond du Lac, at the south end of Lake Winnebago, where they found some mo... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Main Street in Bayfield in 1870 with four cows standing in the street. |
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| Description: | House was located at 530 N. Pinckney Street (this is not the house most strongly connected with Swenson called Thorstrand that still exists). According to ... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Sunrise over Lake Monona and the Madison, Wisconsin isthmus, showing the Wisconsin State Capitol building in the distance. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A painting of a dairy farm, which was part of the State Fair Centennial mural. |
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| Description: | Cranberry harvesters at work. Mural painting in the U.S. Post Office at Berlin, Wis. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Watercolor painting of the State Historical Society headquarters building by Paul Duesler. This painting is associated with the 1967 building addition plan... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Watercolor, painted by Max Otto, of Main Hall (later renamed Bascom Hall) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The watercolor predates the 1917 fire tha... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View along dirt path in a park. There is a soldier's monument in the background just beyond trees, and a brick building on the left. |
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| Description: | An Indian man sits in front of a dwelling forming a bow or stem for a canoe that he's making. In the background is a wigwam (or wetu). |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa man shows a completed bow or stem for a canoe that he's constructing. Behind the man is a wigwam (or wetu). |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa Indian whittles strips of wood for the sides of a canoe under construction. In the background is a wigwam (or wetu). |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa Indian man is splitting cedar wood to make ribs for the canoe he's constructing. |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa man splits a cedar trunk with a wooden tool. The cedar is to be used to build the framework for a canoe. A woman is seated nearby. |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa man and woman prepare to transport rolled bark back to their home to use in the construction of a canoe. |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa man kneels on the ground to roll up cedar bark that will be used in the construction of a canoe. |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa man and woman peel bark from a tree to use in the construction of a canoe. |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa man and woman split and peel bark from a tree for use in the construction of a canoe. |
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