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Kids Drawing

Date: 05 02 1964
Description: Sitting on the school lawn, students draw Highway 51, Marathon Mill, Rib mountain and the Wisconsin River.
Painting

Tunnel in the Bluffs of the Mississippi River near La Crosse

Date: 1858
Description: Hölzlhuber traveled on American railways frequently and marveled that they wouldn't have been accepted as usable in Europe. This sketch of the tunnel on th...
Photograph

Mt. Simon Over the Chippewa

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the "mount" and the wide river before it and behind it. Houses and smokestacks can be seen in the far distance.
Photograph

View Looking West at Rib Mountain

Date: 1930
Description: View looking west at Rib Mountain across the Wisconsin River from the outskirts of Wausau.
Photograph

Rib Mountain

Date: 1930
Description: A view looking west at Rib Mountain across the Wisconsin River from the outskirts of Wausau.
Photograph

Rib Mountain

Date: 1950
Description: A view from Rib Mountain looking southeast toward Rothschild and the Wisconsin River. The sign on the road in the foreground reads: "Dangerous Road, Drive ...
Book or Pamphlet

Call of the Open Road

Date: 1922
Description: Front and back cover of the Call of the Open Road, an annual publication of the Milwaukee Journal Tour Department based on its regular columns of mo...
Photograph

Rib Mountain

Date: 1936
Description: A view from below of a lookout area filled with visitors on Rib Mountain.
Print

Cream City Tobacco Works Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of Louis Ballschmider of the Cream City Tobacco Works of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, manufacturer of and dealer in various tobacco products. On ...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Section of Champlain's Map

Date: 1905
Description: A reproduction of the Wisconsin portion of Samuel de Champlain's 1632 map showing the location of the La Nation du Puans, or Ho-Chunk Indians, located next...
Print

Milwaukee Journal Tour Club Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the Milwaukee Journal Tour Club, a national automobile club, with a three-quarter view of the company building surrounded by scenes of a hote...
Drawing

Polar Frozen Custard Label

Date: 07 02 1935
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Features a polar bear licking a large ice cream cone. There are floating blocks of ic...
Print

Frigid Frozen Custard, Label

Date: 07 29 1935
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Frigid Frozen Custard." Features two men, each driving a dog sled with teams of dogs...
Photograph

Highway 33 on Wildcat Mountain

Date: 1927
Description: An automobile traveling up the dirt road to Wildcat Mountain. There is a guardrail along the road on the right.
Postcard

Greetings from Burlington

Date: 
Description: Color reproduction of a painting of a river in the mountains. Two people are standing near the river. Caption reads: "Greetings from Burlington, Wis. A Sum...
Print

Robbie's Yodel Club Menu

Date: 
Description: Front cover and middle menu pages from Robbie's Yodel Club in the New Glarus Hotel, with a sign featuring the restaurant logo's three figures: one holding ...
Photograph

Man and Woman at Top of Ski Hill

Date: 02 01 1970
Description: A man and a woman are standing on their skis looking down the ski hill looking down at the landscape below.
Photograph

Trempealeau Mountain

Date: 1902
Description: View of a tree-lined mountain across a body of water. Caption reads: "Trempealeau Mountain from across the bay."
Photograph

Eagle Cliff, Perrot State Park

Date: 02 02 1927
Description: Elevated view of a cliff side overlooking a river. Caption reads: "Eagle Cliff, or Second Peak, in Perrot State Park. Donor Dr. Eben Pierce. Near Trempeale...
Photograph

Mount Trempealeau, Perrot State Park

Date: 06 1936
Description: Caption reads: "Perrot State Park (Trempealeau vicinity), Wis. Mount Trempealeau, as seen from Brady's Bluff. View looking west. Photo by the Wisconsin Con...

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