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Kenisteno, and his Band of Trout Lake, Wisconsin

Date: 1851
Description: Kenisteno, and his Band of Trout Lake, Wisconsin. One row of birds, animals and fish pictographs.
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Kaizheosh, and his Band from Lake Vieu Desert

Date: 1851
Description: Pictograph E., Plate 63, "Kaizheosh, and his Band from Lake Vieu Desert. Michigan and Wisconsin." A group of symbols including birds, animals, a fish and a...
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Two Pictographs, Okundekund and Kakake-Ogwunaosh

Date: 1851
Description: Two pictographs: Pictograph C., Okundekund, and his Band of Ontonagon, Michigan, and Pictograph D., Kakake-Ogwunaosh, and his Band of the Head of the Wisc...
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Symbolic Petition of the Chippewa Chiefs

Date: 1851
Description: This image was copied by artist Seth Eastman in 1849 and printed in Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's The History of the Indian Tribes of the United States, Hist...
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Mining on Lake Superior

Date: 1855
Description: "Ancient copper mining on Lake Superior."
Book or Pamphlet

Winnebago Wigwam

Date: 1884
Description: Indians standing and sitting near wigwams. Four wigwam frames are covered, with the one on the right uncovered, with a campfire inside. In the distance are...
Book or Pamphlet

Illustration of the Tonyawatha Spring Hotel

Date: 1885
Description: From the cover of a descriptive brochure in the Historical Society's Library pamphlet collection, this drawing depicts the large hotel grounds on Lake Mono...
Book or Pamphlet

Essay Page: The Significance of the Frontier in American History

Date: 12 14 1893
Description: The first page of an essay entitled: "The Significance of the Frontier in American History."
Book or Pamphlet

"Wisconsin Magazine of History," Volume 1, Number 1

Date: 09 1917
Description: First issue of "Wisconsin Magazine of History."
Book or Pamphlet

Malt Shipping

Date: 1934
Description: Three men packing malt sacks for shipping, Rahr Malting Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1934.
Book or Pamphlet

Rahr Special Malts for Popular Types of Beer

Date: 1934
Description: This illustration shows how many pounds per barrel of different Rahr Special Malts are needed to brew Munich, Bock and Kulmbacher style beers.
Book or Pamphlet

Rahr Special Malts for Popular Types of Beer

Date: 1934
Description: This illustration shows how many pounds per barrel of different Rahr Special Malts are needed to brew Salvator, Pilsener and Vienna style beers.
Book or Pamphlet

Malt Kiln Fire Boxes

Date: 1934
Description: Malt kiln fire boxes, Rahr Malting Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1934. These fireboxes heated Rahr's double-decked malt kiln, in which the hot exhaust air...
Book or Pamphlet

Air Race Program

Date: 1939
Description: Back and front covers of the program for the 1939 National Air Races, with a special label acknowledging the role of Harry Bruno as publicist for the Bendi...
Book or Pamphlet

Minneapolis Grain Exchange

Date: 1952
Description: A buyer for the Rahr Malting Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin inspects barley for sale at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange.
Book or Pamphlet

Barley and Malt Map

Date: 1952
Description: Map of the barley-growing regions of North America, published by the Rahr Malting Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1952.
Book or Pamphlet

Man Sampling Malt for Testing

Date: 1952
Description: A worker samples finished malt at the Rahr Malting Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, circa 1950. He is using a hand-held sampling probe, a tube with multiple...
Book or Pamphlet

Worker Inspecting Roasted Malt

Date: 1952
Description: A Rahr Malting Company worker oversees malt coming from the roaster, which produces malt of a desired color, aroma, and flavor.
Book or Pamphlet

Minneapolis Grain Exchange

Date: 1952
Description: Stuart F. Seidl, Vice-President of the Rahr Malting Company, inspects barley for sale at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. Rahr was headquartered in Manitow...
Book or Pamphlet

Minneapolis Grain Exchange

Date: 1952
Description: Buyers examine samples of grain for sale at the cash trading tables of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange.

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