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| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | This map is ink on cardboard and shows the location of military forts over the course of years. Also shown are points of interest, streets, the Mississippi... |
| Date: | 03 19 1882 |
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| Description: | Certificate creating Post Number 25, Department of Wisconsin, of the Grand Army of the Republic. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | The hardware store opened and run by Joseph Rumenopp located on the corner of Central Avenue and East Second Street. The store was later sold to J.J. Willi... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | A Christmas tree stand made by Gustav Willms (c. 1854-1917), a cigarmaker, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is probably made of cigar boxes. Written on back:... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul engine #689 on the turn table, surrounded by railroad employees. The pump house is in the background. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the Octagon House with a horse and carriage in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Solomon Freeman wearing a suit and sitting in a chair. Solomon Freeman was a slave purchased by Abraham Bush as a boy. The Bush family moved to... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wiscsonsin Central's bridge over the White River, about six miles south of Ashland. The bridge was 1600 ft. long and 110 ft. above the... |
| Date: | 05 18 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the first passenger train to arrive at Merrill, a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway train. The passengers are waiting on a platform an... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | This map, originally published in the 1881 Illustrated historical atlas of Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections,towns, cities and villa... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | The Neillsville "Clippers" baseball team pose for portrait in front of a painted backdrop. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of a crowd visiting Greenwood Brewery. Individuals pictured include: First row, left to right: Anton Novy, Edward McDonough, Frank R... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Photographic calling card of George B. Merrick, Company A, 30th Wisconsin Infantry. Includes an embossed image of a Civil War medal on the left, with a fla... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of dolls owned by Mrs. Breese J. Stevens, 401 North Carrol Street, Madison, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | A logging crew of the Upham Lumber Company, together with the company's locomotive, "Old Vanderbilt," formerly the Wisconsin Central Railroad's Engine No #... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Charles Pfeifer stands on the entrance steps to the drugstore with his wife Emma Pfeifer, who holds a baby. Other children and adults pose with them. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the S.L Sheldon Company Warehouse and Office. Outside of the building, there is a bustling street filled with pedestrians and hor... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Portrait of J.A. Van Cleve, Regent of the University of Wisconsin who helped supervise the construction of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin buildi... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Apparatus for limnological research conducted at Trout Lake, Wisconsin and elsewhere. |
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