Date: | 1837 |
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Description: | Photographic print of an amateur painting, probably representing the "first house in Madison, Wisconsin." The Peck Cabin, one of the many free variations o... |
Date: | 1842 |
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Description: | Shooting of Charles C.P. Arndt by James Vineyard in the territorial council chamber of the legislature. This depiction of the event was created by the staf... |
Date: | 1852 |
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Description: | Pencil drawing of view overlooking Madison. The sketch looks down North Hamilton Street from the capitol. Rutted, irregular streets and frame houses mark ... |
Date: | 1852 |
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Description: | Pencil drawing of Madison landscape as seen from University Hill. The main street in the center is State Street, and the building with Greek columns in the... |
Date: | 1856 |
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Description: | May-June 1856 page from the Historical Society accession register, in which Corresponding Secretary Lyman Draper listed the books received that month. |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Studio portrait of George W. Peck standing next to a chair. |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Elevated wintertime view of the intersection of South Carroll and West Main Streets, showing the First Baptist Church constructed in 1854, the wooden fence... |
Date: | 10 1861 |
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Description: | Three-Quarter length portrait of Charles W. Gulliford, Company B, 12th Wisconsin Infantry, with musket. Photograph was taken at Camp Randall. |
Date: | 11 11 1861 |
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Description: | Panoramic view of Madison from Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin campus. North Hall and South Hall are in the foreground. Lake Men... |
Date: | 1862 |
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Description: | Poster calling for volunteers for the Civil War, claiming "Highest Bounty And Pay!". |
Date: | 1863 |
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Description: | Standing portrait of Edward M. Bartlett, lieutenant colonel of the 30th Wisconsin, taken during the regiment's assignment at Camp Randall, 1862-1864. |
Date: | 1863 |
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Description: | Colonel C.A. Wood posing for a full-length studio carte-de-visite portrait in his Union uniform. His right hand is resting on a plinth, and he is holding h... |
Date: | 1865 |
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Description: | Three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of Colonel Cassius Fairchild, F & S, 16th Wisconsin Infantry, wearing his full uniform. |
Date: | 1868 |
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Description: | Stereograph of view from the Capitol looking southwest by south. In the foreground are the Capitol Park, the First Baptist Church on Carroll Street; and be... |
Date: | 1869 |
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Description: | A view of the interior of the Wisconsin State Capitol dome, from the series "The Beauties of Madison and Surroundings." |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | The third Wisconsin State Capitol as it appeared during the early 1870s. Close scrutiny of the entrance (whether it is the north or south entrance cannot b... |
Date: | 05 17 1870 |
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Description: | A large group, mainly men, are gathered behind the "Lake City Cornet Band" who are in uniform near a lake shore, possibly Lake Monona. The card was marked ... |
Date: | 1873 |
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Description: | Stereograph of a group of people posing by the lakeshore of Maple Bluff with tents in the background. One of the woman is holding an archery bow, two women... |
Date: | 1873 |
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Description: | Group portrait of men gathered in a farmyard, posed behind two plows. The plow in front has Argyle, Wisc. from Michalson Implement Company inscribed on the... |
Date: | 1874 |
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Description: | Ole Bull Residence at 130 East Gilman Street. Family on lawn playing croquet with house in background. Later, the house was known as the Thorp House. It be... |
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