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Alexander Mitchell

Date: 09 03 1882
Description: Elevated view of the steamboat Alexander Mitchell and the back of a second unidentified steamboat at a dock. Captain Dave and most of the passengers...
Photograph

Alexander Mitchell at Canyon

Date: 09 04 1882
Description: Elevated view across water towards the steamboat Alexander Mitchell moored in the canyon along the shoreline. Captain Dave and passengers are posing...
Photograph

Alexander Mitchell

Date: 09 04 1882
Description: Elevated view of the steamboat Alexander Mitchell at a dock. Captain Dave and most of the passengers on the lower level are posing standing. There i...
Photograph

Alexander Mitchell

Date: 07 14 1883
Description: Elevated view from shoreline of the steamboat Alexander Mitchell docked at the edge of the river. Captain Dave and passengers are posing on board. B...
Photograph

Leaping the Chasm

Date: 1886
Description: Ashley Bennett, son of photographer H.H. Bennett, is captured in mid-air as he jumps to Stand Rock.
Historical Object

H.H. Bennett Advertising Envelope

Date: 1891
Description: H.H. Bennett advertising envelope addressed to William H. Metcalf of Milwaukee. The envelope bears an engraved image of people standing on top of Stand Roc...
Photograph

Steamer in the Dells

Date: 1903
Description: Group of people on the excursion steamer Eleanor in the Dells.
Map or Atlas

Picturesque Tours of Douglas County, Wisconsin Agricultural, Scenic and Historical : Beginning at the Offices of the Superior Association of Commerce, Androy Hotel, Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1935
Description: This map shows rivers, lakes, communities, woods, fishing locations, and vacation destinations. The back of the map includes text about agricultural, sceni...
Map or Atlas

Picturesque Tours, Douglas County, Wisconsin, Agricultural, Scenic and Historical : Beginning at the Offices of the Superior Association of Commerce, Androy Hotel, Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1938
Description: This 1938 tourist map of Douglas County, Wisconsin, identifies game refuges, fishing locations, and other outdoor recreation opportunities in the county. A...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin, The Badger State

Date: 1941
Description: This pictorial map of Wisconsin with historical text highlights the history of the state and identifies places of interest, Indian villages, missions, trad...
Photograph

Totem Pole Room at Cave of the Mounds

Date: 1945
Description: Totem Pole Room at the Cave of the Mounds. Caption on back of print reads: "The Totem Pole Room is popular with visitors because of the rich coloring and r...
Photograph

Green Corn Dance

Date: 1952
Description: Slightly elevated view of the performance at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial. A group of men, women and children are performing the Green Corn Dance, movi...
Photograph

Hoop Dance

Date: 1955
Description: Tony White Cloud performs a Hoop Dance at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial. He is dressed in Native American ceremonial clothing.

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Photograph

Nelson Dewey Barn

Date: 08 26 1956
Description: Part of a crowd of over 3000 that toured Stonefield, the Historical Society's site at Cassville, during an open house. The building that housed the State ...
Photograph

Madison Summer Activities

Date: 07 09 1958
Description: Christine and Bill Schuldt admiring posters and relics of circuses founded in Wisconsin at an exhibit in the State Historical Society Museum. The photograp...
Photograph

Ceremonial Group Dance

Date: 1959
Description: Slightly elevated view of Ho Chunk performing at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial at night. A group of men, women and children are dancing in a circle, wea...
Photograph

Bartlett Memorial Historical Museum Sign

Date: 1962
Description: Entrance marker to the museum.
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

Date: 1966
Description: This colored road map shows automobile roads in Wisconsin as well as portions of nearby states. Information on the quality and type of any road shown (inte...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

Date: 1966
Description: This colored road map shows automobile roads in Wisconsin as well as portions of nearby states. A map key indicates relative sizes of cities and towns. On ...
Map or Atlas

1967 Guide to Historic Wisconsin

Date: 1967
Description: This colored map published by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin shows key points of interest telling the story of Wisconsin's earliest settlement a...

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