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Subject Albums, 1753?-1990? (bulk circa 1850s-circa 1950s)

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Agriculture and Farming in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Towns and Cities: early views to 1900

+ Racine, Wisconsin

Early views

Fire, Police Departments, Post Office, other groups and activities

+ Madison, Wisconsin

Views of Lakes and Neighborhoods

Views of Capitol Square and Environs

Views of the Isthmus and State Street

+ Wisconsin State Capitol Buildings

1st, 2nd, 3rd capitols (1848-1913)

4th (1913-present)

+ University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

Campus, Staff, Classrooms

Student Portraits and Activities

Early American Frontier Forts

+ The Civil War

Portraits, Military Camps, Military Training

Buildings, Sites, Battles, Naval History, Prisons

Pre-war and Wartime Documents

Post-war documents, Veteran's Organizations and Meetings

“Old Abe” Wisconsin's Civil War Eagle

+ Lumbering

Camps

Cutting, Forests

Log driving, rafting, marks, jams, tow, booms

Loading and Hauling with Oxen, Tractor, Rail, Truck

Loading and Hauling with Horses

Sawmills

Aeronautical History

+ La Follette Family

Robert M. La Follette Sr. and Family

Robert M. Jr., Philip, Mary, Fola, LaFollette and Families

+ River Steamboats

Select Photographs and Wrecks

Packets, Small River Steamboats

Rafters, Tows, Miscellaneous Steamers, Docks, Levees

Captains and Personnel, Excursion Steamers, Interiors, Ephemera

+ Railroads

Railroad Wrecks

Wisconsin Central – Locomotives

Wisconsin Central – Miscellaneous

Other Railroads in Wisconsin

Soo Line Locomotives

Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul

Other Railroads not Wisconsin

Select Early Images (mainly from the Carl R. Gray Jr. Collection)

About this Finding Aid

Title: Finding aid to the Subject Albums, 1753?-1990? (bulk circa 1850s-circa 1950s)