Title: Wisconsin. State Highway Commission: Development of Transportation in Wisconsin Drawings
Inclusive Dates: circa 1948

Creator:

• Wisconsin. State Highway Commission

Call Number: PH 1586 (3)

Quantity: 16 drawings (1 flat box)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Drawings made by Emma Glenz, L.E. Blair, and others for the 1948 Wisconsin Centennial illustrating the development of transportation in Wisconsin from 1800 to 1900. Drawings include Native American travois and canoes, road building, bridges, horse drawn vehicles, lead ore freighting, railroads, automobile travel, and bicycles.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ph01586

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Graphite drawings, done in 1948 by Emma Glenz, L.E. Blair, F.A.M., and Schwenker for the Wisconsin Highway Commission to be used during the Wisconsin Centennial in 1948, illustrating the development of transportation in Wisconsin during the 1800s. Modes of transportation depicted include horse drawn vehicles, early railroad travel, river travel, bicycles, and automobiles. Early highway construction is also illustrated. Captions for drawings 1 to 14 were taken from copy prints of the original drawings.

Acquisition Information

Presented by the Wisconsin Highway Commission, 1958.

Processing Information

Processed by David Benjamin, 1997.

PH 1586 (3) Folder   1	Indian trails and waterways - Wisconsin's first arteries of transportation Note: Artist: Emma Glenz.
Folder   2	Arrival of pioneer settlers in Wisconsin during the 1830s Note: Artist: Emma Glenz.
Folder   3	Hauling lead to Cassville in the 1830s Note: Artist: L.E. Blair.
Folder   4	Building a plank road in 1846. New Lisbon - Milwaukee plank road was the first built in the United States Note: Artist: L.E. Blair.
Folder   5	Madison to Prairie du Chien stagecoach in 1848 Note: Artist: Emma Glenz.
Folder   6	With the advent of the railroads in the 1850s, the plank road and the stagecoach soon vanished from the scene Note: Artist: L.E. Blair.
Folder   7	A grain caravan bound for Milwaukee resting overnight in Dodgeville in 1855 Note: Artist: L.E. Blair.
Folder   8	Building a corduroy road in the 1860s Note: Artist: L.E. Blair.
Folder   9	A log and stone causeway in the days before bridges Note: Artist: Emma Glenz.
Folder   10	Ferries over Wisconsin's many streams formed an important link in early highway transportation Note: Artist: Emma Glenz.
Folder   11	The original “steam wagon” Note: Artist: Schwenker.
Folder   12	The first highway vehicle road race in the United States - from Green Bay to Madison, 1878 Note: Artist: Emma Glenz.
Folder   13	Citizens working out their statutory poll tax in 1880 Note: Artist: F.A.M.
Folder   14	From horses to horsepower in 1908 Note: Artist: L.E. Blair.
Folder   15	[Horse drawn wagons fording a river] Note: Artist: L.E. Blair.
Folder   16	[Bicyclists on country road] Note: Artist: Emma Glenz.