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Bird's-Eye View of Ashland

Date: 1885
Description: Mining and lumbering provided the impetus for the development of northern Wisconsin and Ashland was ideally situated to become a leading city of the "new W...
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Bird's-Eye View of South Milwaukee

Date: 1906
Description: Bird's-eye map of South Milwaukee.
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University of Wisconsin Historical Decorative Map

Date: 1949
Description: Color bird's-eye map of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as it was midcentury, with two co-eds, several photographs of campus landmarks around edges, an...
Print

Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee in 1853

Date: 1937
Description: Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee in 1853 details building features and city layout from southwest. Important buildings are numbered in a silhouette drawing bel...
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Manitowoc County Map

Date: 1878
Description: Outline map of Manitowoc County. Includes engraving of Wisconsin State Seal at bottom right.
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Orbis Typus Universalis World Map

Date: 1513
Description: This exquisite woodcut map is one of the first to show any part of North America. It originally appeared in the 1513 Strasbourg edition of Ptolemy's Geogra...
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Map of the Northwestern Territories

Date: 1820
Description: Map of the Northwestern Territories of the United State showing the track pursued by the Expedition in 1820.
Print

Residence of Mrs. Eliza Richards

Date: 1878
Description: Engraving of Ocatagon House, the residence of Mrs. Eliza Richards. Several trees dot the landscape and other buildings can be seen in the distance at right...
Photograph

Dane County Public Buildings

Date: 1911
Description: A decorative page featuring Dane County public buildings, including a court house, a jail, the poor farm building, and two views of an asylum.
Photograph

Verona and Vienna Schools

Date: 1911
Description: A decorative page with photographs of school buildings in the township of Verona and Vienna. Some of the photographs have groups of students with their tea...
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A Map of the Seat of War

Date: 1861
Description: This map was reproduced photographically and issued in Augusta, Ga., in the early days of the Civil War. It includes panels showing Virginia, Maryland, the...
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Land of the Winnebago

Date: 1979
Description: A map of Southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois showing the areas inhabited by the Ho-Chuck, formerly known as the Winnebago. Some of the location names ...
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Anhapee Township Plat

Date: 1903
Description: Hand-drawn plat of Anhapee Township.
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Hydrographic Map of Green Lake, Wisconsin

Date: 1937
Description: A pictorial, hydrographic map shows sailing courses, historical and contemporary coastal attractions, roads, and the contour depths of Green Lake, Wisconsi...
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Maps of Townships in Oneida County, Wisconsin Showing Sites of Acreages Fronting on Lakes, Swamps, and Streams

Date: 1930
Description: These 40 hand-drawn maps depict the survey townships in Oneida County, Wisconsin, on printed township grids. Lakes, rivers, and waterfront properties are d...
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Showing the Location of Cities, Villages, Churches, Schools, Town Halls, Cemeteries, Creameries, Railroads, Rivers, Streams, and other Points of Interest [in Outagamie County, Wisconsin]

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Description: This 1907 map of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, railroads, wagon roads, churches, sc...
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General Topography of Copper Falls State Park, Ashland County, Wisconsin : T.45 N., R. 2 W., 4th P.M.

Date: 1949
Description: This 1949 map shows the topography and significant landmarks in Copper Falls State Park, Ashland County, Wisconsin. On the verso is a black-and-white image...
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Map of Dodge County, Wisconsin : From Government and Recent Surveys

Date: 1860
Description: This map of Dodge County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, railroads, roads, property owners and acreage...
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Plan Outagamie Palisade Village

Date: 1712
Description: This drawing, based on an 1897 survey, appeared in the 1899 Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, accompanying Publius V. Lawson's arti...
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Map of Proposed Railroads between the Dam and Pulp Mill, in the Vicinity of Smith's Lake, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: This map is ink on paper. Shows Bruce’s proposed railway route and Moon’s railroad survey route along the Flambeau River, in parts of Lake and Eisenstein t...

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