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Map or Atlas

Kenosha, Wis.

Date: 12 1882
Description: Bird's-eye map of Kenosha.
Map or Atlas

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Looking Northeast

Date: 1893
Description: Bird's-eye map of Sturgeon Bay, looking Northeast. Area bordered by Church Street in top left corner, leather & Smith Bridge in bottom left corner, Lawrenc...
Photograph

Manitowoc Railroad Yard

Date: 05 15 1897
Description: Elevated view of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway yards looking northwest. The elevator of the Northern Grain Company is in the middle distance.
Photograph

Electric Street Railway

Date: 1886
Description: The first electric street railway in Wisconsin.
Print

Landscape View with River and Riverboat

Date: 1858
Description: Lithograph view of river with a riverboat on the river, and a family on a hill above the river. There is a wagon or cart on the road below the hill.
Postcard

Trempealeau River

Date: 1890
Description: Trempealeau River and its banks, with a building and bridge in the background. Caption reads: "Trempealeau River Scene, Blair, Wis."
Photograph

Park and River near Chippewa Falls

Date: 1885
Description: Chippewa Falls with a park and river in the foreground.
Photograph

Village of Glidden

Date: 1885
Description: View of buildings in an industrial area with a forest in the background.
Photograph

Green Bay Waterfront

Date: 1870
Description: Five piece panoramic view of the Green Bay waterfront area.
Photograph

Northwest View of Washington Street and the Fox River

Date: 1889
Description: Elevated view of Washington Street and the Fox River and buildings nearby.
Photograph

St. Croix Bridge

Date: 1898
Description: View along shoreline towards the St. Croix River bridge, with a view of the town in the background.
Photograph

Bridge in Wrightstown

Date: 1865
Description: Elevated view of a bridge and logging debris around residential homes.
Photograph

Milwaukee Street in Janesville

Date: 1865
Description: Milwaukee Street looking west. In the foreground is a dog standing on a bridge. Signs on a building on the right read: "Furniture" and "Valley Chief Reaper...
Photograph

East Milwaukee Street in Janesville

Date: 1870
Description: View from along right side of bridge of Milwaukee Street looking east in Janesville. The Myers House is located at the top of the hill. There is a sign for...
Photograph

Kilbourn Bridge

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of Kilbourn Bridge.
Photograph

Across Bridge in Winneconne

Date: 1875
Description: View down unpaved street in Winneconne towards the bridge from the east side of town. Storefronts on the left have signs for "Stoves & Tinware" and "Harnes...
Print

View of Southport

Date: 1842
Description: Lithograph of Southport.
Print

Across Bridge in Wauwatosa

Date: 1870
Description: An advertisement featuring Wauwatosa, showing the First Baptist Church, on the left, built in 1854 and the First Congregational Church, on the right built ...
Painting

Bridge Over Mississippi River

Date: 1891
Description: A painting of the new (as of 1891) bridge over the Mississippi River in La Crosse. The bridge was built by the Clinton Bridge Co. Captions read: "North sid...
Photograph

Lemonweir River Flour Mill

Date: 1885
Description: Lemonweir River flour mill built in 1852 and torn down in 1943. Mill and site were purchased in 1926 by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company for a power p...

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