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Photograph

Lumber Raft on the Chippewa River

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of lumber raft and workers on the Chippewa River. In the background on the right are dwellings.
Photograph

Man with Wings

Date: 1909
Description: An unidentified man demonstrates his unsuccessful bird wing-like mechanism, which was part of an experiment in aviation.
Painting

Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 
Description: The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built in Madison.
Map or Atlas

Dane County Map

Date: 1861
Description: Drawn the first year of the Civil War, this colored 1861 map of Dane County shows its towns, cities and lakes. It includes insets of the wards of Madison a...
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of Madison

Date: 1836
Description: The top map is the "Plat of Madison the Capitol of Wisconsin." The bottom map is the "Map of the Four Lake Country. Taken from the Township Maps in the U.S...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Settled Part of Wisconsin Territory

Date: 1838
Description: Compiled from the latest authorities. Published by Hinman and Dutton.
Painting

View of La Pointe, Madeline, Wisconsin

Date: 1842
Description: American Fur Company with both Mission churches. Sketch purportedly by a Native American youth. Probably an overpainted photographic copy enlargement. Pape...
Photograph

Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1837
Description: Photographic print of an amateur painting, probably representing the "first house in Madison, Wisconsin." The Peck Cabin, one of the many free variations o...
Photograph

Japanese Scene - Anaglyph

Date: 
Description: Stereograph of a view in Japan including a garden, traditional buildings and mountains in the background.
Map or Atlas

Soils of Northern Wisconsin

Date: 1882
Description: A geological map of northern Wisconsin showing the locations of different soil types in the state such as sandy soil, sandy loam, prairie loam, clayey loam...
Map or Atlas

Russian Map of Alaska

Date: 
Description: The first Russian map of Alaska.
Map or Atlas

Mississippi Project Map

Date: 1964
Description: A simple map of the Mississippi Project. There are symbols at the bottom marking locations for: Voter Registration, Freedom School, Community Center and Pr...
Map or Atlas

Vintage Census Map of Negro Population

Date: 1960
Description: A hand-drawn map showing the "Negro Percentage of Each County's Population" in Mississippi.
Map or Atlas

1890 Madison Plat Map

Date: 1890
Description: Plat map of Madison, T7N R9E, including portions of the towns of Blooming Grove and Burke. Includes inset maps of South Madison, Quarrytown, Marril Park, a...

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