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| Date: | 11 25 1871 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of Peshtigo Fire showing people trying to escape the flames by boat and on horseback. A team of cattle also seek refuge and several birds tak... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of lumber raft and workers on the Chippewa River. In the background on the right are dwellings. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Log driving crew for the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company. Crew members are in the process of breaking a jam at the Big Eddy. One of the men is carrying a yo... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Drawn the second year of the Civil War, this 1862 map of Milwaukee shows post offices, light houses, beacon lights, county buildings, elevator warehouses, ... |
| Date: | 1836 |
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| 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... |
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| Description: | A Menominee Indian Village on Wolf River. There are dwellings on the shore and many people in canoes are on the river. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph. Part of a bridge is visible in the lower left corner. Under the bridge is a floating pier with advertisements painted on its sides. Another br... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| 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... |
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