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| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across valley toward a streetcar viaduct on the Waukesha Interurban Line, near Milwaukee. Caption reads: "Street Car Bridge on Waukesha Inter... |
| Date: | 08 1852 |
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| Description: | Pencil drawing of a lake shoreline. A few trees frame the arc of the shore and steamboats are visible along the distant shore. |
| Date: | 08 1852 |
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| Description: | Pencil drawing of Milwaukee Harbor with large sailboats on the water. In the minimalist depiction the sandy shoreline with short plant growth sweeps aroun... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | An illustration of the Old North Pier landing on Huron Street, drawn from memory. |
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| Description: | Design in shades of red for 3 cent Wisconsin Centennial postage stamp with farming and industry theme. |
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| Description: | Design in black and white for the Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp featuring a travel, industry, and agriculture theme. The main design element is... |
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| Description: | Design for Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp with an agriculture and industries theme. |
| Date: | 12 13 1947 |
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| Description: | Design in blue for Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp featuring a badger in a subtle "W" design. |
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| Description: | Drawing of a two-story building with a roof that slopes down to one story in the back. Two men are on the porch talking, a third is coming off a boat from ... |
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| Description: | Drawing of North Water Street. Supplementary text reads: "THE STREET OF BEGINNINGS. An Indian trail, leading from the tamarack swamps to LeClair' little ... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | East Water Street at Mason, looking at the Morris E. Fox & Co. building. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Lithograph elevated view of the Alexander Mitchell home and gardens seen from the corner of Ninth and Spring Streets. Pedestrians, horse-riders and a horse... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Pen-and-ink on paper. Includes certifications signed by surveyor and by "John T. Perkins, by his attorney I.A. Lapham." Inscribed and signed certification ... |
| Date: | 1848 |
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| Description: | Pen-and-ink on paper. The title of the map is inscribed on the back. The map shows buildings, roads, marshes, wild rice, piles and docks, deep water, and o... |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | Pen-and-ink on paper. Map shows 1840’s homes with owner names, a Native American cemetery, and other points of interest. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented... |
| Date: | 1800 |
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| Description: | Ink on tracing cloth. Shows property owners in block 69, between Fourth and Third Street. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | This ink on paper blue line print base map consists of eight separate pieces and shows city limits, The Milwaukee Electric Railroad & Light Company lines, ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | This map is ink on tracing paper and shows acreages, wards, streets, rivers, and Lake Michigan. Also included are editorial notes in pencil. |
| Date: | 02 16 1956 |
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| Description: | Airbrush rendering of Brooks Stevens' vision for a redesign of the Oscar Mayer promotional wiener vehicle. The view is an elevated, three-quarter view from... |
| Date: | 03 13 1956 |
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| Description: | Airbrush rendering of Brooks Stevens' vision for a redesign of the Oscar Mayer promotional wiener vehicle. The view is of the left side, and the sign on th... |
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