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Iceboating at Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 03 09 1878
Description: Illustration by N.A. Greenback of ice-skaters and iceboats featuring the new Poughkeepsie design of pivoting runners. A key at the bottom of the image iden...
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Madison, the Capitol of Wisconsin

Date: 1864
Description: Bird's-eye view of Madison, with 12 vignettes and in the center is "The Capitol of Wisconsin View from the Capitol House". The buildings on the top are, fr...
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: Elevated view from bluff looking down on city, with Lake Michigan in background. Detailed foreground with two boys playing with a grounded kite, while a ma...
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee looking southwest toward the county courthouse under construction in the public square west of St. John's Cathedral.
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Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1854
Description: Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee looking east toward Lake Michigan from a bluff, long since graded into a slope, at about 6th Street between Wisconsin Avenue a...
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A General View of the City — Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 03 30 1889
Description: Bird's-eye view from Bascom Hill of Madison, with vignettes of the Wisconsin State Capitol, Lake Monona, and the Capitol Park.
Photograph

Steamboat on Lake Monona

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Description: Steamboat on Lake Monona, with the Wisconsin State Capitol and several churches in the background.
Drawing

Drawing of the Mormon Temple

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Description: Drawing of a Mormon Temple depicting the structure with two onlookers in the foreground. Print is part of a series collected in Lewis' "Das Illustririte Mi...
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City View over Rooftops

Date: 1872
Description: Elevated view over residential area, with several churches in the background.
Poster

British Railways Travel Poster: Chester

Date: 1953
Description: An original lithograph promoting the British Railways through the artist Felix Kelly's depiction of the Chester cathedral, which includes the choir stalls.
Poster

British Railways Travel Poster: Sussex

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting the British Railways through an artist's depiction of the countryside of Sussex, featuring a small church surrounded by a ...
Poster

London Transport Travel Poster: Kingston by Tram

Date: 1925
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the London Transport system, and promoting travel to "Kingston by Tram." The poster features the artist Frank N...
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Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: This 1898 map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections, roads, farm houses, camps, school houses, dams, bridges, Indian r...
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Map of Outagamie County Wisconsin

Date: 1873
Description: Map shows townships and sections, landownership and acreages, state and county lands, churches, schools, cemeteries, roads, and railroads. There is an inse...
Map or Atlas

Bulletin map of Wisconsin

Date: 09 1894
Description: This map shows Congregational churches and Home Missionary churches. County boundaries and county seats are also labeled. The original caption reads, "Cong...
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Map of the City and County of Milwauke

Date: 1900
Description: This map shows landownership, railroads, roads, churches, schools, cemeteries, post offices, townships, city wards, Lake Michigan, and rivers. The map incl...
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Map of Polk County, Wisconsin

Date: 1902
Description: This map shows townships, land parcels, schools, rivers, lakes, creameries, churches, cemeteries, roads, post offices, town halls, saw mills, roads and sto...
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Map of the City of Onalaska, Wisconsin

Date: 1889
Description: This map lists township and section numbers outside municipality, housing additions and subdivisions and plat owners outside municipality, the Black River,...
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Connecticut, from the Best Authorities

Date: 1795
Description: Map of Connecticut showing counties, townships, cities, roads, islands, swamps, hills, mountains, lakes, rivers, reefs, and numerous other geographical and...
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A Particular Map, to Illustrate Gen. Amherst's Expedition to Montreal: With a Plan of the Town & Draught of ye Island

Date: 1760
Description: Map showing upstate New York, Lake Ontario, and the St. Lawrence River during the last, decisive battle of the French and Indian War. The main map shows a ...

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