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| Date: | 1854 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A chalk rendering of the proposed State Office Building by State Architect, Arthur Peabody. The Wisconsin State Capitol is visible in the background. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting New York Central Lines railway and the Grand Central Station in New York City, also described as "The Gateway to a Contine... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting both New York City as "the wonder city of the world," and train travel. Featuring the artist Adolph Treidler, the poster d... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting Fifth Avenue in New York as "The World's Greatest Shopping Street," and to get there by way of the train. The poster depic... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | This blueprint map includes manuscript annotations in red and shows number of acres and dates of acquisition (1905-1914) of each parcel of land, as well as... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | This map shows the Soo Line railroad and Arpin Hardwood Lumber Company lands in red. The top margin of the map reads: "Wisconsin, the safest state in the U... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | This photocopy map shows plots with owners' names, land use both commercial and agricultural, and lot outlines on University land. Lake Mendota is labeled ... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | This map shows city streets, zoning of city areas, residences, local businesses, and commercial areas marked in red, yellow, and light brown. The bottom ri... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | This map shows heavy industrial districts (yellow), commercial and light manufacturing districts (red), and residential districts (white) as well as a plat... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | This map shows heavy and light industry, residences, and business districts as well as streets and Mill Pond. The front and back of the map include extensi... |
| Date: | 1715 |
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| Description: | A map of the countries and islands surrounding the Gulf of Mexico. The hand-colored borders separate the territories of England, France, Spain, and Holland... |
| Date: | 1789 |
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| Description: | Map of New York City showing ward boundaries, ferries, streets, roads, swamps, ponds, and rivers. The properties of Lispinard, Byards, Jones, Rutgers, and ... |
| Date: | 1776 |
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| Description: | Fairly detailed map of New York City and parts of Long Island. It shows streets, roads, wharves, ferries, ship yards, Fort George and the battery, public b... |
| Date: | 1759 |
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| Description: | Map of New Orleans at the start of the French & Indian War, including two inset maps entitled "The Course of the Mississipi River from Bayagoulas to the Se... |
| Date: | 1769 |
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| Description: | Map of New Orleans at the start of the French & Indian War, including two inset maps of the Mississippi River Delta and Fort la Balise. It shows streets, r... |
| Date: | 1761 |
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| Description: | Map of New Orleans with north oriented towards the upper right corner. It shows the land around the city, the Mississippi River, anchorages, roads leading ... |
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