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Poster

Strike Him Down

Date: 02 1971
Description: Political propaganda poster featuring a red, white, and blue eagle being struck down from the sky, accompanied by the phrase: "Strike Him Down." The eagle...
Poster

Madison Traffic Experiment Poster

Date: 08 1971
Description: Poster advertising for an event occurring between August 1971 and February 1972 called the "Traffic Experiment," in Madison. Features screen printed silhou...
Book or Pamphlet

James Expedition Map

Date: 02 1823
Description: A map featuring the North American expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains led by Edwin James.
Map or Atlas

Congressional District-Map of Wisconsin, Apportionment 1891, Showing the Population of the State by Counties

Date: 1890
Description: This map shows the congressional districts lines in accordance with the 1890 census. Districts are labeled by number and color. Original caption reads, "Sh...
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...
Map or Atlas

Distribution of Silos in Wisconsin

Date: 1923
Description: This map shows the county boundaries, with each dot representing 50 silos.
Map or Atlas

Map of Soils of Wisconsin : From State Geological Report

Date: 1910
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...
Map or Atlas

St. Germain - Heart of Vilas County Vacationland

Date: 1975
Description: This map shows nature trails, public attractions, public hunting and fishing grounds, dams, waysides, lakes, highways, and roads. The upper right corner in...
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of Mendota, Wisconsin Territory

Date: 1942
Description: This map shows a paper city laid out in 1836 on the Wisconsin River, now the site of Wyalusing State Park, Grant County. The upper right corner includes a ...
Map or Atlas

New Boston : [Wisconsin Territory]

Date: 1900
Description: This photocopy plat map of a paper city on the southeastern shore of Green Bay, probably in Brown County. The front includes a registration and the back in...
Map or Atlas

Owen : [Wisconsin]

Date: 1910
Description: This set of manuscript blueprint maps show block and lot numbers, railroads, and some landownership, including lands and buildings of J.S. Owen Lumber Co. ...
Map or Atlas

Pell Lake, Wis. : Bloomfield Township, Walworth County, T1N R18E

Date: 1937
Description: This cadastral map shows lots, streets, and Pell Lake. The back of the map includes a large advertisement for the Pell Lake Addition summer home lots.
Map or Atlas

Part of Townships 12 & 13, Range 9 East, 4th Mer

Date: 1900
Description: This manuscript map shows outline of Fort Winnebago reserve land, Fort Winnebago, claim of A. Grignon, and Indian boundaries. The Fox River and Swan Lake a...
Map or Atlas

The Theatre of War in North America: With the Roads and a Table of the Distances

Date: 1776
Description: This was one of the first maps available for the general British populace featuring America during the Revolutionary War. It includes forts, cities, topogr...
Map or Atlas

The West Indies, Including Part of Virginia, North Carolina, East Florida, South Carolina, West Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and the Gulf of Mexico, with Part of the Coast of South America

Date: 1782
Description: Map of the West Indies and south eastern North America, remarkably detailed, showing cities, mountains, rivers, lakes, mines, plantations, forts, banks, an...
Map or Atlas

Map of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, Showing Proposed Canals Connecting the Rivers with the Ocean

Date: 1790
Description: This map of the north eastern states shows roads, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, mountains, cities, forts, mills, the Oneida Reservation, and "New York Donatio...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Superior, Traveled Streets

Date: 1966
Description: This blue line print shows existing and proposed streets, docks, company-owned land, railroads and railroad yards, parks, and municipal airport.
Map or Atlas

Canada ou Nouvelle France

Date: 1683
Description: Map of the north east coast of North America showing islands, regions, Native American land, bays, and a few European settlements. The Great Lakes appear i...
Map or Atlas

A General Map of North America from the Best Authorities

Date: 1790
Description: Map of North America showing cities, states, Native American land, regions, lakes, and rivers. A few notes appear throughout the map, particularly west of ...
Map or Atlas

A New Map of North America from the Latest Discoveries

Date: 1763
Description: Map of America and part of Canada including the borders of European claims after the French and Indian War. Cities, forts, Native American lands, rivers, l...

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