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Map or Atlas

East Side Madison Map

Date: 1911
Description: Map of the east side of Madison.
Map or Atlas

City Directory Map of Madison

Date: 1909
Description: A city directory map of Madison.
Map or Atlas

Madison and Vicinity

Date: 1920
Description: A map of Madison and the vicinity. Red lines show the street railway.
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of Madison and Lake Mendota

Date: 1890
Description: Portion of a plat map of Madison featuring Lake Mendota.
Postcard

Panoramic View of Capitol Square, West Corner

Date: 
Description: Panoramic view of Capitol Square, seen from the West corner. Originally functioned as an oversized post card. Identifiable businesses include Haswell Furni...
Postcard

Panoramic View of Capitol Square, South Corner

Date: 
Description: Panoramic view of Capitol Square, seen from the South corner. Originally functioned as an oversized post card. Ringling Brothers Circus advertisement visib...
Photograph

Panoramic View of Madison

Date: 1870
Description: Panoramic view of Madison, taken from the roof of South Hall. This reduced copy was made from original negatives by E.C. Nielson. Labels for both Lake Mend...
Map or Atlas

United States Map

Date: 1835
Description: Map reads: "Map of the United States of America with its Territories and Districts - Including also a part of Upper and Lower Canada and Mexico". The map i...
Print

Madison View

Date: 1900
Description: A view of the city of Madison circa 1900 that was used as a letterhead.
Print

Inauguration Ticket

Date: 1889
Description: Ticket for the inauguration of President Benjamin Harrison. This ticket belonged to William Freeman Vilas of Wisconsin, the Secretary of the Interior. The ...
Poster

Travel By Train, Washington, D.C. Travel Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting Washington, D.C. as "the city that every American should know," and to get there by way of train travel. The poster depict...
Poster

Pennsylvania Railroad Travel Poster: Building The First White House

Date: 1932
Description: An original lithograph promoting Washington, D.C., and the Pennsylvania Railroad through artist N.C. Wyeth's depiction of the 1798 construction of the firs...
Print

The Union Must and Shall Be Preserved

Date: 1860
Description: Miss Columbia is standing on the body of a fallen soldier. She has a sword in her right hand and is holding the Union flag in her left hand. The words: "TH...
Photograph

International I-12 in front of the Arkansas State Capital

Date: 1937
Description: A man wearing a hat and tie is driving an International I-12 industrial tractor with mower attachment to groom the grounds in front of the Arkansas state c...
Map or Atlas

Heights of Several Points in Iowa and Wisconsin

Date: 1839
Description: A chart showing the geological cross-section and the height above the surrounding landscape of several locations, such as Platte Mound in Wisconsin, and th...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

Date: 1853
Description: Wisconsin counties by color and shows railroads, common roads, canals, the state capital, county towns, townships, villages, and post offices,
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

Date: 1854
Description: Map of the whole state Wisconsin includes an inset of the vicinity of Milwaukee, which shows the boundaries for Lisbon, Menomonee, Pewaukee, Brookfield, Wa...
Map or Atlas

Plan of the City of Washington

Date: 1792
Description: Map of Washington D.C. Labeled on the map are all the main streets, the site of the Capitol and the President's House. The map also shows the relationship ...
Book or Pamphlet

U.S. Capitol after the Fire

Date: 1814
Description: Exterior view of the U.S. Capitol building after the fire in August. The Federal building was burned by British forces during the War of 1812. In the foreg...
Book or Pamphlet

Capture and Burning of Washington, D.C.

Date: 1814
Description: Etching depicting the burning of Washington, D.C. by the British during the War of 1812. In the foreground are a number of soldiers moving toward the Capit...

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