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| Date: | 09 1871 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Peshtigo, before it was destroyed by fire on the night of October 8, 1871. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | This bird's-eye-view map shows roads, a river with boats, and homes. The bottom margin of the map includes an index. |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Marinette, with insets. |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Madison. "Taken from the Water Cure, South Side of Lake Monona, 1855." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Colored map showing a panoramic view of Madison in great detail. The Wisconsin State Capitol is located at the center, with Lake Mendota in the background ... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Illustration of four Indians on Madeline Island with a canoe in the water on the shore. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street on the Capitol Square. Caption reads: "Main Street, looking West." |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | A sign for Fauerbach's Brewery depicting a young woman and the brewery. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Ashland, on the shores of Lake Superior, with insets of The Apostle Islands Chequamagon Bay & Ashland, and Distances from Ashland. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | This map show the surveyed southern part of state and includes "profile of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Road." Counties are shown in pink, green, blu... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | This map shows U.S. land offices, completed railroads, railroad land grant limits, lakes, rivers, and Indian reservations. Communities, lakes, and rivers a... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | This map shows lakes, rivers, state, county, and town boundaries, as well as railroads completed, in progress, and contemplated. The map includes a color d... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Colorized view of King Street, looking east, with a streetcar. Lake Monona is in the background. Caption reads: "King Street, looking East, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | During the War of 1812, the only battle fought in Wisconsin was in Prairie du Chien, in 1814. Made fifty-six years later, this birds eye drawing depicts th... |
| Date: | 12 06 1956 |
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| Description: | View across street toward Rarick's Hardware, a color television dealer. A group of people are posing on the sidewalk in front of the show windows. A truck ... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for International trucks showing color illustration of a bus or passenger truck in an African village setting. Printed for distribution ... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Advertising calendar for Deering farm machinery featuring color illustration of a street in a French town with people looking on as a man puts up a "Deerin... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the Chicago fire of October 8, 1871. The hand-colored lithograph was published by Currier and Ives. |
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