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Peshtigo Fire

Date: 11 25 1871
Description: Engraved view of Peshtigo Fire showing people trying to escape the flames by boat and on horseback. A team of cattle also seek refuge and several birds tak...
Map or Atlas

Expedition Map of Major S.H. Long

Date: 1823
Description: In 1823 U.S. Army major Stephen H. Long led an expedition of scientific, trade, and military investigation up the Mississippi River and the Red River of th...
Drawing

Lake Superior Area

Date: 1852
Description: Illustration of four Indians on Madeline Island with a canoe in the water on the shore.
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Fauerbach's Brewery Sign

Date: 1884
Description: A sign for Fauerbach's Brewery depicting a young woman and the brewery.
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Tonyawatha Spring Hotel

Date: 1883
Description: Tonyawatha Spring Hotel from a descriptive brochure. The hotel opened in 1879 and was destroyed by fire on July 31, 1895.
Map or Atlas

Barton, Washington County

Date: 1878
Description: Bird's-eye view of Barton.
Postcard

King Street

Date: 1910
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."
Map or Atlas

Plat of Windsor

Date: 1890
Description: Color plat map of the Windsor township.
Map or Atlas

Windsor Township

Date: 1873
Description: Map of the township of Windsor, from the "Atlas of Dane County."
Map or Atlas

Routes of the Goodrich Steamship Lines

Date: 1930
Description: Page 8 of the 1930 schedule is a map of the routes of the Goodrich Steamship Lines in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.
Postcard

The Pere Marquette 18

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Description: The screw rail ferry, Pere Marquette 18, entering the harbor. Caption reads: "Pere Marquette Steamer Entering, Milwaukee, Wis."
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Sinking of the Lady Elgin

Date: 09 22 1860
Description: Sketch from the "New York Illustrated News" of the sinking of the sidewheel passenger, Lady Elgin. She was struck and sunk by the Augusta on ...
Postcard

The Gypsy at the La Crosse Levee

Date: 1900
Description: Riverboats tied at the levee in La Crosse with the Gypsy in the foreground. Caption reads: "The Levee, La Crosse, Wis."
Postcard

Whaleback Steamer "Christopher Columbus"

Date: 
Description: Colorized view depicting the passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," approaching the East Water Street Bridge. Caption reads: "Whaleback Steame...
Map or Atlas

Dane County Map

Date: 1861
Description: Drawn the first year of the Civil War, this colored 1861 map of Dane County shows its towns, cities and lakes. It includes insets of the wards of Madison a...
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A Week's Cruise on the Great Lakes, Life at Sea is so Different

Date: 1931
Description: Describes the amenities aboard the "North American" and "South American".
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1862
Description: Drawn the second year of the Civil War, this 1862 map of Milwaukee shows post offices, light houses, beacon lights, county buildings, elevator warehouses, ...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Black Earth Looking from the Northwest

Date: 1876
Description: Bird's-eye view of Black Earth.
Map or Atlas

Dane County Rural Delivery

Date: 1910
Description: Map of Dane County rural delivery in Madison and the town of Westport.
Map or Atlas

Map of Wiskonsin [sic] and Neenah Rivers

Date: 1839
Description: A map of the Wiskonsin [sic] and Neenah or Fox Rivers.

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