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| Description: | Valentine's Day card with flowers and gold and white flourishes. Text at bottom reads: "Ever Thine." It has been mounted to a piece of paper and a silhouet... |
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| Description: | This hand-colored map shows the township and section grid in southeastern Wisconsin, covering the area west to Sugar River and Four Lakes region and north ... |
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| Description: | An ink, watercolor, and pencil on tracing paper, hand-drawn map of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin that shows the town and range system, sections, lakes and st... |
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| Description: | This 19th century manuscript map shows the roads and proposed routes, villages, and lakes and streams in Walworth County, Wisconsin. |
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| Description: | This manuscript map by Increase Lapham shows the railroads, roads, wetlands, lakes and streams, dams, prairies, and settlers in the eastern half of Waukesh... |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of Elsey Ormsbee Bristol. Elsey was born May 27, 1783; married August 1, 1804 at Warwick, Massachusetts to Cha... |
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| Description: | Pen-and-ink on paper. Map shows 1840’s homes with owner names, a Native American cemetery, and other points of interest. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented... |
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| Description: | Shows plat of town, local streets, Fond du Lac River, and part of Lake Winnebago. |
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| Description: | Map shows three Wisconsin territories, Jefferson, Waukesha, and Milwaukee. Map is ink, pencil, and watercolor on paper. Relief shown by hachures. |
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| Description: | This is a plat map of Sheboygan showing the Sheboygan River and Lake Michigan. Streets are labeled and plats are numbered in quadrants. Some points of inte... |
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| Description: | Sod-breaker and five yoke of oxen plowing in front of the “Old Cottage Inn.” In the foreground a boat is on the shoreline. |
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| Description: | This map of Kewaunee shows lot and block numbers, Lake Michigan, and includes a location map showing proposed railroads. The map includes manuscript annota... |
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| Description: | This map of La Crosse is ink and pencil on paper and shows lot and block numbers, as well as buildings. An inscription on the bottom of the map reads: "Tim... |
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| Description: | This map shows local streets, numbered lots, and part of Blue Mounds Branch. The map reads: "NE 1/4 NW 1/4 Sect. 16 - T5 - R5E." under the title and is dat... |
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| Description: | This manuscript map is ink, pencil, and watercolor on paper and shows landownership. An approximate date can be established by the names written on the pla... |
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| Description: | A document written in Norwegian with the words "Otte Skilling Species" at the top of the page. |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | This map shows a line of proposed construction for defending the north side of the canal against inundation from the Wisconsin River and location of Fort W... |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | This map shows shows three routes; a route surveyed by Doty & Center, a route surveyed by inhabitants of East Milwaukee, and a route surveyed by inhabitant... |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | This map is pencil on paper and shows rivers, granite locations, and selected landmarks. Relief is shown by hachures. |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of L. Farr and E. Allen. The man is sitting and is wearing a suit, vest, necktie, and watch chain at his waist. The woman appears... |
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