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Photograph

Wade House

Date: 1858
Description: Ambrotype of the Wade House, a carriage inn located in Greenbush, also showing a section of the original plank road in the foreground.
Painting

A View of Part of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1858
Description: View from the second story of the Salesianum, the residence of Dr. Salzmann. The view includes Lake Michigan, the Milwaukee shoreline, and some of the nume...
Painting

Herndan Hotel on the Missouri River

Date: 1858
Description: Hölzlhuber received a request from the German theater director Henry Börnstein in St. Louis, Missouri, to purchase his theater sets and music. Accordingly,...
Photograph

Wonewoc

Date: 1858
Description: An ambrotype of Wonewoc. A road and fence is in the foreground, with houses beyond. A tree-lined hill is in the background.
Map or Atlas

Chapman's Sectional Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: Drawn a decade after Wisconsin entered statehood, this 1858 map depicts counties, creeks, rivers, lakes, railroads completed, railroads in progress and com...
Map or Atlas

Chapman's Sectional Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: This map of the entire state of Wisconsin depicts the township survey grid and identifies counties, named towns, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, railro...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee County

Date: 1858
Description: An ink on paper map of Milwaukee County and the eastern portion of Waukesha County that shows the townships of Oak Creek, Franklin, Greenfield, Wauwatosa, ...
Map or Atlas

Redding and Watson's Map of Racine County, Wisconsin from Actual Surveys

Date: 1858
Description: This 1858 map of Racine County, Wisconsin, shows land ownership and acreages, the township and range grid, towns, cities and villages, roads, railroads, sc...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wood County, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: Map showing roads, mills, and rivers. Date conjectured from presence of Ensign’s Mill and Pitt’s Mill and location of Nekoosa.
Map or Atlas

Map of Rock County, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: This 1858 map of Rock County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, railroads, roads, property owners and res...
Map or Atlas

Map of Monroe County Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: Map shows township borders, marshes, pine timber, roads, railroads, and mills. The townships are are shown in blue/green, pink, and yellow. The map include...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Racine in the County of Racine, State of Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, landownership, buildings, railroads, roads, wards, points of interest, parks, and cemeteries. Also included are illus...

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