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Photograph

Lady Elgin Docked

Date: 1859
Description: Lithograph from Frank Leslie's Illustrated News of the sidewheel passenger, Lady Elgin, at her wharf in Chicago, Illinois in 1860. From a pho...
Photograph

Pinckney Street

Date: 1859
Description: Daguerreotype of elevated view of Pinckney Street, looking northwest. View includes the American House and Bruen's Block, both on the corner of East Washin...
Photograph

South Pinckney Street

Date: 1859
Description: South Pinckney Street as photographed by Fuller from the Wisconsin State Capitol roof. In the center are several wooden structures dating from Madison's e...
Drawing

City Hall

Date: 1859
Description: City Hall in the background of a bustling street, with pedestrians, horses, carriages, and wagons. A stagecoach is parked across the street on the left.
Print

Fairgrounds at Milwaukee

Date: 1859
Description: Elevated view of the fairgrounds in Milwaukee, the year when Abraham Lincoln spoke. The fairgrounds were located at the Brockway Grounds near Twelfth and S...
Print

Capital House Hotel

Date: 1859
Description: An illustration of the Capital House, from the 1858-1859 Madison City Directory. The first-class hotel opened in 1853, was later bought by L.B. Vilas and c...
Photograph

Pinckney Street

Date: 1859
Description: Madison's Pinckney Street, with the Capitol Park in the foreground and Farwell's octagon house and Lake Monona in the distance. This view has been various...
Drawing

Haskell University

Date: 1859
Description: A drawing of the private Haskell University that was operating during the 1850's. The drawing was done by a student, Mrs. L. Campbell who spelled the name ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sauk County

Date: 1859
Description: Map featuring various views of buildings and scenes from Sauk County.
Map or Atlas

Colton's Wisconsin

Date: 1859
Description: This 1859 railroad map shows counties, cities, rivers and lakes in the entire state of Wisconsin. It includes an inset depicting the railroads in Milwaukee...
Map or Atlas

Germantown Township Map

Date: 1859
Description: Plat map of the Germantown Township.
Map or Atlas

Hartford Township Map

Date: 1859
Description: Detail of section 5 of the Washington County map showing only Hartford.
Map or Atlas

Chapman's Sectional Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1859
Description: 1859 sectional map of the state of Wisconsin.
Map or Atlas

Chapman's Sectional Map of Wisconsin : With the Most Recent Surveys

Date: 1859
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

Farmer's 4th Sheet or Map of Wisconsin Iowa and Northern Part of Illinois From Actual Survey Exhibiting the Sections

Date: 1859
Description: This map, which includes eastern Iowa and northern Illinois but omits the northern and northwestern tiers of counties in Wisconsin, shows the township surv...
Map or Atlas

Map of the County of Washington, Wisconsin

Date: 1859
Description: This 1859 map of Washington County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, landownership and acreages, cities and villages, roads, ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sauk County, Wisconsin

Date: 1859
Description: Shows townships and sections, landownership, roads, railroads, rural residences, schools, churches, and topography. Relief shown by hachures. "From governm...
Map or Atlas

Township No. 43 N., Range No. 4 and No. 3 West of the 4th Mer.

Date: 1859
Description: Shows acreages and swamps in a portion of Gordon township, Ashland County, Wis. Originally published as two maps. Township lines surveyed by A.C. Stuntz ; ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin

Date: 1859
Description: This map show plats including plat names, plat numbers, and some lot owner's names. Relief is shown by hachures. The map includes line drawings of Juneau B...
Map or Atlas

Plat of Menomonie, Dunn County, Wisconsin

Date: 1859
Description: This plat map is pen on paper and shows numbered blocks and lots, local streets, and section lines. Also included is text on survey certifications.

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