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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...
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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...
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

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

Map of the County of Waukesha Wisconsin : From Surveys Under the Direction of H. F. Walling

Date: 1859
Description: This hand-colored map shows township and range in pink, blue, yellow, and orange, land ownership, includes 16 city inset maps showing land ownership, and 5...

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