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View of Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)

Date: 1873
Description: View, ca. 1873-1879, of Madison looking down Wisconsin Avenue toward the third Wisconsin Capitol, a view that suggests something of the ongoing importance ...
Photograph

Hans Christianson next to Wife's Grave

Date: 1873
Description: Norwegian-American farm laborer, Hans Christianson (age 44), stands next to the grave of his childless wife, Karen Luis Christianson, born 1829, who died J...
Photograph

Frame Church

Date: 1873
Description: Finely detailed frame church with vestibule and steeple, enclosed with picket fencing with a hitching post in front.
Photograph

View of Bloomington

Date: 1873
Description: View of Bloomington by the pioneer photographer of the village, Frank Witcomb, sometime after 1873. There are buildings identified in the foreground on bot...
Drawing

Lake Geneva Seminary

Date: 1873
Description: The Lake Geneva Seminary, founded June 10, 1869 and was chartered by an act of legislature on March 1871.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Lakes & Drives Around Oconomowoc, Wisconsin : A Favorite Summer Resort

Date: 1873
Description: This late 19th century map shows the lake region around Oconomowoc in Waukesha County and eastern Jefferson County, Wisconsin. The township and range grid,...
Map or Atlas

Map of Chippewa County, State of Wisconsin

Date: 1873
Description: This 1873 map of Chippewa County, Wisconsin, which at the time also encompassed all or part of Price, Rusk, Sawyer, and Taylor counties, shows the township...
Map or Atlas

Map of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Wisconsin

Date: 1873
Description: This 1874 map of Washington and Ozaukee counties, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, rural landownership a...
Map or Atlas

Map of Winnebago County, Wisconsin

Date: 1873
Description: This 1873 map of Winnebago County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, landownership and acreages, roads, r...
Map or Atlas

Map of Outagamie County Wisconsin

Date: 1873
Description: Map shows townships and sections, landownership and acreages, state and county lands, churches, schools, cemeteries, roads, and railroads. There is an inse...
Map or Atlas

City Map of Janesville

Date: 1873
Description: This map shows landownership and acreages, lot and block numbers, roads and railroads, marshes, schools, churches, mills, rural buildings, and quarries. Re...
Photograph

Madison City Hall

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated view from Capitol Park of Madison City Hall with clock tower, 2 West Mifflin Street. Lake Mendota is in the far background.
Map or Atlas

Map of Racine & Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin

Date: 1873
Description: This hand-colored map includes business directories, a statistical table, as well as illustrations of public, residential, and commercial properties. Commu...

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