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Photograph

I.G. Merrill Home

Date: 1879
Description: The home of I.G. Merrill, located on the corner of Ann Street (now called Sheridan Road) and Prairie Avenue, in the winter.
Photograph

Kresge Corner

Date: 1879
Description: The S.S. Kresge Company building at 25-27 East Main Street. Several businesses, including Rowley & Co., a general store, and S. Klauber dry goods, are in t...
Map or Atlas

Oconto and Marinette Counties Map

Date: 1879
Description: Map of Oconto and Marinette counties.
Document

"Wisconsin. What It Offers to the Immigrant" Report

Date: 1879
Description: Blue cover design of an official report entitled "Wisconsin. What It Offers to the Immigrant".
Photograph

Old Abe on a Cannon

Date: 1879
Description: Stereograph portrait of Old Abe, the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Civil War Volunteer Infantry at the capital building. Rear view of Old Abe perched on a sh...
Map or Atlas

Railroad & Township Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1879
Description: A map of Wisconsin as well as the southeastern most portions of Minnesota and Iowa and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan showing the township grids, railways...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin for the Legislative Manual

Date: 1879
Description: A map of Wisconsin showing counties, county seats, cities over 3,000 inhabitants, Lake Michigan steamship routes, railroads completed and projected, rivers...
Map or Atlas

Map of Jackson County, Wisconsin

Date: 1879
Description: A map of Jackson County, Wisconsin, shows the township and section survey, landownership, towns, villages, buildings, roads, railroads, county land, and st...
Map or Atlas

Wonewoc, Juneau County, Wis.

Date: 1879
Description: This bird’s-eye-view map is a photostat copy of the orginal and is indexed for points of interest. Streets are labeled as well as the Barbaoo River.
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee : Showing Completed Sewers, Water Pipes Thus Far Laid, the Altitude of Different Regions of the City and the Location of Every Case of Small Pox, Diptheria [i.e. Diphtheria] & Scarlet Fever

Date: 1879
Description: This map shows asylums, cemeteries, hospitals, parks, streets, and wards. Relief is shown by contours. Also included are manuscript annotations in pencil. ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the 5th, 8th, 11th, 12th Wards of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1879
Description: This map shows wards, sections, roads, lot and block numbers, subdivisions, and proposed streets. The inside cover includes hand written annotations that r...
Map or Atlas

Triangulation in Wisconsin

Date: 1879
Description: This map shows names of triangulation stations, railroads, counties, rivers, and lakes. The Mississippi River, Lake Winnebago, and Lake Michigan are labele...

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