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Washburn Observatory

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior of Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, showing telephone wires.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Waukesha

Date: 1880
Description: Bird's-eye map of Waukesha, county seat of Waukesha County.
Map or Atlas

Panoramic View of Fountain City, Buffalo County, Wisconsin

Date: 1880
Description: Bird's-eye map over the Mississippi River of Fountain City. Paddle steamers and steamboats are on the river, and bluffs are in the background.
Photograph

Washburn Observatory

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Washburn Observatory. Hill, trees and fields are in the background. A man is standing near a small obs...
Photograph

Congregational Church

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of an elevated view of the Congregational Church. View is from the high school looking down Main Street.
Photograph

Sacred Heart College

Date: 1880
Description: A view of Sacred Heart College and the surrounding landscape. Each dormer window has a cross on its peak and the center of the building has a bell tower.
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Map of Chippewa, Price & Taylor Counties

Date: 1880
Description: A hand-colored map of the Chippewa, Price, Taylor and the northern part of Clark counties, which shows the locations of farmhouses, schoolhouses, churches,...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1880
Description: Map of Wisconsin including the eastern portions on Minnesota, Iowa, northern Illinois, and the western most portion of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, showing ...
Photograph

Lucius Fairchild Home

Date: 1880
Description: View across lawn of the residence of Lucius Fairchild, in Madison. A woman is standing outdoors near the entrance. A fence surrounds the yard of the house,...
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The "Arrow"

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view across water towards an unidentified man standing on the deck of the steamship "Arrow," owned by Shelton Sturges. It is docked at a pier near...
Map or Atlas

Plat Showing Position of R.R. Tracks Along Lake Shore of Block 86, Madison, Wis

Date: 1880
Description: This blueprint map shows proposed railroad tracks between Carroll Street and Wisconsin Avenue along Lake Monona.

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