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Poster

McCormick Grain Binder Advertising Poster

Date: 1882
Description: Advertising poster for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company featuring a color illustration of a well-dressed farmer riding a binder pulled by two horse...
Photograph

The Red Wing on the Upper Mississippi River

Date: 1882
Description: The sternwheel packet, Red Wing, at a landing on the upper Mississippi River between 1870 and 1882. There is a bridge behind the boat on the left. S...
Photograph

Locomotive No. 539

Date: 1882
Description: View across railroad tracks of two men posing near the right side of locomotive no. 539 on another set of railroad tracks. The locomotive was built by the ...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye Views of Milwaukee, Wis.

Date: 1882
Description: Bird's-eye views of various sections of Milwaukee.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Lake Geneva

Date: 1882
Description: Bird's-eye map of Lake Geneva, looking southwest, with insets of points of interest.
Map or Atlas

Cedarburg, Wisconsin

Date: 1882
Description: This map of Cedarburg is a bird's-eye map with an inset of Cedarburg Brewery. Relief is shown pictorially and the map includes an index to buildings.
Photograph

Wisconsin Central Train

Date: 1882
Description: Group of men posing in front of the Wisconsin Central Railroad train at a depot. Railroad historian Roy L. Martin, from whose collection this image come...
Painting

The Newhall House in the Main Street of Milwaukee

Date: 1882
Description: The magnificent Newhall House, a hotel that dwarfed the neighboring buildings, opened in 1857. Hölzlhuber completed this sketch for the Neue illustriert...
Photograph

Fifth Avenue, Looking West

Date: 1882
Description: Caption reads: "5th Ave Antigo Wis Looking West Photo taken in 1882". View down road with felled trees lining both sides. Two men are posing further down t...
Photograph

Lathrop Residence

Date: 1882
Description: View of excavation for the Lathrop residence, home of William H. Lathrop.
Map or Atlas

Colton's Wisconsin

Date: 1882
Description: This basic reference map of the state shows natural features, railroads, county seats, and political boundaries against the G.L.O. township and range grid....
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1882
Description: View of Main Street business district. Horses and buggies are on the street. Some business signs read: "American and Norsk Store," "Furniture," "L....re & ...
Map or Atlas

Railroad Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1882
Description: The official railroad map of Wisconsin showing railroad lines throughout the state.
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1882
Description: A hand-colored, sectional map of Wisconsin showing the township grid, completed and proposed railroads, counties, towns, cities, villages. The map also inc...
Map or Atlas

Barron County, State of Wisconsin

Date: 1882
Description: This 1882 map of Barron County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, cities and villages, wagon roads, railroads, schools, dwellings, and l...
Map or Atlas

Village of Dunbarton

Date: 1882
Description: Plat map of the village of Dunbarton, received by the Lafayette County Register's Office on September 22, 1892. Certification by the surveyor, Albert Pool,...
Book or Pamphlet

Eureka Mower Catalog

Date: 1882
Description: Front and back of catalog for the Eureka Mower. Features on the front a color illustration of a man riding the mower drawn by two horses. An umbrella beari...
Map or Atlas

Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien

Date: 1882
Description: This map is ink on cardboard and shows the location of military forts over the course of years. Also shown are points of interest, streets, the Mississippi...
Map or Atlas

Village Plat of Prescott, Saint Croix Co., Wisconsin

Date: 1882
Description: This map is ink and watercolor on paper and shows numbered plots, the public square, streets, Lake St. Croix and the Mississippi River.
Map or Atlas

Bird’s Eye View of Lake Geneva, Walworth Co., Wis.

Date: 1882
Description: This pictorial bird's-eye-view map shows buildings, streets, and railroads. Included are illustrations and an index to points of interest. The bottom of th...

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