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Lake Monona

Date: 1894
Description: Man in a rowboat on Lake Monona with a view of the city in the background.
Photograph

Waukesha Scoot

Date: 1894
Description: View across railroad tracks of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #212, also known as the Waukesha Scoot, at Milwaukee's Union Depot.
Photograph

German Methodist Church

Date: 1894
Description: View of the German Methodist Church with George Bowers, a milkman, standing in the foreground.
Photograph

Pinckney Street

Date: 1894
Description: Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. About 1894. Pinckney Street looking from 309 N. Pinckney." This was the home of Frederick King Conover.
Photograph

Man with Horse and Buggy

Date: 1894
Description: Man in coat and top hat holding the harness of a horse attached to a buggy.
Photograph

National Exchange Bank

Date: 1894
Description: Also the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company building. Large building on the corner of National Avenue, with a sign for the National Exchange Bank p...
Photograph

St. Gall's Church

Date: 1894
Description: Southeast corner of Second and Sycamore Streets, later the site of a large street railway building. The picture was taken shortly after the interior was d...
Photograph

View of Lower UW Campus

Date: 1894
Description: Elevated view across open space with an oval track, looking towards Science Hall at the end of Langdon Street on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus...
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Decoration Day Parade

Date: 1894
Description: An elevated view of a Decoration Day parade, near what appears to be Capitol Park. A small crowd gathers at the edge of the street to view a military band ...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1894
Description: Sanborn map of a portion of Milwaukee, including St. Clair and Bishop and Potter Avenues. There is an inset for the South Side Wood Working Co.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1894
Description: Sanborn Map of the Illinois Steel Co. Bay View Works in Milwaukee.
Map or Atlas

Sawyer, Chippewa and Price Counties Map

Date: 1894
Description: A detail of a Wisconsin map showing Sawyer, Chippewa and Price counties.
Map or Atlas

Sectional Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1894
Description: A map of the state of Wisconsin sectioned by county. Scale: eight miles to the inch.
Photograph

McCormick Day Parade

Date: 1894
Description: Elevated view looking down at wagons and crowd gathering for McCormick Day parade. "McCormick Day" was a promotional device sponsored by the McCormick Harv...
Photograph

Sawmill Fire

Date: 1894
Description: A crowd gathers and watches the sawmill on fire.
Map or Atlas

Map of West Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1894
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, railroads, street car tracks, sewers, water mains, gas mains, paved streets, land owned by the Land & River Improveme...
Photograph

Proposed Site of Library Building

Date: 1894
Description: Caption from photograph: "Proposed site of library building. Wis[consin] Histor[ical] Soc[iety].--looking N.W. Building would occupy place now covered by t...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1894
Description: Sanborn map of Milwaukee, with the Milwaukee River on the left, and Water Street in the center. There are two iron draw bridges over the river.
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1894
Description: This map shows railroads, street railways, roads, wards, block numbers, parks, Lake Michigan, and one mile concentric circles indicating distance from the ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the city of Milwaukee Showing Completed Sewers Up to Dec. 31st, 1894

Date: 1894
Description: This map shows sewers, intercepting sewers, manholes, block numbers, streets, railroads, parks, cemeteries, and Lake Michigan. The right margin reads: "Tot...

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