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Madison from Lake Monona

Date: 1906
Description: View of Madison from Lake Monona with the Wisconsin State Capitol building in the background. This view of Brittingham Park shows a part of the park shortl...
Photograph

Filling In Brittingham Park

Date: 1907
Description: A steam-powered dredge anchored in Monona Bay is filling in Brittingham Park.
Photograph

Monona Bay in Madison

Date: 1904
Description: Monona Bay from the railroad trestle looking southwest, close to where the railroad tracks cross North Shore Drive, (now Brittingham Park), with old houses...
Postcard

Downtown Fish Creek

Date: 1905
Description: View across field and fence downhill towards the town of Fish Creek and the bay. Caption reads: "Greetings from Fish Creek, Wis."
Photograph

Old Mission

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards Old Mission, as seen from the pier with Old Mission Congregational Church behind it. This Mission was established in 1830 by Fred...
Photograph

Railroad Crossing

Date: 1955
Description: Elevated view of the Milwaukee Road and Chicago & Northwestern Railway crossing on Monona Bay, the site of the old MX tower.
Photograph

View Across Monona Bay

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view looking towards the Wisconsin State Capitol from across Monona Bay.
Map or Atlas

Map Showing the Surficial Deposits of Southeastern Wisconsin

Date: 1917
Description: A geological survey map that map of southeastern Wisconsin shows the surface deposits east of the Wisconsin River, from the Illinois state line north to Ne...
Map or Atlas

Lands of the Chicago & North Western Railway Company in the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: This map of shows the township grid, counties, cities and villages, lakes, rivers, rail lines and the Menominee Indian Reservation.
Map or Atlas

Lands of the Chicago & North Western Railway Company in the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: This map of northeastern Wisconsin shows the township grid, counties, cities and villages, lakes, rivers, rail lines and the Menominee Indian Reservation. ...
Map or Atlas

Old Trails and Roads, Bayfield Peninsula, Wisconsin

Date: 1952
Description: This 1952 map of the northern parts of Bayfield and Douglas counties, Wisconsin, shows points established by E.T. Sweet in 1877, road points confirmed by S...
Map or Atlas

Fox-Wisconsin Water Route

Date: 1906
Description: This map, which shows the Mascoutin village site near Berlin, Wisconsin, the Fox River, and parts of the Wisconsin and Wolf Rivers, was published in the Pr...
Map or Atlas

Hydrographic Map of Lake Wingra at Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1948
Description: This 1948 map shows contour and spot depths in Lake Wingra in Madison, Wisconsin. The shore outline is based on a 1940 aerial photograph.
Map or Atlas

Indian Mound Groups of Green Lake

Date: 1913
Description: Ink and watercolor on tracing cloth. Shows parts of Green Lake, Princeton, and Brooklyn townships, Indian mound groups, Green Lake, and other significant b...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Western Portion of the City of Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1914
Description: Includes index of University of Wisconsin buildings, churches, and public buildings. Top of Map reads: '"GET A SQUARE DEAL" AT THE COLLEGE BOOK STORE SHOWN...
Map or Atlas

General Plan of Brittingham Park, Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1908
Description: The map reads: "Feb. 3, 1908." Oriented with north to the lower left. Lake Monona, Monona Bay, and Brittingham Park are labelled.
Map or Atlas

Portion of Liberty Grove

Date: 1924
Description: Plat map showing a portion of Liberty Grove, T32-33N R29E. The land is bordered on the south by Rowley's Bay, on the east by Lake Michigan and Europe Bay, ...
Map or Atlas

Head of Green Bay, Including Fox River Below De Pere, Wisconsin : Chart no. 725

Date: 1951
Description: This map has depths shown by bathymetric tints and soundings and relief shown by contours, the depths are shown in feet. There is an inset map of Green Bay...
Photograph

West Shore of Turville Bay

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of the west shore of Turville Bay. Two men sit in a rowboat near the shore surrounded by water lilies. There is a fence in the foreg...
Map or Atlas

The City of Oshkosh, Wis. & Environs

Date: 09 1950
Description: This map show streets, points of interest, Lake Winnebago and bays, Lake Butte Des Morts, and the Fox River. The back of the map includes a directory of t...

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