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Costume Parade

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of a costume parade on State Street, at the corner of State Street and Gilman Street. On both sides of the street are drugstores. The one on ...
Photograph

Olaf Noer Drugstore

Date: 1920
Description: Brick building containing the Olaf Noer Drugstore. A man (presumably Mr. Noer himself) poses in the doorway.
Photograph

Schwarz Druggists, Inc.

Date: 01 14 1944
Description: Exterior view of Schwarz Druggists, Inc.
Photograph

Brookfield Storefront

Date: 1910
Description: View of storefront and people with a horse-drawn carriage.
Photograph

J.C. Iversen & Co.

Date: 1900
Description: Four-level building with shorter buildings flanking it on either side. On the road in front two carriages are visible, drawn by horses. A group of men ar...
Photograph

West Juneau Avenue

Date: 1900
Description: Previously known as Chestnut Street; view from the corner of 3rd Street. Image looks down the road to the vanishing point on the horizon, where a steeple ...
Photograph

Kleinsteuber Machine Shop

Date: 1880
Description: It was in this shop that Christopher Sholes, inventor of the typewriter, did much of his work on various inventions. This photograph may be as early as th...
Photograph

Public Employment Office

Date: 1935
Description: Skilled Trade Division, at 511-A West Wells Street, Lot 1119. Men's Department-Skilled Trade and Clerical Division; Division for the Physically Disabled. ...
Map or Atlas

Iron Snow Shoe Trail

Date: 1970
Description: A map showing highlighted snowmobile trails, ice crossings, and supporting businesses in the towns of Stephenson and Silver Cliff in Marinette County and ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Monroe County, Wisconsin

Date: 1877
Description: A map of Monroe County, Wisconsin that shows the townships and landownership and acreage wagon roads, railroads, streams, schools, and houses. Also include...
Map or Atlas

Delavan and Delavan Lake : Walworth County, Wisconsin

Date: 1966
Description: This 1966 map shows topography, roads, highways, golf courses, government buildings, and businesses around Delavan Lake in Walworth County, Wisconsin. Incl...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukie

Date: 1836
Description: This map shows settlers houses and businesses, trails, and swamps. The relief is shown by hachures. The map includes illustrations of historical buildings ...
Map or Atlas

Central Area of the City of Milwaukee: Showing Public Buildings, Business Establishments, Recreational Sites

Date: 05 1958
Description: Photocopy of a map created by the City of Milwaukee Master Plan Program City Planning Division in May of 1958 representing 1870 "THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE CI...
Map or Atlas

Street Map of the City of Monroe, Wisconsin

Date: 1940
Description: Map features advertisements for local businesses on the left and bottom. Map includes a "LEGEND" and "DIRECTORY OF CHURCHES". Streets are labeled as are so...
Map or Atlas

East Troy

Date: 1900
Description: Pen and pencil on tracing paper. Shows landownership by name, local streets, local businesses, mill pond, creek, and proposed railroad.
Map or Atlas

Map of a Portion of Marinette County Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: Map shows townships and sections, landownership and acreages, roads, and railroads in southwest portion of Marinette County. Sections of the map are in ye...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Superior Douglas County Wisconsin

Date: 1890
Description: This map of Superior shows city wards, bays, docks, some businesses and points of interest. Relief is shown by hachures. The back of the map features a typ...
Map or Atlas

City of Superior Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: This map of Superior shows city wards, bays, docks, and some businesses and points of interest. Relief is shown by hachures. The map probably came from a C...
Map or Atlas

Map of Ashland, Wisconsin

Date: 1931
Description: This map of Ashland shows roads, railroads, and local businesses. The map reads: "Showing streets and roads open to the public Oct. 1, 1931." Included on t...
Map or Atlas

Whitewater, Walworth Co., Wis.

Date: 1858
Description: This map is hand-colored and mounted on cloth and shows lot and block numbers and dimensions, landownership, streets, railroads, selected buildings, fair g...

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