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| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | View from Main Hall (later Bascom Hall) on the University of Wisconsin campus. North Hall is in the foreground. Behind it is Langdon Street and, in the d... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Lake Mendota shore looking west with A.L. Dahl's photographer's wagon on shore and the Wisconsin State Capitol visible in the background. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | "View of the Capitol, with all the Flags" one of four "Different Views of Parades in the Streets" identified in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic View... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Portion of a plat map of Madison featuring Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of Madison, taken from the roof of South Hall. This reduced copy was made from original negatives by E.C. Nielson. Labels for both Lake Mend... |
| Date: | 1839 |
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| Description: | A chart showing the geological cross-section and the height above the surrounding landscape of several locations, such as Platte Mound in Wisconsin, and th... |
| Date: | 1853 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin counties by color and shows railroads, common roads, canals, the state capital, county towns, townships, villages, and post offices, |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | Map of the whole state Wisconsin includes an inset of the vicinity of Milwaukee, which shows the boundaries for Lisbon, Menomonee, Pewaukee, Brookfield, Wa... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | City water works system map. Pencil annotation on the top right reads: "Period represented is after 1887 and before Aug. 1891". The middle of the map has a... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | This map shows lots and blocks, additions and subdivisions, and large-scale landownership. The map is oriented with north to the upper right. The map is fr... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Shows pipes of various sizes, hydrants with hydrant pressure, valves, wells, and projected lines. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Shows ward divisions and street railways, as well as University of Wisconsin buildings, churches, and schools. Cataloged from copy with right and left edge... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Shows pipes of various sizes, hydrants with hydrant pressure, valves, wells, and projected lines. Differs from earlier versions by inclusion of Wingra Park... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | This map shows plats with lots and block numbers of Madison. The far left corner features "University Ground" and some streets are labeled. Lake Monona is ... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | This bird's-eye-view map of Madison is looking north across Lake Monona. The map features two women and two men on a lookout on top of a building in the fo... |
| Date: | 1836 |
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| Description: | This map show plat of the city, local streets, block numbers, section lines, and canals. The map includes reference text: "Surveyor's office, Brown County ... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | This map shows a plat of the city, local streets, numbered blocks and lots, university grounds, the Capitol Square, and parts of Third and Fourth Lakes (La... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | This map shows a plat of city, city limits, numbered blocks, numbered lots, wards, local streets, roads, railroads, street railways, fire limits, hydrants,... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | This map shows a plat of the town, wards, buildings, the state capitol, local streets, railroads, and parts of Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, and Lake Wingra. ... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of the city of Madison. Caption reads: "City of Madison — From Park's 'History of Madison, Dane County, and Surrounding Towns.'" The text un... |
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