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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

Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye map of Menomonee Falls.
Print

Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee from Bay View.
Photograph

Science Hall

Date: 1882
Description: View of Science Hall on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus from the southwest.
Photograph

Eleazer William's ("Lost Dauphin") Cabin

Date: 1885
Description: Eleazer William's log cabin, five miles south of De Pere, overlooking the rapids of the Little Bakalin on the Fox River.
Photograph

Whiting Paper Mill Ruins

Date: 08 24 1888
Description: The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the bleacher exploded as the nigh...
Photograph

George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 1885
Description: The George A. Whiting Paper Mills with men posing on switcher engines in front of the buildings. The engines are, (left to right): Chicago and Northwestern...
Photograph

George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 08 24 1888
Description: Slightly elevated view of the George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the ble...
Photograph

Straw Lead Furnace

Date: 1880
Description: A straw lead furnace, an open hearth furnace where lead sulphite (Galena) was roasted. Located on the Rountree branch of the Little Platte River, Richard S...
Photograph

View of Town

Date: 1880
Description: Illustration of an elevated view over rooftops looking towards Oshkosh. There are chimneys along the horizon with smoke rising into the sky. A river is alo...
Drawing

House on River

Date: 08 31 1885
Description: Pencil on paper drawing of large house on hill above river, with rowboat and boathouse. The house has three stories, four chimneys, mansard roof, and long...
Drawing

House with Fence

Date: 08 1885
Description: Pencil on paper; wood clapboard house behind fallen fence with open gate. Three trees, small outbuilding with one-sided roof, a large tub and other equipm...
Photograph

Byron Kilbourn House

Date: 1887
Description: Northwest corner of Grand Avenue and 4th Street. Built in 1854 at a cost of $18,000. The storefronts were added in 1868; the building razed in 1886.
Photograph

Red Star Yeast & Products Co.

Date: 1882
Description: First building of the 27th Street plant.
Photograph

At the Mouth of the Menominee River

Date: 1887
Description: A view at the mouth of the Menominee River showing Ludington Wells and Van Schaick's mills.
Photograph

Ramsay & Jones Mill

Date: 1887
Description: The Ramsay & Jones Mill with logs in the water in the foreground.
Photograph

Marinette View

Date: 1887
Description: Elevated view of Marinette looking toward the mouth of the river from the tower of City Hall. Fences, fields, and industrial buildings are in the foregroun...
Photograph

Menominee Bay Shore

Date: 1887
Description: The bay shore of Menominee filled with driftwood.
Postcard

Weeds Mill

Date: 1885
Description: Photographic postcard view of Weeds Mill. The mill has smokestacks and logs piled on the pond shoreline waiting for processing. A steam locomotive is on th...
Photograph

Martin K. Dahl House

Date: 1885
Description: Martin K. Dahl, far left, sits with three women around a table which has been set in front of an iron fence which encloses a manicured yard. Two of the wom...

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