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Panoramic View of Fountain City, Buffalo County, Wisconsin

Date: 1880
Description: Bird's-eye map over the Mississippi River of Fountain City. Paddle steamers and steamboats are on the river, and bluffs are in the background.
Print

Madison, the Capitol of Wisconsin

Date: 1864
Description: Bird's-eye view of Madison, with 12 vignettes and in the center is "The Capitol of Wisconsin View from the Capitol House". The buildings on the top are, fr...
Photograph

View of Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)

Date: 1873
Description: View, ca. 1873-1879, of Madison looking down Wisconsin Avenue toward the third Wisconsin Capitol, a view that suggests something of the ongoing importance ...
Photograph

Second and Third Capitols and Wisconsin Avenue

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Description: A view looking south down Wisconsin Avenue toward the Capitol Square where portions of the second and third Wisconsin State Capitols are visible. This pers...
Photograph

Wisconsin Avenue from the Capitol

Date: 1915
Description: Wisconsin Avenue looking toward the northwest from the top of the Capitol. The elevated perspective provides an unusual view of the old City Hall (left) an...
Photograph

Elevated View of Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 1868
Description: Elevated view up Wisconsin Avenue showing City Hall on the corner at Mifflin Street on the left, with the Post Office to the right. Further down is the Pre...
Photograph

View Northwest from Downtown

Date: 09 14 1913
Description: Looking northwest from the roof of Northwestern Mutual home office at E. Wisconsin Avenue and N. Van Buren Street toward City Hall, Milwaukee courthouse an...
Photograph

Looking West from the Wisconsin State Capitol Dome

Date: 1896
Description: View from the Wisconsin State Capitol dome looking west towards Bascom Hill. Mifflin street with City Hall and the Fuller Opera House are in the foreground...
Photograph

Looking Northwest Down Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 09 1954
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Avenue from the Wisconsin State Capitol balcony. At the lower left, the demolition of old City Hall is in progress, which began ...
Photograph

Northwest View from The Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1954
Description: Looking northwest down Wisconsin Avenue from the Wisconsin State Capitol dome. Mifflin Street is visible in the foreground, while in the center of the phot...
Photograph

West State Street

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking east between Second and Third streets. City Hall is visible in the left center background. Signs and billboards dot several buildin...
Poster

Old Buildings of Milwaukee

Date: 10 13 1895
Description: Twenty-one photographs of churches, city halls, courthouses, and other buildings and their locations throughout Milwaukee.
Photograph

Second and Third Capitols and Wisconsin Avenue

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Description: A view looking south down Wisconsin Avenue toward the Capitol Square where portions of the second and third Wisconsin State Capitols are visible. This pers...
Photograph

View up Wisconsin Avenue

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Description: Elevated view up Wisconsin Avenue showing City Hall with the Post Office to the right. Also visible is the Presbyterian Church.
Photograph

Historical Landmarks

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Description: Composite of three historical landmarks in Northfield, New Hampshire: the Town House, the Old Mill, and the Congregational Church. The Church has "Congrega...
Photograph

Saint Paul's Lutheran Church and Town Hall

Date: 1931
Description: A tree near the city hall. The church, with a bell tower, is nearby in the background.
Photograph

Town Hall and First Congregational Church

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Description: View of Branford Town Hall and First Congregational Church, two Greek Revival buildings are located near a monument. The town hall was built in 1857 and f...
Postcard

Greetings from Green Bay, Wisconsin

Date: 1957
Description: Large Letter style postcard for Green Bay depicting various scenes in the letters that spell the name of the city. Caption reads: "Greetings from Green Bay...
Map or Atlas

Map of Langlade County, Wisconsin

Date: 1909
Description: A map of Langlade County, Wisconsin that shows townships and ranges, towns, cities and villages, wagon roads, churches, schools, sawmills, town halls, chee...
Map or Atlas

Map of Lincoln County, Wisconsin

Date: 1926
Description: A map of Lincoln County, Wisconsin that shows the township and range grid, towns, cities and villages, lakes and streams, residences, churches, school hous...

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