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Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee in 1853

Date: 1937
Description: Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee in 1853 details building features and city layout from southwest. Important buildings are numbered in a silhouette drawing bel...
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Solomon Juneau, Founder of Milwaukee

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait engraving of Solomon Laurent Juneau (1793-1856), Wisconsin fur trader and politician.
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Milwaukee Iron Works Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead stationery featuring an engraving of the Milwaukee Iron Company foundry. The letter is from an officer of the company to noted geologist Increas...
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Berlin Woolen Mills Letterhead

Date: 1876
Description: Letterhead of the Berlin Woolen Mills bearing an engraving of the factory, which is unusual because of its French Mansard roof.
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McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1885
Description: Engraved bird's-eye view illustration of the "McCormick Harvesting Machine Company's Works," including railroad cars, smoke from smokestacks and factory wo...
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Northwestern Oil Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Northwestern Oil Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, jobbers in various types of oils, with an engraving of a barrel of oil with a spigot ov...
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Milwaukee Dry Dock Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Milwaukee Dry Dock Company, which operated two docks, with a view of a dock with ships, planks of wood, buildings, and the slogan, "Electri...
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A New Map of the English Empire in America viz Virginia, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Carolina, New England, Pennsylvania, New England, Pennsylvania, New Foundland, New France & c

Date: 1719
Description: Map of the British colonies and territories in North American, depicting cities, Native American land, rivers, mines, forts, trees, and topography east of ...
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The West Indies, Including Part of Virginia, North Carolina, East Florida, South Carolina, West Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and the Gulf of Mexico, with Part of the Coast of South America

Date: 1782
Description: Map of the West Indies and south eastern North America, remarkably detailed, showing cities, mountains, rivers, lakes, mines, plantations, forts, banks, an...
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Carte Contenant le Royaume du Mexique et la Floride: Dressez sur les Meilleures Observations & sur les Mémoires les plus Nouveaux

Date: 1719
Description: Map of North America showing political boundaries, areas of Indian habitation, cities, towns, ports, rivers, mines, and other notable for North America fro...
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A Map of Louisiana and of the River Mississipi

Date: 1720
Description: Map of North America from from the Rio Grande to the Atlantic Ocean, showing boundaries, the colonies, cities, settlements, mines, forts, Native American l...
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Louisiana, as Formerly Claimed by France: Now Containing Part of British America to the East & Spanish America to the West of the Mississipi

Date: 1765
Description: Detailed map composed for the London Magazine of the Mississippi River Valley at the conclusion of the French and Indian War. The British colonies themselv...
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Amplissimæ Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciæ Ludovicianæ: A R. P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss in America Septentrionali anno 1687

Date: 1720
Description: Detailed, ornate, and comprehensive map of America from the east coast to present day Texas. Numerous features appear throughout the map, including Native ...
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Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississipi Avec les Colonies Anglaises

Date: 1782
Description: Map of America covering the Rio Grande to the Atlantic Ocean, showing boundaries, the colonies, cities, settlements, Native American lands and villages, m...
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A Map of the Northern and Middle States: Comprehending the Western Territory and the British Dominions in North America from the Best Authorities

Date: 1792
Description: Map of the United States east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River. It shows the borders between the north eastern states, Canada and the U...
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A New and General Map of the Southern Dominions Belonging to the United States of America: Viz North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia with the Bordering Indian Countries, and the Spanish Possessions of Louisiana and Florida

Date: 1794
Description: Extremely detailed map of the south-eastern states, south from Virginia and east of the Mississippi River. It shows roads and paths, cities, towns, forts, ...
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A Map of the United States: Compiled Chiefly from the State Maps and Other Authentic Information

Date: 1795
Description: Heavily detailed and rare map of the United States. The map features the states, territories, cities, towns, forts, mines, mountains, swamps, lakes, and ri...
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États Unis

Date: 1805
Description: Map of the United States. It shows the states, cities, towns, Native American land, mountains, lakes, and rivers. Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio are labeled...
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Etats Unis de l'Amerique

Date: 1800
Description: Map of the United States. It shows the states, including Tennessee, cities, towns, Native American land, mountains, lakes, and rivers. Lead mines appear ju...

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