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| Date: | 1847 |
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| Description: | Engraving of the McCormick Reaper Works as it appeared in 1847. The factory was located on the north bank of the Chicago River, east of the Michigan Avenue... |
| Date: | 1655 |
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| Description: | Christopher Columbus begins his first expedition, 1492. |
| Date: | 1655 |
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| Description: | Encounter with Indians during Christopher Columbus' first expedition in 1492. |
| Date: | 10 1844 |
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| Description: | A variant of a wood engraving dated October, 1844. Incorporated as the villige of Southport in 1841 (so-named because it was the southern-most natural harb... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Exterior of building, with arched main entrance. The road in front is crowded with pedestrians, trolleys, and horse-drawn vehicles. On the left is a boat ... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Milwaukee Willow Works, a manufacturer of children's carriages, willow ware, and toys, with a three-quarter view of the company building,... |
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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... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Engaved view depicting a dramatic sunset through clouds over Lake Michigan. Several sailing ships are in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of downtown Racine seen from Lake Michigan. Several vessels are entering the harbor, and a pier with a beacon is on the right. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Engraved image of a lock and dam at Sault St. Marie. Two men are operating the sluice as ships are waiting on the opposite side of the lock. Another man is... |
| Date: | 11 26 1898 |
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| Description: | Menu for a "Banquet tendered by the Union Iron Works to the Delegation from the Badger State" given at the Palace Hotel, with an etching of the Battleship ... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Johnson & Melaas, merchant tailors and cloth dealers, "Buyers of wool and Wisconsin leaf tobacco," with an engraving of a waterfront view of ... |
| Date: | 1750 |
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| Description: | Map of the northeast corner of America and Canada with hand-colored boundaries. The map shows colonies, Native American nations, fishing areas, and detaile... |
| Date: | 1783 |
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| Description: | This map is hand-colored and shows the boundaries of British, Spanish, and the newly recognized American claims, as well as the fishing rights granted to F... |
| Date: | 1556 |
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| Description: | One of the earliest obtainable maps to accurately (for its time) depict the Americas, this map shows more decorative than descriptive features. A few river... |
| Date: | 1627 |
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| Description: | Map of North and South America showing settlements, rivers, lakes, mountains, islands and regions of the western hemisphere. It includes an inset map of Gr... |
| Date: | 1630 |
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| Description: | One of the few maps by Dutch cartographer Willem Blaeu depicting the Americas, this map shows regions, settlements, islands, mountains, forests, rivers, an... |
| Date: | 1679 |
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| Description: | Decorative and detailed map of the eastern half of North America. Regions, cities, colonies, Native America land, rivers, lakes and some nautical features ... |
| Date: | 1700 |
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| Description: | Map of the western hemisphere showing settelments, coastal features, islands, rivers, lakes, and pictoral representations of forests and mountains. The Gre... |
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