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| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Official highway map of Wisconsin, "the playground of the Midwest," showing the state transportation network prior to World War II. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the construction of the interstate highway near Mirror Lake, showing only the early stages of the bridge construction. |
| Date: | 11 16 1960 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the interstate highway bridge construction at Mirror Lake showing the concrete footings halfway down the embankment. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin map showing fifteen hundred miles of national highways proposed by the National Highways Association. Scale: 1:2,500,000. These highways will dir... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Official state highway map, with insets of cities. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | View over beltline of University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum along Lake Wingra. Lake Mendota is on upper left, and Lake Monona is on the right, with the... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | This map shows trails, some in red, for automobiles. The right margin includes a key of markings as well as Minnesota and Wisconsin Highway signs. Communit... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A map of Wisconsin that shows 1,900 miles of national highways proposed for the state. The map also includes the names and locations of towns and cities th... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Two maps, the first one on the left shows the state highway system, and the route and location of the proposed Northern Lakes Park. The second map shows a ... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | This early road map shows the system of roads in Wisconsin, northern Illinois, northeastern Iowa, southeastern Minnesota, and the western portion of Michig... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | This map of south central Wisconsin shows lakes, rivers, cities, villages, highways and roads, railroads, Indian mounds, and points of scenic and historic ... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | This road map shows state and county roads in Wisconsin, northern Illinois, northeastern Iowa, eastern Minnesota, and the western portion of Michigan's Upp... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | This map of Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota identifies federal and state highways in the area. Railroads are shown with the mileage between stops indicated... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | This three-part map from the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads identifies highways in Wisconsin that have been improved, indicating those which are federal highw... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | This 1936 Wisconsin Conservation Dept. map shows the locations of state forestry Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps, closed state forestry CCC camps, ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | This nine-part map from the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads identifies federal and state highways in Wisconsin by pavement type. County, forest, park, and publ... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | This nine-part map from the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads identifies federal and state highways in Wisconsin by pavement type. County, forest, park, and publ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | This road map shows federal, state and county roads in Wisconsin, northern Illinois, northeastern Iowa, eastern Minnesota, and the western portion of Michi... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | A map of Iron County, Wisconsin, shows sections and the towns of Upson, Hurley, Hamilton, Saxon, and Mercer, lakes and streams, villages, railroads, roads ... |
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| Description: | A brochure and map of Jefferson County, Wisconsin, which includes color illustrations, a highway map of the county, a location map, and descriptions of poi... |
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