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| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Map reads "Our Country" which is accompanied by a sailor with a flag to the left and workers rejoicing under the Constitution and Laws to the right. Across... |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | Map reads, "Map of Wisconsin". The map includes the counties, an inset of the city of Milwaukee, total population of each county and of the state. The scal... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Map reads: "Johnson's Wisconsin and Michigan". There is a decorative border, a scale of which ten miles is approximately one inch and individual counties d... |
| Date: | 1784 |
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| Description: | Map of The United States of America according to the Treaty of Peace of 1784. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Official state highway map, with insets of cities. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of International Harvester's Wisconsin Steel Works, with a river and Lake Michigan in the background. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Section 3 of 12, this bicycle road map features Wisconsin bicycle routes in the counties of Winnebago, Calumet, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Brown, Kewaunee, and ... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | A color map detailing Ashland and Bayfield counties, including Lake Superior and the Apostle Islands. |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | 1859 sectional map of the state of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Map of northern Wisconsin showing the lands owned by Cornell University (shaded portions) in 1877. The map depicts the lakes, river systems, towns, and th... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A map of primarily of Wisconsin, but also includes the areas of northern Illinois, eastern portions of Minnesota and Iowa, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, ... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | A bird's-eye map of Menekaune, Menominee and Marinette. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | The bay shore of Menominee filled with driftwood. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Color illustration of the grounds and buildings of the 1893 World's Fair or Columbian Exposition. |
| Date: | 1835 |
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| Description: | Ink on tracing paper map of Green Bay, Wisconsin and nearby areas, Lake Winnebago, Fox and Wolf Rivers, and the junctions of the Mississippi and Wisconsin ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A map of Wisconsin showing cities and towns, rivers, lakes, and railroads. Other areas included in the map are the western portion of Michigan's Upper Pen... |
| 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: | 1847 |
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| Description: | In 1847, a year before Wisconsin entered statehood, most of the county shapes in southeastern and southern Wisconsin looked the same as they do today, wher... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Drawn around 1855, this map shows the placement of railroad tracks in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois connecting Milwaukee, Prairie du Chien, Gale... |
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