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| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Ashland, on the shores of Lake Superior, with insets of The Apostle Islands Chequamagon Bay & Ashland, and Distances from Ashland. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The screw passenger and freight vessel, Manistee. Faint typing on picture describes the loss of the Manistee on November 16, 1883. The ship <... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Bayfield, county seat of Bayfield County. On the lower left side is an inset for Bayfield and the Apostle Islands. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Superior, county seat of Douglas County, on the shores of Lake Superior, with insets of points of interest. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Washburn on Lake Superior. There is an inset of Washburn, Chequamagon and the Apostle Islands. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Cover art for a pamphlet advertising The Apostle Islands and Lake Superior. The upper half of the artwork depicts a sunset view of Lake Superior, and the b... |
| 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: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin map showing land offices, railroads completed, railroad land grants and Indian reservations. |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored map of Wisconsin that shows counties, cities, towns, villages, railroads, as well as the locations of railroad stations and post offices wit... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Map of Wisconsin including the eastern portions on Minnesota, Iowa, northern Illinois, and the western most portion of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, showing ... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored map of Wisconsin showing the nine congressional districts, it also shows the counties, cities, railroads, rivers, and lakes in the state. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored map of Wisconsin showing counties, cities, villages, railroads, lakes, and rivers in the state. The map also includes the eastern portions o... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | A detailed, hand-colored map of Wisconsin and the western portion of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, which also includes an inset of Isle Royale in Lake Superi... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored map of Wisconsin that also includes eastern Minnesota and Iowa, northern Illinois, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan showing the counties,... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored map of Wisconsin showing the railroads, counties, cities, towns, rivers, and lakes in the state. Also included in the map are the eastern po... |
| Date: | 06 1887 |
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| Description: | A map of southern Wisconsin, from the Illinois state border in the south to Rocky Run, Wisconsin in the north for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, showing th... |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | This map shows railroads, county boundaries, cities, towns, and waterways with relief shown by hachures. The prime meridians are: Greenwich and Washington.... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | This map shows railroads, county boundaries, cities, towns, and waterways with relief shown by hachures. The prime meridians are: Greenwich and Washington.... |
| Date: | 03 1882 |
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| Description: | Engraving after a drawing of the steamer Walk-in-the-Water, the first steamboat to sail the Great Lakes. |
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