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| 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: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Unloading coal from a large ship in Lake Superior onto land near Washburn. There is a large conveyor that has lights glowing in the dark sky. A large pile ... |
| 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: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A map depicting the for systems of land description in Wisconsin, which include metes and bounds, U.S. System of Rectangular Surveys, Latitude and longitud... |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | A map that was originally published around 1851 in S. Augustus Mitchell's New universal atlas, shows portions of present-day Iron and Vilas counties north ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of the ship "Alex B. Uhrig" in the process of coal unloading on the Reiss Coal Dock No. 2. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View of six men sitting on rattan furniture on a covered boat deck. Three men are wearing hats, and one man is smoking a cigar. Off the bow of the boat an ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | This map of Wisconsin, the western portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and northern Illinois shows counties, towns, cities and villages, rivers and lake... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | A young Aldo Leopold is posing smiling, wearing a jacket and bow tie while sitting on a pier. He is vacationing in the Cheneaux Islands. A shoreline with b... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored commercial map of Wisconsin and portions of eastern Minnesota, Iowa, northern Illinois, and the Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The map shows ra... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Chart of Lake Michigan noting soundings near shore and across the lake between harbors. Also included are portions of Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indian... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | This early 20th century map identifies the locations of the Divide Resort and Spider Lake Resort in Vilas County, Wisconsin. Also shown are trails, stage l... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Map of the barley-growing regions of North America, published by the Rahr Malting Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1952. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | This tourist map of Door County, Wisconsin, lists the points of interest and resorts in the area. An inset location map is included. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | "Issued by Door County Chamber of Commerce." Shows federal system highways, state highways, county trunk highways, country roads, and parks. Includes direc... |
| Date: | 1999 |
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| Description: | Map depicting the burned over area created by the fire on October 8, 1871. Map includes inset of Wisconsin and surrounding states with detail of area impac... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | This map shows industrial points of interest in Superior. The top of the map reads: "Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, as this Industrial Tour map indic... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | This map shows Ashland and Washburn harbors in shades of blue and yellow. Water depths shown by isolines and soundings, and relief is shown by contours. Th... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Catalog cover featuring an illustration of an Empire Drill on a map of the northeast United States. A railroad train is traveling east to west from Albany ... |
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