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| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the city of Manitowoc with a population of 5,168 inhabitants as it appears in 1870, the year the village was granted a city charter by t... |
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| Description: | Arthur W. Page (far left in eyeglasses and hat), poses with business associates and a little girl in costume. The Statue of Liberty is in the background. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting both New York City as "the wonder city of the world," and train travel. Featuring the artist Adolph Treidler, the poster d... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Statue of Liberty and surrounding buildings on Liberty Island. A large ship is docked at the island and the waters of the New York Upp... |
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| Description: | General view of the city's shoreline featuring a ship moored at the main pier. |
| 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: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking down gutter of roof towards the British volunteer forces parading in Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia right before they disembarked fr... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Sturgeon Bay in 1900. Sturgeon Bay Bridge spans the bay and several boats are on the water. A lighthouse sits on a small island in the bay... |
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| Description: | Composite photograph in the "Tall Tale" style. An enormous bovine stands on the front deck of the Pere Marquette 21, a steamer. On the right, on the... |
| Date: | 1715 |
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| Description: | A map of the countries and islands surrounding the Gulf of Mexico. The hand-colored borders separate the territories of England, France, Spain, and Holland... |
| Date: | 1720 |
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| Description: | One of Herman Moll's most famous maps, often referred to as The Beaver Map for its elaborate engraved inset depicting and describing beavers building a dam... |
| Date: | 1715 |
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| Description: | One of Herman Moll's most famous maps, often referred to as The Codfish Map, it shows rivers and portages, cities, Indian villages, wind directions, routes... |
| Date: | 1719 |
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| Description: | Map of the British colonies and territories in North American, depicting cities, Native American land, rivers, mines, forts, trees, and topography east of ... |
| Date: | 1720 |
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| Description: | This map of North America shows cities, rivers, lakes, and a few topographical features, complete with numerous descriptive blocks of text about expedition... |
| Date: | 1777 |
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| Description: | Map showing the Hudson River in three sections, from New York City up through Lake Champlain, including cities, forts, roads, topographical features, and n... |
| 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: | 1733 |
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| Description: | This map of North America shows settlements, rivers, lakes, Native American land, trade winds, and numerous topographical features such as forests and moun... |
| Date: | 1795 |
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| Description: | Map of Maine, showing a few cities, harbors, hills, mountains, lakes, and rivers. A road runs from Pownalboro south to Portsmouth harbor, and the boundary ... |
| Date: | 11 1781 |
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| Description: | Map of New York, Staten Island, and Long Island, showing the placements of forts, and the movement of troops in 1776. The map also includes towns, cities, ... |
| Date: | 1763 |
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| Description: | Map showing the new British territories of East and West Florida following the Treaty of Paris at the end of the French and Indian War. It shows boundaries... |
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