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A Bird's-Eye View of the City of Ashland, Wis. County Seat of Ashland Co.

Date: 1886
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.
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Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1862
Description: Drawn the second year of the Civil War, this 1862 map of Milwaukee shows post offices, light houses, beacon lights, county buildings, elevator warehouses, ...
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Kenosha, Wis.

Date: 12 1882
Description: Bird's-eye map of Kenosha.
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Bird's-Eye View of Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1880
Description: Bird's-eye map of Sturgeon Bay. County Seat of Door County.
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The City of Chicago

Date: 1892
Description: Bird's-eye view of Chicago, with ships in the Lake Michigan harbor.
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Continental View of World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1892
Description: Bird's-eye view of the Columbian Exposition pavilions from the vantage point of Lake Michigan. Included is an inset of the Union Passenger Station (now Uni...
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Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1876
Description: Made from U.S. Surveys and from minutes furnished by Jos. S. Buck and Dr. C. Chase. Scale 20 CHs to an inch.
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Milwaukee Harbor Improvement

Date: 1853
Description: Plan no. 3. Scale 2000 feet to one inch.
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Sheboygan Harbor Wisconsin

Date: 1857
Description: This map of Sheboygan Harbor shows the river mouth and harbor, piers, wharfs, piles of old destroyed bridge wharfs, streets, and the lake shore from survey...
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Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1880
Description: Map of Wisconsin including the eastern portions on Minnesota, Iowa, northern Illinois, and the western most portion of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, showing ...
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Map of Ahnepee [sic] Harbor and River, Wisconsin : Showing Project of Improvement Recommended by the Board of Engineers

Date: 1876
Description: This 1876 map shows the mouth of the Ahnapee River at Algoma, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, with soundings given in tenths of a foot. Proposed improvements a...
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Apostle Islands and Harbor of Bayfield and Its Surroundings

Date: 1871
Description: Asaph Whittlesey arrived in Ashland in 1854, one of the earliest of the settlers who hoped the area would grow and make their fortunes. He drew this map of...
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Apostle Islands and Harbor of Bayfield and Its Surroundings

Date: 1871
Description: Asaph Whittlesey arrived in Ashland in 1854, one of the earliest of the settlers who hoped the area would grow and make their fortunes. He drew this map of...
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Map of the Milwaukee Bay Showing the Site of the Proposed Harbor

Date: 1836
Description: This map is pen-and-ink on paper and shows marshlands, rivers, creeks, a quarry, and a few roads.
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My Recollections of Jones Island and Vicinity

Date: 1848
Description: Pen-and-ink on paper. The title of the map is inscribed on the back. The map shows buildings, roads, marshes, wild rice, piles and docks, deep water, and o...
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Map Showing Proposed Location of Bayfield Transfer R'.Y Co.'s Docks at Towns of Bayfield & Dalrymple

Date: 1892
Description: This map of Bayfield shows roads, lots, and township boundaries. The map was originally published on one sheet but is now separated into front and back. On...
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Kenosha Harbor & Bar, Wisconsin

Date: 1855
Description: This map has relief shown by hachures and soundings and shows local streets, proposed roads, railroads, bridge wharfs, basin, north arm, and west arm of Ke...
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Map of Two Rivers Harbor Wisconsin

Date: 1875
Description: This map oriented with the north to the upper left is ink, mounted on clothe. The depths of the water are shown by soundings. A handwritten inscription on ...
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Map of Port Washington Harbor

Date: 1876
Description: This map shows existing and proposed harbor improvements, streets, the Sauk River, and Lake Michigan. On the bottom of the map inscribed in ink is: "44th C...
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Kenosha Harbor, Wisconsin

Date: 1857
Description: This map was created from a survey made in December 1855 and shows local streets, proposed roads, railroads, the lake shore, bridge wharfs, the basin, the ...

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