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| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Wisconsin State University, now the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Vignettes include Ladies Hall, South Dormitory, University Hall, As... |
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| Description: | Looking West from Knight Block, with shipping piers and sailing ships on right side, railroad on left, trees in background. Horse-drawn carriages on street... |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the Elmside lots for summer homes by Lake Monona. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Calumet Harbor on Lake Winnebago. On the left is a map, and on the right are two images, one captioned: "Calumet Harbor". |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of some of the 26 lakes known collectively as the Chain O' Lakes. Caption reads: "Aeroplane View of Chain O'Lakes, Waupaca, Wis." |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | The Lake Forest community plan, a model community that was planned for the site where the University of Wisconsin Arboretum now stands. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | A map showing the design for a park fronting on Lake Monona Bay. (Now called Brittingham Park) taken from between pages 44 & 45 of the 1905 Madison Park a... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Numbers in circles identify buildings across campus with the building index. Black arrows point out important infor... |
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| Description: | A pen drawing, in the style of a birds-eye map, of Frank and Delia King's estate Folly Farm in Kissimee, Florida. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | A drawing of the 5.3 mile race course around Elkhart Lake. Page 12 and 13 of the official program from Elkhart Lake Road Race. The race took place on Sunda... |
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| Description: | Wisconsin promotional decal with a map of the state, with many cities marked and drawings of some Wisconsin icons: cheese, cows, deer, beer, Wisconsin Dell... |
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| Description: | Back, front, and inside front cover of the menu from The Restaurant at Baron's department store, with "A Historical Map of Madison" focusing on the isthmus... |
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| Description: | Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying three photographs. In one photograph Barbara Ellen Joy, camp owner and co-director, cooks over a large grill are... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Four Lakes Aquatennial, sponsored by the Four Lakes Club and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, with a background illustration of the chain of... |
| Date: | 04 15 1915 |
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| Description: | A sketch of Little Lake Butte des Morts and the surrounding area, including Neenah and Menasha. |
| Date: | 08 13 1965 |
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| Description: | H.O. Lord, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District chief engineer, outlining the existing sewerage district on a map. Lord is trying to educate the public c... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | This map shows railroads, ordinary roads, good roads, township lines, county lines, county boundaries, towns, lakes, and rivers in the southeastern part ... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | This map shows the conditions of the forest. Includes a color legend in left margin, depicting the various conditions. Original caption reads, "Compiled by... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | This map shows railroads, cities, rivers, lakes, and county boundaries. Select railroads are outlined in red. Portions of western Wisconsin Minnesota are v... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Front cover and interior of banquet menu for Mexican President Porfirio Diaz, to celebrate the construction of a drainage canal between Lake Texcoco and La... |
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