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| Date: | 1849 |
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| Description: | A hand-drawn map of showing the two proposed routes from the Milwaukee River to the Moody’s Lime Quarry at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The map includes the route... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | A hand-drawn and colored map of the Milwaukee Township, showing how lands were used, included are parks, cemeteries, private grounds, and speculative land.... |
| Date: | 1830 |
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| Description: | An ink on paper, hand-drawn map of the town of Milwaukee, showing the divisions and landownership within the town by private individuals as well as those l... |
| Date: | 1835 |
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| Description: | This map is pen-and-ink on paper. The map shows landowners in "Milwalky" or present day Milwaukee. Includes "list of property offered to Mr. Walker". The m... |
| Date: | 1836 |
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| Description: | Pencil on tracing paper. Rough sketch of Milwaukee. Left top corner reads: "From Map of northern part of Illinois and the surveyed part of Wisconsin Territ... |
| Date: | 1836 |
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| Description: | This map shows settlers houses and businesses, trails, and swamps. The relief is shown by hachures. The map includes illustrations of historical buildings ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Map of Milwaukee as remembered by "Dr Enoch Chase, U.B. Smith & Others." Represented are major roads, lowlands, trails, homesteads, and lots. Map depicts t... |
| Date: | 06 1837 |
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| Description: | Pen-and-ink on paper. Shows riverside property west of the Milwaukee River. Inscribed by several early Milwaukee settlers, including Henry W. Cleveland, Cy... |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | Reproduction printed on glossy, cloth-backed paper. Right side includes "References," or points of interest that correspond to numbers on the map. Running ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down dirt road running through homes and trees in a neighborhood. A man stands in the road. Text at foot of photograph reads, "Toelle Ave. 138+12 Look... |
| Date: | 10 30 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of alley between houses in a neighborhood from railroad embankment. An elevated bridge is just visible in the far background. Text at foot of... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Two maps on one page, removed from an atlas. The first map shows Wisconsin and the upper peninsula of Michigan counties and townships while the second map ... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Two maps on one page. The first page is a map of Milwaukee County with insets "Plan of Pewaukee, Waukesha Co.," "Plan of Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co.," "Plan o... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Map of Merrill Estate property for sale and sold. Map reads: "Merrill Estate property (colored) lots marked X are sold for terms & prices inquire of S.H. C... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Map highlighting parks and other points of interest in Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | This map is an advertisement for Milwaukee street cars and motor buses and reads: "Ride the street car or motor bus. Economical, safe, dependable." Include... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Map showing the ward boundaries of Milwaukee. Each ward is numbered and boundary streets are labelled. The bottom right corner reads: "CITY ENGINEER'S DEPT... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | This map is accompanied by booklet: "Know Milwaukee Map and Street Guide". The map is a detailed map of Milwaukee and the surrounding suburbs. Streets and ... |
| Date: | 12 23 1949 |
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| Description: | Typed and printed ink on paper. Map lists and shows suburbs in 1940. Map reads: "Milwaukee Metropolitan district in 1940. Pub. in Bayrd Still’s Milwaukee, ... |
| Date: | 1848 |
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| 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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