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Book or Pamphlet

International CO-4000 Trucks

Date: 1965
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for International CO-4000 trucks with the "new top quality tilt-cab." Cover features color illustration of two deliv...
Photograph

La Crosse and Onalaska

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view of La Crosse, with Onalaska in the background. The highway is U.S. Highway 53 and the State Highway 35.
Photograph

Bridge in Lake Delton

Date: 1930
Description: Bridge on U.S. highway 12.
Photograph

Mississippi River by Highway 35

Date: 09 1962
Description: The Mississippi River along Highway 35.
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Highway Map

Date: 1941
Description: Official highway map of Wisconsin, "the playground of the Midwest," showing the state transportation network prior to World War II.
Photograph

State Highway 23-39 Construction

Date: 1955
Description: An aerial view of Mineral Point showing the construction of State Highway 23-39.
Photograph

Interstate Highway Bridge Construction

Date: 1960
Description: Excavation for bridge column footings for the Mirror Lake Bridge.
Photograph

Workers at Mirror Lake Bridge Construction

Date: 1960
Description: View from below looking up towards workers constructing and reinforcing the forms for the footings of the interstate highway bridge at Mirror Lake.
Photograph

Mirror Lake Bridge Construction

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of the construction of the interstate highway near Mirror Lake, showing only the early stages of the bridge construction.
Photograph

Mirror Lake Bridge Construction

Date: 11 16 1960
Description: Elevated view of the interstate highway bridge construction at Mirror Lake showing the concrete footings halfway down the embankment.
Photograph

Interstate at Camp Douglas

Date: 1979
Description: Aerial view of Interstate I-90/94 at Camp Douglas, looking northwest.
Photograph

Through the Windshield

Date: 07 21 1972
Description: A section of the Wisconsin Interstate I-90/94 in Juneau County as most motorists know it - through the windshield.
Photograph

Interstate Median

Date: 1965
Description: At many places in Wisconsin, the Interstate Highway is divided by a wide median strip that provides a scenic view for the motorist. This photograph shows ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Trunk Highway System of Wisconsin

Date: 1918
Description: "The playground of the Middle West." Showing the Numbered and Marked State Trunk Highway System and the Principal Secondary Highways; also locates Points o...
Photograph

Old I-94 Bridge at Twilight

Date: 06 1977
Description: A view of the St. Croix River crossing at Hudson during the development of the Interstate Bridge. The old eastbound bridge seen here was built in 1951 whil...
Map or Atlas

State of Wisconsin Highway Map

Date: 1913
Description: Wisconsin map showing fifteen hundred miles of national highways proposed by the National Highways Association. Scale: 1:2,500,000. These highways will dir...
Photograph

Interstate Dedication

Date: 10 06 1961
Description: Dedication ceremony for a section of Interstate Highway I-90 near the Wisconsin Dells, with a group of Native Americans watching from above. A Dells Fargo ...
Photograph

Aerial View of Arboretum and Isthmus

Date: 1961
Description: View over beltline of University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum along Lake Wingra. Lake Mendota is on upper left, and Lake Monona is on the right, with the...
Photograph

New Belt Line

Date: 09 26 1949
Description: A car drives down the western portion of the newly opened Madison belt line. The view is looking northwest in the region of Gilbert road (also Whitney Way)...
Photograph

Henry Hudson Parkway

Date: 1968
Description: Elevated view from steep hill of vehicles traveling on the tree-lined Henry Hudson Parkway.

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