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Swiss Colony of New Glarus, Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: Bird's-eye drawing of New Glarus.
Photograph

Black River Falls

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of the river and town. Probably prior to 1885 because the Van Schaick building/photograph gallery is not constructed on Second Street.
Photograph

Elevated View of Town and River

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of buildings in town with river in the background.
Postcard

Fountain City

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of Fountain City with the Mississippi River in the background.
Photograph

First Congregational Church and the Gates of Heaven Synagogue

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the First Congregational Church and chapel at the corner of North Fairchild Street and West Washington Avenue. The Gates of Heaven Synagog...
Photograph

Elevated View of Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 1868
Description: Elevated view up Wisconsin Avenue showing City Hall on the corner at Mifflin Street on the left, with the Post Office to the right. Further down is the Pre...
Photograph

Boys on Ohio River Shore

Date: 05 12 1894
Description: Four boys stand on the shoreline of the Ohio River, seeing Reuben and Jessie Thwaites off. Buildings and a church steeple can be seen in the background.
Photograph

Wintery View of Mississippi River

Date: 1890
Description: A view from a hill overlooking the town of Alma, on the banks of the Mississippi River, which is frozen. Several churches and residential houses are visibl...
Photograph

View of Alma, Wisconsin from the Mississippi River

Date: 1897
Description: View of Alma from the Mississippi River, with wing dam on right.
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol and Isthmus

Date: 
Description: Elevated panoramic view of the isthmus and the Wisconsin State Capitol building from the corner of Mifflin and State Streets. Lake Mendota and Lake Monona ...
Photograph

Elevated View of Belleville

Date: 1916
Description: Bird's-eye view of town. Fields, with farms and fences, surround the town made up of numerous dwellings and a church.
Photograph

River Church

Date: 1974
Description: "The River Church on Hwy AY."
Photograph

Residential District

Date: 1963
Description: "The view south from St. Theresa Catholic Church."
Photograph

Looking Northwest from Cemetery

Date: 1922
Description: View from the hilltop at the Genoa cemetery looking down towards the village, the Mississippi River and the Minnesota border.
Photograph

View from Hill of Cross Plains

Date: 1928
Description: View from grassy hill of uptown Cross Plains. The Catholic Church (St. Francis Xavier) is on the right, and farmhouses and other buildings are among fields...
Photograph

Elevated View of Madison in Eagle Heights

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Madison through trees. Lake Mendota, buildings of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, including the Washburn Observatory are along the sh...
Photograph

Water Tower on East Washington Avenue

Date: 
Description: Elevated view from the Wisconsin State Capitol of the old water tower, and an expansive view of the city with church steeples, houses, commercial buildings...
Drawing

Descending the Bluff

Date: 1948
Description: A pencil drawing of two men descending a bluff with oxen and a wagon to Winona, Minnesota. There is a church in the town below and the Mississippi River is...
Photograph

Holy Hill

Date: 10 16 1930
Description: A group of men and women on horseback pausing during a fox hunt. They are in traditional fox hunting attire. The Basilica of Holy Hill is in the distance. ...

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