Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Maps
Filter: Year of 1800-1899
Filter: Year of 1870-1879
| Date: | 1879 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Wisconsin State University, now the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Vignettes include Ladies Hall, South Dormitory, University Hall, As... |
| Date: | 1870 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Cover of advertising catalog for E. Ball & Company, "Manufacturers of The World mower and reaper and Tornado thresher." The cover features a color chromoli... |
| Date: | 1870 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the city of Manitowoc with a population of 5,168 inhabitants as it appears in 1870, the year the village was granted a city charter by t... |
| Date: | 1874 |
|---|---|
| Description: | The Ole Wettlesen family poses in the yard in front of a picket fence with women knitting. Two standing men appear to be examining an unfolded map. The fra... |
| Date: | 08 24 1876 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Hand-drawn plan of the battleground of Huycks. |
| Date: | 03 26 1876 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Hand-drawn map showing the place of Hook's defeat in York County in South Carolina. |
| Date: | 1870 |
|---|---|
| Description: | This map is mostly pencil on paper map but includes latitude and longitude grid in ink. The map covers the Mississippi River from Lake Itasca to the Wiscon... |
| Date: | 1878 |
|---|---|
| Description: | This lithograph shows Greenland, North America, Central America, South America, Polynesia, Australia, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Arctic Oce... |
| Date: | 1878 |
|---|---|
| Description: | This lithograph shows Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Antarctic Continent, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Oce... |
| Date: | 1878 |
|---|---|
| Description: | This map shows 13 districts throughout the state. Congressional districts are outlined in red and judicial districts are outlined in blue as show borders a... |
| Date: | 1878 |
|---|---|
| Description: | This map shows geographic regions of the entire state. The bottom left corner includes an "Explanation of Color": Laurentien Granite (pink), Huronian Iron-... |
| Date: | 1878 |
|---|---|
| Description: | This map shows climate information for an entire year with an explanation key in the lower left corner of colors: Mean Temperature for the Year (red), Mean... |
| Date: | 1878 |
|---|---|
| Description: | This map shows ward boundaries in red, as well as counties, communities, rivers, lakes, Lake Michigan, and Lake Superior. The bottom left corner includes a... |
| Date: | 1878 |
|---|---|
| Description: | This print shows eight former Governors of Wisconsin. In date order: "Louis P. Harvey, 1862 til April 20"; "Edward Salomon, April 20 1862-1864"; "James T. ... |
| Date: | 1871 |
|---|---|
| Description: | This maps shows the entire state with an inset map in the lower left corner of Milwaukee. Railroads, roads, canals, the state capital, towns, cities, towns... |
| Date: | 1871 |
|---|---|
| Description: | This map shows the entire state, county boundaries, railroads, cities and towns, Lake Superior, and the extent of surveyed townships with Public Land Surve... |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at:
