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Old Maid's Hall

Date: 1905
Description: A young woman, Jessie Underwood, reclining supported on one elbow on a fur rug in front of a piano. In front of her lying on the rug is a cat. Light comes ...
Magazine or Periodical

Edison's Electric Generator in Scientific American

Date: 10 18 1879
Description: Depiction of Edison's Electric Generator in the weekly journal of practical information, art, science, chemistry and manufactures. It is an electrical gene...
Map or Atlas

A Map of the New Continent According to its Greatest Diametrical Length from the River la Plata to Beyond the Lake of the Assiniboils

Date: 1780
Description: This map portrays North and South America at a very unusual angle, with north oriented towards the upper right corner. Colonies, Native American land, a fe...
Map or Atlas

A Map of New England, and Nova Scotia: With Part of New York, Canada, and New Britain & the Adjacent islands of New Found Land, Cape Breton &c.

Date: 1758
Description: Map showing lakes, rivers, cities, Native American land, and the boundaries of French and English claims in America and Canada north of New York. A title c...
Map or Atlas

An Accurate Map of the West Indies

Date: 1762
Description: Map including the land and islands surrounding the Gulf of Mexico. The regions and islands are labeled, as are a few rivers and cities. This map was engrav...
Map or Atlas

A New Map of North America from the Latest Discoveries

Date: 1763
Description: Map of America and part of Canada including the borders of European claims after the French and Indian War. Cities, forts, Native American lands, rivers, l...
Map or Atlas

A Map of the Present Seat of War in North America

Date: 1776
Description: Map of the American colonies and land east of the Mississippi River. Prominent cities, forts, Native American land, mountains, rivers and lakes are all sho...
Map or Atlas

A New and Correct Map of North America: In Which the Places of the Principal Engagements During the Present War are Accurately Inserted, and the Boundaries as Settled by Treaty in 1783 Clearly Marked

Date: 02 1783
Description: Map of the United States and one of the first to show the new boundaries created by the Preliminary Treaty signed on January 20, 1783. The former colonies ...
Map or Atlas

Louisiana, as Formerly Claimed by France: Now Containing Part of British America to the East & Spanish America to the West of the Mississipi

Date: 1765
Description: Detailed map composed for the London Magazine of the Mississippi River Valley at the conclusion of the French and Indian War. The British colonies themselv...
Map or Atlas

A Map of New England & Ye Country Adjacent: Extending Northward to Quebec, & Westward to Niagara, on Lake Ontario; Shewing Gen. Shirley and Gen. Johnson's Routs, & Many Places Omitted in Other Maps

Date: 1755
Description: Map of New England, with three inset maps of Fort Oswego, Fort du Quesne, and Fort Frederick. It shows colonies, a few cities, forts (marked as French or E...
Map or Atlas

A Map of 100 Miles Round Boston

Date: 1775
Description: Map of Boston and surrounding regions, from Massachusetts Bay to the Connecticut River, and including part of southern New Hampshire. It shows the colonies...
Photograph

Carolina

Date: 1675
Description: Map of the southeast coast of North America from Jamestown to modern Georgia. It shows European settlements, Native American land and villages, coastal fea...
Map or Atlas

A New Map of Virginia: From the Best Authorities

Date: 1762
Description: Map of Virginia and parts of Maryland. It shows borders, boundary lines, Native American tribes and land, towns, forts, roads, mountains, waterfalls, bays,...
Map or Atlas

A Map and Chart of Those Parts of the Bay of Chesapeak, York and James Rivers Which are at Present the Seat of War

Date: 1781
Description: Map of the southern portion of the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding lands. It shows counties, a few cities and towns, forts, roads, islands, topographical fe...
Map or Atlas

A New Map of the Cherokee Nation: Map with the Names of the Towns & Rivers They are Situated on. No. Lat. from 34 to 36 ́

Date: 1760
Description: Map showing the towns, mountains, valleys, corn fields, and rivers of a portion of the Cherokee Nation. A few annotations on the map explain the land and r...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Province of West Florida

Date: 1781
Description: Map of the British territory of West Florida, extending from the Mississippi River to the Apalachicola River. It shows the borders, cities, towns, forts, h...
Magazine or Periodical

Advice To The Young Architect

Date: 05 1931
Description: A magazine article titled, "Advice To The Young Architect," featuring a photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Photograph

Riverside High Boys Send Reading Materials

Date: 1918
Description: Several boys are posing with stacks of bound periodicals. An American flag is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Boys of Riverside High School, Milwaukee, ...
Photograph

Madison Free Library

Date: 01 28 1954
Description: A girl is sitting and working with material in the reference room of the Madison Free Library at 206 North Carroll Street.
Photograph

John Walsh and General Olson

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: John Walsh, University of Wisconsin boxing coach, is showing an issue of Esquire magazine to General Olson at a Rotary Club meeting. The February is...

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