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Map or Atlas

Prairie du Sac. Sauk County, Wisconsin. Looking North West

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye map of Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin with an inset of Clifton.
Print

Bird's-Eye View of Janesville

Date: 1860
Description: Bird's-eye view of Janesville from the High School building.
Photograph

Railroad Bridge Construction

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Description: Railroad bridge construction at an unknown location somewhere on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad line. There is a church in the background on...
Photograph

Billboards on Water Street

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Description: Billboards with advertising for the "Georgia Up-To-Date Minstrels" at the Opera House on Saturday, April 7. Bridge visible to the left. The J.J. McGillivra...
Photograph

Crowd Near River

Date: 
Description: Crowd on the rocky shore of the river, the railroad bridge in the distance.
Postcard

P.H. Best Brewing Company

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Description: Southside Brewery, formerly the Melm's Brewery. A bridge, a boat, a river, several small buildings, and horse-drawn vehicles are in the foreground. Caption...
Photograph

Group of People Along a Rocky Shoreline

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Description: A group of people gather along the shore of a river with a horse-drawn vehicle. In the distance is a railroad bridge.
Photograph

Horse-Drawn McCormick Binder on Path under Railroad Bridge

Date: 1900
Description: A man is driving a horse-drawn McCormick binder down a path that runs underneath a railroad bridge.
Photograph

Bird's Eye View of Cyclone Wreckage

Date: 06 1899
Description: Elevated view of New Richmond after the tornado hit on June 12, 1899. Many people are gathered around the railroad tracks and a few others are seen among t...
Photograph

High Angle View of Tornado Aftermath

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: Elevated view toward the horizon over a bridge on a river of the widespread destruction left in the wake of a tornado. Destroyed houses litter the scene an...
Photograph

Ice Harvesting on the Black River

Date: 
Description: Six men harvesting ice, probably from above the river dam on the Black River, in front of the railroad bridge. There is a horse standing on the ice on the ...
Photograph

Bridge Over River

Date: 
Description: Elevated view over buildings of men and women walking across a bridge over a high river. There is a railroad bridge in the background.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 648-655

Date: 
Description: His mind wandered without rescue

The man is innocent.

and had to be brought home to the corner
and stapled to the ground
Book or Pamphlet

N.C. Thompson Advertising Booklet

Date: 1880
Description: Front page of booklet with an engraving of a man with a team of two horses in a field with the "Celebrated Gorham Sulky Cultivator."
Photograph

Corn Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 07 30 1912
Description: Corn Binder outdoor in the yard at McCormick Works. There is a horse-drawn wagon on the right, and behind are railroad cars on a raised platform.
Photograph

Push Binder Header

Date: 04 06 1915
Description: Push Binder Header outdoors in the factory yard. A horse-drawn wagon is on the right next to a brick factory building. In the far background are railroad c...
Photograph

Machinery Part in McCormick Works Factory Yard

Date: 04 14 1915
Description: A piece of machinery is set-up on the cobblestones. There is an automobile parked on the left, and behind it is a man sitting on a horse-drawn wagon. In th...
Photograph

Machinery Part in McCormick Works Factory Yard

Date: 04 14 1915
Description: A piece of machinery is set-up on the cobblestones. There is an automobile parked on the left, and behind it is a man sitting on a horse-drawn wagon. In th...
Photograph

Tractor-Drawn Corn Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 05 28 1919
Description: Tractor-Drawn Corn Binder outdoors in factory yard. Parts are stacked near a building on the left. An automobile and a horse-drawn wagon are in the backgro...

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