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Train on Railroad Bridge

Date: 1890
Description: Wisconsin Central Railroad train on White River Bridge, with crew posing on top of cars. The bridge was 1600 feet long and 110 feet above the water. In 187...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of the City of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye map of Chippewa Falls.
Map or Atlas

Lodi, Columbia County, Wisconsin

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye map of Lodi, with inset of Public School. Includes index of churches and points of interest.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Wausau

Date: 1879
Description: This map is a bird's-eye view of Wausau, the County Seat of Marathon County. The map features an index of points of interest.
Photograph

Aerial View of City Along River

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the city and the river.
Photograph

Two Medicine Bridge

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Description: Two Medicine Bridge, part of the Gulf and Northern Railroad.
Postcard

St. Croix River

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of the St. Croix River, Northwest Railroad, bridge, and part of the town of Hudson. Caption reads: "Hudson, Wis. Bird's Eye View, showing St....
Photograph

Bridge Over Mississippi River

Date: 1940
Description: Aerial view of the bridge spanning the Mississippi River in La Crosse.
Photograph

Railroad Crossing with Rubber Paving

Date: 1925
Description: View of the railroad crossing where rubber paving was used for the first time in the United States. Caption at top reads: "First Rubber Crossing in U.S. S....
Map or Atlas

City of Appleton Plat Map

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Description: Plat map of the east central part of the city.
Photograph

Elevated View of City — Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Date: 1915
Description: Advertisement reads: "Castle-Pierce Printing Company" and "Feb. 1915". Text on right reads: "The Heart of Oshkosh. This birds-eye view represents about one...
Photograph

C.M.&St.P Locomotive on Bridge

Date: 1878
Description: View from riverbank of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad locomotive no. 142 on the Kilbourn bridge.
Photograph

Washington Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of the Washington Bridge, crossing over numerous railroad tracks. In the foreground is a train engine, dwellings, and a dilapidated brick str...
Photograph

Elevated View of Elizabeth River and Railroad

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Description: Elevated view of the city, which includes a factory, numerous buildings, railroad tracks, a bridge, Elizabeth river, and hills in the background.
Photograph

Small Settlement by River and Railroad

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Description: Elevated view of a small settlement between two mountains and alongside a river with tracks of the first transcontinental railroad passing through. A bridg...
Photograph

Railroad Bridge Over Red Cedar River

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Description: A railroad bridge crosses over Red Cedar River.
Book or Pamphlet

Bird's-Eye View of the Paine Lumber Company

Date: 1902
Description: Two panoramic bird's-eye views of the Paine Lumber Company, including the general plant, sawmill, and lumber yards. Heading at the top says: Home of Wiscon...
Map or Atlas

Map of Oneida County, Wisconsin

Date: 1908
Description: This early 20th century map shows the township and range system, sections, state-owned land, selected buildings and landownership, railroads, bridges, and ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Oneida County : on the "Soo Line," One of the Garden Spots in the State of Wisconsin.

Date: 1908
Description: This 1908 map shows the township and range grid, sections, towns, villages, railroads, bridges, lakes, streams, rapids, and state-owned lands in Oneida Cou...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Date: 1897
Description: This 1897 map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections, roads, farm houses, camps, school houses, dams, bridges, Indian r...

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