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Haley & Sons Building

Date: 04 23 1937
Description: Haley & Sons, building facade, "Insurance, Realtors, Northwestern Insured Savings," 124 State Street. In 1940 it became home of the First Federal Savings a...
Map or Atlas

100 Valuable Building Lots in Belmont

Date: 1836
Description: Lots to be sold at auction by Van Antwerp and Van Dyke on Monday, 3rd Oct. 1836. The map shows plots and labeled streets. Iowa County was later split and B...
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Horse-Drawn Carriage near Storefronts

Date: 1900
Description: Looking east across Pine Street at the F. A. Schwaller Music Store / Schwaller's Real Estate Office, flanked by Theodore Riel's dry goods and grocery store...
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Downtown Storefronts

Date: 1900
Description: Looking east across Pine Street at Jacob Black's dry goods store, with a display of hand fans in front window; Schwaller's Real Estate company is above Bla...
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Commerical Storefronts

Date: 1900
Description: Looking east across Pine street at the storefronts of J. Wien's clothing, dry goods, and grocery store, Black's Dry Goods store, Schwaller's Real Estate Of...
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Grand Avenue

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Description: Automobiles drive past storefronts and can be seen parked on either side of Grand Avenue. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk near the Citizens National Bank ...
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Grand Avenue

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Description: View down Grand Avenue. Automobiles park on either side of the avenue and drive down the street past traffic signs, stating, "Keep to the Right." On the ri...
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East Main Street

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Description: View down East Main Street featuring several storefronts. Published by S. Friedman.
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Sawyer County Bank (Hayward) Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Sawyer County Bank, of Hayward, Wisconsin, with the name of the bank in a banner, flanked by two images: a three-quarter view of the Real E...
Print

Pierce Simmons & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Banking House of Pierce Simmons & Company of Red Wing, Minnesota, with a view of the front of the bank building. People are walking or st...
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Chris. Schroeder & Sons Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Christian Schroeder & Sons, a real estate, loan, and insurance agent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of a residence, two m...
Map or Atlas

Map of Richland County, Wis.

Date: 1903
Description: This map of Richland County, Wisconsin, shows land ownership and acreages, the township and range grid, sections, cities, towns and post offices, roads, ra...
Map or Atlas

County of Vernon, Town of Viroqua, Township No. 13 North of Range No. 4 W

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Description: This 19th century manuscript map of the Town of Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin, is drawn on a printed township grid. It shows landownership, roads, and ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Clark and Wood Counties with a portion of Marathon County, Wisconsin

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Description: Map shows roads, railroads, rivers, and improved farms. Includes text on lands for sale and exchange by B.W. Pulling, successor to Marshfield Land Company....
Map or Atlas

Map Showing Parts of Rusk, Chippewa, Taylor, and Barron Counties, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: Shows land for sale by Rusk Farm Co. in Rusk and Chippewa Counties, as well as farmhouses, roads, and railroads.
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down street at intersection of commercial buildings on both sides. On the left is a drug store/soda fountain, restaurant and a cafe. On the right is a...
Map or Atlas

Locality Map, Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1967
Description: Shows projects and proposed projects, some zoning districts, public housing sites (Project Wis.-3-183-4), streets, and proposed streets. Upper left hand co...
Map or Atlas

Elkton, Dunn County, Wisconsin

Date: 1890
Description: Shows plat of town, local streets, steam boat landings, and Chippewa River. Public square and Muskoo Island hand-colored. Map reads: "Full Lots are 125x66 ...
Photograph

Main Street Looking East

Date: 1912
Description: View down Main Street. On the left is a bowling alley/billiard parlor, a real estate/insurance business, and a livery/garage. On the next block is City Hal...
Map or Atlas

New Sectional Map of Duluth Superior and Vicinity

Date: 1898
Description: This map of Duluth and Superior show lands that "will be for sale soon" in portions of Douglas County, Wisconsin and Saint Louis County, Minnesota. The map...

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