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Aerial View of Midvale Neighborhood

Date: 06 07 1954
Description: Aerial view looking north from near the city's southwestern limits in 1954. Shows text indicating Midvale Boulevard, Odana Road, Tokay Boulevard, Mineral P...
Map or Atlas

City Plans for Cornell

Date: 1867
Description: Drawn map showing planned development of Cornell, including a couple of schools, Oakwood cemetery, the public square, and several bridges and dams.
Photograph

Aerial View over Maple Bluff Country Club

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view looking south from a point over the Maple Bluff country club golf course (foreground). A new housing development in the mid-ground and Maple Bl...
Poster

Elmside Addition to Madison

Date: 
Description: Poster advertising the Elmside lots for summer homes by Lake Monona.
Map or Atlas

Plan of Kohler

Date: 1913
Description: The plan of Kohler.
Map or Atlas

Ojibwa, Wisconsin Plat Map

Date: 1919
Description: This is a collection of three hand-colored plat maps. One map is a plat plan and includes annotations and an index that shows public land, business, indust...
Postcard

University Hill Farms

Date: 09 1958
Description: An aerial view of University Hill Farms on Madison's west side, a complete 604 acre community developed by the Regents of the University of Wisconsin. Real...
Photograph

Reinforcing Stream Bank

Date: 
Description: Rocks placed to control the flow of Dale Creek. A house is visible in the background. This picture was likely taken as a study of the water drainage in ear...
Map or Atlas

Map Showing Cornell University Lands in Wisconsin for Sale

Date: 1877
Description: This map shows the lands in northern Wisconsin owned by Cornell University that were for sale. Text on the map encourages interested buyers to seek more in...
Map or Atlas

Township no. 24 N., Range no. 20 East, 4th Mer. : Military Reservation for Fort Howard

Date: 1914
Description: This map is a photostat copy from the original 1829 map in the War Department. The map shows location of Fort Howard, lots, land claims of Jacques Porlier ...
Map or Atlas

Rough Map of Milwalky and the Adjacent Country

Date: 1835
Description: This map is pen-and-ink on paper. The map shows landowners in "Milwalky" or present day Milwaukee. Includes "list of property offered to Mr. Walker". The m...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee Made for M.L. Martin and Solomon Juneau, With Their Signatures

Date: 06 1837
Description: Pen-and-ink on paper. Shows riverside property west of the Milwaukee River. Inscribed by several early Milwaukee settlers, including Henry W. Cleveland, Cy...
Map or Atlas

Zoning Map Showing Use Districts Town of Wauwatosa Milwaukee County Wisconsin

Date: 1939
Description: This is a zoning map of Wauwatosa with a key of districts including agricultural, resident, business, commercial, and industrial. The map features labeled ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of La Crosse Accompanied by Plats of Various Subdivisions of the City

Date: 1874
Description: This map of La Crosse is accompanied by other plats of subdivision of the city. The relief is shown by hachures. The additions include: Rudolf Gripps Addit...
Photograph

The First of the Nakomas

Date: 10 30 1915
Description: Outdoor group portrait of people identified as "settlers" (lot buyers) to the Nakoma development. Many of the people are wearing or holding a long-stemmed ...
Map or Atlas

Private Claims at Green Bay

Date: 1900
Description: This photostat map was probably originally created in 1835 and shows in addition to private claims, mills, roads, and trails. Green Bay and the Fox River a...
Map or Atlas

Map Showing Settlements Along the Fox River Five Miles Inland From Green Bay

Date: 1900
Description: This photocopied map shows private claim owners, buildings, and land use in 1818. Insets show Fort Howard and the caption reads: "A view of the Fox River ...
Map or Atlas

St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad : and Branches, Showing Their Land Grants

Date: 1880
Description: This map covers parts of Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota and advertised 1,000,000 acres of land available. Communities, roads, and railroad lines are lab...
Map or Atlas

Map of Lake Geneva

Date: 1900
Description: A map of Lake Geneva, including the villages of Williams Bay and Fontana, and a portion of the city of Lake Geneva. The Chicago and Northwestern Railway li...
Map or Atlas

Part of Kaukauna Showing Green Bay & Miss. Canal Co's Property

Date: 1891
Description: This blueprint manuscript map shows land owned by Green Bay & Mississippi Canal Co., Meade, Vilas, Patten, and Hewitt. Streets and the Fox River are labele...

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