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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...
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Northland Manor Development Corporation Coming to Madison

Date: 06 11 1958
Description: Paperwork is completed for Northland Manor Development Corporation to open an affiliate in Madison. Left to right: William Pessin (Milwaukee builder); Arth...
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Map of the County of La Crosse Wisconsin

Date: 1874
Description: Map shows townships and sections, landownership and acreages, railroads, and roads. The map was compiled by the civil engineer and city surveyor agent H.I....
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New Residential Construction

Date: 1960
Description: New residential construction on the outer southwest edge of Madison.
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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 ...
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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...
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Veith's Park Subdivision

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Description: Aerial view of Vieth's Park subdivision on the north shore of Lake Mendota.
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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 ...
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Landscape Plan for Floyd Place and Catlin Place, Lake Forest, Madison, Wis.

Date: 1918
Description: This is a collection of two maps. One map is blue line print that includes illustrations and shows the location of buildings, gardens, plant life, and spri...
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Demolition of St. Joseph's Catholic Church

Date: 11 05 1963
Description: A bulldozer demolishing St. Joseph's Catholic Church at 10 South Park Street as part of the Triangle area urban renewal project.
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University Hill Farms Development

Date: 01 31 1964
Description: Aerial view of University Hill Farms area which has grown from a cow pasture to a square-mile housing and business area. 4,000 people live in 750 single-fa...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
Photograph

Home Demolition on West Washington Avenue

Date: 12 01 1964
Description: A bulldozer demolishing five homes in the four hundred block of West Washington Avenue to make room for a six-story office building to be the Wisconsin hea...
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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...
Photograph

Demolition At "30 on the Square" Site

Date: 12 16 1964
Description: View of a crane about to swing a wrecking ball into a building wall at the 30 W. Mifflin Street and Carroll Street corner of the Square as a crowd is looki...
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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...
Photograph

"30 On the Square" Office Building

Date: 05 26 1965
Description: Stanly Sirotin is posing in front of the corner of the "30 On the Square" sky scraper. The low, steep angle of the photographer's camera, looking up, revea...
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Bird's Eye View of Greater Nakoma, Madison, Wisconsin : A Madison Realty Company Property

Date: 1920
Description: This bird's-eye-view map shows plat of area, numbered blocks and lots, local streets, roads, parks, golf club, schools, buildings, landscaping, and part of...

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