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| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | University Heights from the Chemistry Building on University Avenue. View includes the University of Wisconsin-Madison football field, on the former site o... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Drawn map showing planned development of Cornell, including a couple of schools, Oakwood cemetery, the public square, and several bridges and dams. |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Morgan L. Martin (1805-1887), Wisconsin lawyer, judge, politician, land speculator, and one of the leading figures in early Wisconsin history. Martin sett... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Advertisment of Leonard J. Farwell from the 1855 Madison City Directory for the real estate property he had for sale. At the time Farwell was the largest ... |
| Date: | 1836 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Letterhead for Moulton, Moran & Co. The logo shows North America and depicts Superior as the center of a hub with spokes going to Russia, to China and Japa... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1835 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 1837 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| 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.... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| 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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