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| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Drawing of a ship being loaded by Elmore & Kelly's Elevator on Fort Howard River looking north. A town and a train are in the background. |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | View from riverbank of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad locomotive no. 142 on the Kilbourn bridge. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Color outline map of Dane County, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Colored print containing two images advertising the delivery of mail. The main image is of the large Michigan and Southern train labeled "The Fast Mail" de... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Illustrated map of Crawford County. On the bottom right is an inset of a group of people near a train on a railroad track. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Map of northern Wisconsin showing the lands owned by Cornell University (shaded portions) in 1877. The map depicts the lakes, river systems, towns, and th... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | A large group of men are snagging sturgeon from a bridge over the Wolf River. A sturgeon is hanging from a line. More men are sitting on a bridge support, ... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View across water toward the back side of a railroad station and outbuilding that face the creek. A hotel, garage, and homes are around the structure. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | An A.L. Dahl photograph, one of "Two different side views of the Suspension Bridge," from the series "Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge" as mentioned in ... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | This map shows block numbers, wards, roads, railroads, parks, and selected buildings and includes a "Milwaukee city street guide" as well as a guide to pub... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View of a lumber hooker ship at dock on the Root River. The 4th St. bridge spans the river at center. The Racine Woolen Mill is visible at right behind the... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored map of Wisconsin and Michigan detailing the states’ rivers, lakes, counties, town and cities. The map gives the greatest length, breadth, me... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | A geological survey map of Wisconsin, with hand-colored portions showing the surveys completed from 1873 to 1875. Although the title and legend are in Wel... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Map of Wisconsin showing counties and their county seats, towns and cities with over 3,000 inhabitants, the Detroit and Milwaukee Steam Ship Line, and both... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Map of Wisconsin and portions of Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois and Iowa show the major railway tracks and their connections in red and blue ink. Lakes, riv... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | A map of Wisconsin which shows the counties, county seats, those cities with over 3,000 inhabitants. The map also depicts the rivers, lakes, completed and ... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | A series of four hand-colored, geological maps of Wisconsin. Starting from the top of the page, the first map is of a section along the line of the 4th pri... |
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