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Bird's-Eye View of Wisconsin State University

Date: 1879
Description: Bird's-eye view of Wisconsin State University, now the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Vignettes include Ladies Hall, South Dormitory, University Hall, As...
Book or Pamphlet

Scenic Wisconsin Motorways

Date: 1924
Description: Front and back covers of Scenic Wisconsin Motorways, a guide to Wisconsin roads compiled by Victor F. Pettric and published by the Wisconsin Motorists Asso...
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Civil War Regiment

Date: 1862
Description: Birds-eye view of a Wisconsin Civil War regiment on parade in Fond du Lac, as drawn by Louis Kurz from the Marr Street Methodist Church. The regiment canno...
Photograph

West Washington Avenue Underpass Hearing

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Elevated view of eleven men sitting on the stage at Central High School auditorium conducting a hearing on the possibility of putting West Washington Avenu...
Photograph

Lowell Frautschi at West Washington Avenue Underpass Hearing

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Lowell Frautschi, Vice President Frautschi's Furniture Store, speaking at a hearing on the possibility of putting West Washington Avenue under the Chicago,...
Poster

Madison Traffic Experiment Poster

Date: 08 1971
Description: Poster advertising for an event occurring between August 1971 and February 1972 called the "Traffic Experiment," in Madison. Features screen printed silhou...
Map or Atlas

Campus Map

Date: 1959
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Numbers in circles identify buildings across campus with the building index. Black arrows point out important infor...
Photograph

The Triangle Filling Station

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the Triangle filling station on Highway 12, which sold gasoline, ice, and other items. A man stands in front by the gas pump, and a map of...
Poster

Underground Electric Railway Company: Motor Bus Travel Poster

Date: 1924
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the "The Way to London's Country by Motor Bus" using the Underground Electric Railway Company's motor bus servic...
Photograph

Alabama Demonstration Farm Plot

Date: 01 24 1924
Description: Plot for an International Harvester Company demonstration farm.
Map or Atlas

Cassville

Date: 
Description: Map of Cassville.
Photograph

Day's Service Station

Date: 1936
Description: View across road of a one-story building, Day's Service Station, with gasoline pumps and signs and a map out front. The signs read “Straight Ahead, 10 Mi. ...
Photograph

Day's Service Station Highway 77

Date: 1943
Description: View across road of Day's Service Station with gasoline pumps, maps and signs out front. The right half of the building is one-story high, and the left hal...
Photograph

River View Mobile Home Park

Date: 07 1987
Description: "Andy Schnitzler holds the plans for the 'River View Mobile Home Park' which will be developed in the fields behind."
Map or Atlas

The C-K Road Map of Wisconsin. Section 1

Date: 1896
Description: This map shows railroads, ordinary roads, good roads, township lines, county lines, county boundaries, towns, lakes, and rivers in the southeastern part ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Polk County, Wisconsin

Date: 1902
Description: This map shows townships, land parcels, schools, rivers, lakes, creameries, churches, cemeteries, roads, post offices, town halls, saw mills, roads and sto...
Map or Atlas

Sinclair 1933 Official Road Map, Wisconsin

Date: 1933
Description: A road map of Wisconsin, that shows the major and some minor roads of the state, population of the cities and towns, a scale and an index. The reverse side...
Map or Atlas

Official AAA Road Map, Wisconsin

Date: 1934
Description: This map features a road map with a legend and scale. The bigger cities and towns are highlighted in green. The back of the map includes an index, advertis...
Map or Atlas

Official Road Map, Wisconsin

Date: 1934
Description: A road map of Wisconsin sponsored by Conoco. The front side includes and index, scale, and legend. The reverse side includes United States road map, and i...
Map or Atlas

1934 Official Road Map, Wisconsin

Date: 1934
Description: Road map of Wisconsin compliments of Phillips Petroleum Company. The front side includes an index and scale. The reverse side shows a generic road map of t...

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