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First Three Buildings on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

Date: 1865
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison campus showing the first three buildings on campus, South Hall (left), University Hall [Bascom Hall] (center), and North Ha...
Print

Peshtigo Schoolhouse

Date: 1871
Description: Photographic print of a wood engraving of a schoolhouse and children in Peshtigo. From the book "Sketch of the Great Fire In Peshtigo."
Photograph

St. Mary's Institute

Date: 1872
Description: Alleged to be the earliest known view of St. Mary's Institute, which later became St. Mary's College. One-half of a stereograph.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Baraboo in Sauk County, Wisconsin

Date: 1870
Description: Baraboo was first settled around 1838, and by 1870 it had become the county seat and the thriving village illustrated here. This birds eye drawing depicts ...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Middleton

Date: 1876
Description: Bird's-eye view of Middleton with an inset of a school house.
Drawing

Second Ward School House

Date: 1868
Description: Illustration of the exterior of the Second Ward School House, copied from the 1868 Madison City Directory.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Hudson

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye map of Hudson, with insets of Court House and Public School.
Drawing

Madison Female Academy

Date: 1848
Description: Sketch of the Madison Women's Seminary on the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and East Johnson. The Madison Female Academy was a 19th century school for girls w...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Portage

Date: 1868
Description: Bird's-eye map of Portage, with insets of the Court House and the Public School.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Black River Falls, Jackson County

Date: 1875
Description: Bird's-eye map of Black River Falls, looking southwest.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Washburn

Date: 1896
Description: Bird's-eye view of Washburn, with twenty vignettes around side, water in foreground with docks and lumber corral. Thirty-three locations identified in key ...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Waukesha

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye view of Waukesha, looking southwest, with insets of State Industrial School, Court House, and Fountain Spring House.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Appleton

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye view of Appleton.
Photograph

The Mazomanie School

Date: 1873
Description: The Mazomanie School, later the high school. A large group of students and teachers are standing in front of the two-story brick building with octagonal cu...
Photograph

First School House in DeForest Wis.

Date: 1875
Description: The first school house in DeForest is a frame, one-story building with shutters. The group posed in front consists of the woman teacher and her students. B...
Print

Albion Academy North Hall

Date: 1890
Description: North Hall. Caption reads: "Academy North Hall".
Photograph

Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb

Date: 1880
Description: Engraved view of the building and the grounds. On the top of the dome is a wind vane. Pedestrians, an equestrian, and a man in a horse-drawn carriage are i...
Photograph

Koll Schoolhouse

Date: 1860
Description: Koll schoolhouse in Truax Prairie.
Photograph

Bartlett School

Date: 1870
Description: Third Ward, East Side, or "Bartlett School." This is probably the earliest picture in existence and is copied form the margin of "an old map." This first...
Photograph

Bartlett School

Date: 1885
Description: The Third Ward, East Side, or Barlett School, after additions had been put on in the rear. The Bartlett after whom the school building was named was Willia...

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