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Railroad Construction Crew

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Construction crew working on a Chicago & Northwestern Railroad crossing, looking northwest along the 100 block of South Blair Street.
Map or Atlas

Milwaukee-Downer College-Wisconsin

Date: 1927
Description: Color map, hand-drawn with comic figures engaged in various activities throughout map. Bordered by the river on the left and Lake Michigan on the right, in...
Print

Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company Pass

Date: 1933
Description: Pass issued by the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company for the week of December 17-23, 1933.
Poster

Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner Factory

Date: 1901
Description: Lithographed poster depicting an elevated view of the Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner factory and surrounding area. Text in the upper left corner reads, "Ch...
Book or Pamphlet

Bird's-Eye View of the Paine Lumber Company

Date: 1902
Description: Two panoramic bird's-eye views of the Paine Lumber Company, including the general plant, sawmill, and lumber yards. Heading at the top says: Home of Wiscon...
Photograph

Boston Branch House

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester Company branch building. Large show windows line the first floor along the sidewalk. A large electric sign on t...
Print

John Gund Brewing Co. Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the John Gund Brewing Company of La Crosse, Wisconsin, with an elevated view of the brewery complex on the left. On the right is the company ...
Map or Atlas

Our Church Life Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1897
Description: A map of Wisconsin showing the self-supporting churches, Home Missionary churches, stations not organized, Sunday schools of C.S.S. Society, Congregational...
Print

Stinson Tractor Company Factory

Date: 1918
Description: Illustration of the Stinson Tractor Company, located at the intersection of Central Avenue and 16th Street. The illustration was included in a booklet prod...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Prospective State Highway System for Milwaukee County

Date: 1922
Description: A road map of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin that shows the township and range system, towns, communities, completed roads, a proposed system of roads, steam ...
Map or Atlas

Volksfreund Map of Outagamie County

Date: 1903
Description: This 1903 map of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, landownership and acreages, rural ma...
Map or Atlas

Douglas County, Wisconsin

Date: 1911
Description: Shows roads, railroads, street railways, abandoned logging railroads, rural mail routes, platted land, state forest reserves, and parts of Burnett County, ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1880
Description: Map created from original drawing and surveys taken by Silas Chapman. Bottom right corner features a reference key. There is a street guide on the left sid...
Map or Atlas

Map of Madison and Vicinity

Date: 1917
Description: Shows property already platted (orange), public property (green), street railway (red lines), Lake Forest development area (red), and some landownership. T...
Map or Atlas

Map of Duluth Minnesota and Superior Wisconsin Showing Lines of the Duluth Street Railway Company

Date: 1911
Description: This map of Duluth and Superior shows street car routes, railroads, ferries, some points of interest, and lighthouses. The bottom left of the map reads: "C...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin

Date: 1891
Description: This map shows railroads, electric street railways, block numbers, docks, roads, parks, light houses, selected buildings, and sites for manufacturers. The ...
Map or Atlas

Map of West Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1894
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, railroads, street car tracks, sewers, water mains, gas mains, paved streets, land owned by the Land & River Improveme...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1897
Description: Two maps that show cemeteries, schools, engine houses, railroads, street railways, wards, roads, parks, block numbers, and Lake Michigan. One map has wards...
Map or Atlas

Official Railroad Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1912
Description: This map shows counties, roads, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and a portion of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan. Also included is a list of railroad...
Map or Atlas

East Part of Madison

Date: 1899
Description: A map of the east part of the city of Madison, including a portion of the isthmus.

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