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Milwaukee Coal Wagon

Date: 1904
Description: Elevated view of wagons hauling coal from the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company holding up street car traffic on a busy Milwaukee street.
Photograph

Grand Avenue and Bridge

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of Grand Avenue and a bridge over the river, with streetcar and horse-drawn vehicles on the street.
Photograph

Looking up Grand Avenue

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Description: Elevated view over bridge and river looking up Grand Avenue. Pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles and a street car are in the foreground.
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...
Photograph

Wisconsin Avenue Bridge

Date: 1900
Description: View looking up Wisconsin Avenue from the bridge. Many pedestrians, streetcars, and horse-drawn vehicles are visible.
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...
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...
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

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

Street Railway and Motor Bus Guide of Milwaukee

Date: 1931
Description: This map is an advertisement for Milwaukee street cars and motor buses and reads: "Ride the street car or motor bus. Economical, safe, dependable." Include...
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 Milwaukee County Showing System of State & County Trunk Highways

Date: 1960
Description: Color coded map in pink, yellow, blue, and brown of Milwaukee County State and County trunk highways. The map includes a legend of symbols: "STEAM RAIL ROA...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee County Showing System of State and County Trunk Highways

Date: 1938
Description: Color coded map in pink, yellow, blue, and brown of Milwaukee County State and County trunk highways. The map includes a legend of symbols: "STEAM RAIL ROA...
Map or Atlas

Street Railway, Trackless Trolley, and Motor Bus Guide

Date: 1936
Description: Street map of the City of Milwaukee and surrounding suburbs indicating various mass transit lines. There is an index to Milwaukee streets at the right of t...
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

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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