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Werner Clothing Store

Date: 1900
Description: Families gathered outside of Werner's Drugstore on annuity pay day. A sign reads "Medicine sold here" in Ho-Chunk, German, and Norwegian. The Ho-Chunk syll...
Photograph

Midway Pleasance, Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Columbian Exposition; North side of Midway Pleasance viewed from Madison Avenue.
Photograph

Tucker's Rexall Drugstore

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Description: Exterior view of Tucker's Rexall Drugstore. Winter's watertower is in the background.
Photograph

International Harvester's First General Office Building

Date: 1902
Description: International Harvester's first headquarters building at 7 Monroe Street on the northwest corner of Michigan Avenue. IHC later sold the building and proper...
Map or Atlas

Perspective Map of Beloit

Date: 1890
Description: Bird's-eye map of Beloit with insets of Williams Engine Works, Eclipse Wind Engine Co., and John Foster & Co. Turtle Creek is in the lower section, and the...
Photograph

The Dane County News Office

Date: 1925
Description: View from street of three people posing in front of the printing office and shop.
Photograph

Stock Day

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Description: Elevated view of the street on Stock Day. Horses and wagons are traveling down the street. The Bridgeport Hotel and the post office are on the right side. ...
Map or Atlas

Parking Area Study, Milwaukee County Zoological Garden

Date: 1955
Description: Bottom of the map reads: "PARKING AREA STUDY MILWAUKEE COUNTY ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN SCALE 1"=200" APRIL 21, 1955 TOTAL PARKING AREA - 3736 CARS 31.1 acres". Th...
Map or Atlas

Map of Dodge County, Wisconsin : From Government and Recent Surveys

Date: 1860
Description: This map of Dodge County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, railroads, roads, property owners and acreage...
Map or Atlas

Town of Preble, Brown County, Wisconsin

Date: 1961
Description: Map of the Town of Preble, Brown County, Wisconsin, showing land ownership by name, subdivisions, roads and streets, railroads, and local businesses.
Map or Atlas

Business Section, City of Milwaukee

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Description: Detailed map showing businesses and lot owners. Includes 2 "continued inset" maps. Includes aerial views, text, and illustartions on verso.
Map or Atlas

Street Map of the City of Monroe, Wisconsin

Date: 1940
Description: Map features advertisements for local businesses on the left and bottom. Map includes a "LEGEND" and "DIRECTORY OF CHURCHES". Streets are labeled as are so...
Map or Atlas

East Troy

Date: 1900
Description: Pen and pencil on tracing paper. Shows landownership by name, local streets, local businesses, mill pond, creek, and proposed railroad.
Map or Atlas

Map of Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Date: 1877
Description: Relief shown by hachures. Shows land ownership by name, wards, railroads, mills, dams, city limits, Chippewa River, and Half Moon Lake. Includes index of m...
Map or Atlas

Map of Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Date: 1877
Description: Relief shown by hachures. Shows land ownership by name, wards, railroads, mills, dams, city limits, Chippewa River, and Half Moon Lake. Includes index of m...
Map or Atlas

Map of Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Date: 1926
Description: Relief shown by hachures. Shows local streets, roads, railroads, businesses, Half Moon Lake, Chippewa River, and log reservoir.
Map or Atlas

Business Guide Map of Madison

Date: 1929
Description: This map is oriented with north to the upper right. Includes index of retailers and buildings, with some advertisements in margins.
Map or Atlas

Business Section, City of Madison

Date: 1948
Description: Map created between 1948 and 1954. Shows businesses and lot owners around the State Capitol. Oriented with north to the upper right. Includes "continued in...
Map or Atlas

Bird's Eye View of Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin

Date: 1870
Description: Bird’s-eye view map. "Looking north east." Indexed for points of interest. Shows homes, businesses, and the Bark and Rock River. Streets running west to ea...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Superior Douglas County Wisconsin

Date: 1890
Description: This map of Superior shows city wards, bays, docks, some businesses and points of interest. Relief is shown by hachures. The back of the map features a typ...

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