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Photograph

Children Playing a Game of Washers at Olbrich Park Playground

Date: 07 10 1950
Description: Three boys playing a game of "washers" at the Olbrich park playground, one of the thirty parks included in the summer playground program sponsored by the B...
Map or Atlas

Appleton Wisconsin

Date: 1931
Description: Map shows street map with wards numbered, the Fox River, railroads, playgrounds, cemeteries, and schools. The map also includes a manuscript annotation ind...
Map or Atlas

Zoning Map Showing Use Districts Town of Wauwatosa Milwaukee County Wisconsin

Date: 1939
Description: This is a zoning map of Wauwatosa with a key of districts including agricultural, resident, business, commercial, and industrial. The map features labeled ...
Drawing

A Proposed Master Plan for Sunset Village

Date: 1938
Description: Architectural drawing of the Sunset Village neighborhood on the West side of the city of Madison. The poster description reads: A proposed master plan for ...
Photograph

Playground Equipment at Neighborhood House

Date: 
Description: Wooden playground structure on or near the grounds of Neighborhood House, with a McDonald's on Regent Street visible in the far background.
Map or Atlas

Preliminary Town Plan, Village of Port Edwards, Wis.

Date: 06 1931
Description: This map is a photocopy of a map that has been hand-colored and shows streets, the Wisconsin River, Mill Pond, and points of interest that include a school...
Map or Atlas

Caspar’s Official Map of the City of Milwaukee and Vicinity

Date: 1927
Description: This map shows street car lines, bus routes, railroads, proposed city boundary lines, wards, public schools, blocks & house numbers, Lake Michigan, one mil...
Photograph

Racist Graffiti

Date: 1975
Description: View across street towards a man leaning against a street sign near the corner of a fence enclosing the yard of a housing project. On the right is a concre...

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