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Aerial View of City

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of downtown area, with the Fox River and neighboring suburbs.
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Jefferson Street South from Doty Street

Date: 1896
Description: Jefferson Street south from Doty Street with trees lining the street.
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First Presbyterian Church

Date: 
Description: View towards front and left side of the First Presbyterian Church.
Photograph

Nakoma Road

Date: 
Description: View of Nakoma Road looking northeast, with several houses and trees, and automobiles parked on the street. There is a woman standing on the steps of a por...
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Row of Houses with Gardens

Date: 1939
Description: View down row of back of houses. The backyards have gardens, and on the far left is a row of trees.
Photograph

Sporting Goods Strike

Date: 1955
Description: Employees of the Wilson Sporting Goods Company in suburban Chicago are Bob Pickles and Ed Cronk. The men were representing the United Packinghouse Workers ...
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Residential Area

Date: 1920
Description: A view of a residential area, featuring houses, a fork in the road, sidewalks, and trees.
Photograph

Gulley's 25th Anniversary Party

Date: 07 1955
Description: Beatrice (Bea) and Carson Gulley posing together at their 25th wedding anniversary party in their new home at 5701 Cedar Place. The home was located in the...
Photograph

Family Driving

Date: 1903
Description: George S. Parker and family seated in their car, one of the first automobiles in Janesville. Behind them is a couple in another car.
Map or Atlas

Live in Nakoma Out of the Noise Zone in the O-Zone

Date: 1920
Description: This map shows the Nakoma neighborhood in Madison including the "Proposed Golf Ground." The map reads: "Nakoma--the Suburb Superb." The map includes texts ...
Map or Atlas

Madison Area Churches.

Date: 1969
Description: This map is pen and ink on paper and shows the location of churches, local streets, railroads, parks, Middleton, Shorewood Hills, Monona, Maple Bluff, McFa...
Map or Atlas

Official Quarter-Sectional Atlas of the City of Milwaukee, S. E. 1/4 Sec. 36, T. 7 N., R. 21, E. Plat No. 65

Date: 1906
Description: This map shows ward boundaries, subdivisions, lot and block numbers and dimensions, house numbers, electric car lines, steam railways, and adjoining plat n...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee and Suburbs

Date: 1893
Description: This map covers west to Wauwatosa, north to North Milwaukee, and south to South Milwaukee and shows street railways, city limits, parks, roads, railroads, ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Village of Fox Point : Showing Present and Proposed Streets, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Date: 1965
Description: This map is indexed for public buildings and includes a numbered key on the lower left side. The streets are labeled and Lake Michigan is labeled on the fa...
Photograph

Two Model Houses

Date: 1933
Description: An architectural model of two houses for Broadacre City set up on a drafting table.
Postcard

Lot Sale on Sub-Division

Date: 
Description: View toward a group o people gathered at a vacant lot. There are dwellings in the distance. Caption reads: "Lot Sale on Sub-Division, Granton, Wis."

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