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Ashland, Lake Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1890
Description: Bird's-eye map of Ashland, viewed from Lake Superior, with insets of Prentice Park and Fishery. Population 16,000. Increase in Ten Years, 11,000.
Photograph

Apostle Islands Tour

Date: 1979
Description: Senator Gaylord Nelson, Dave Obey, and Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus, walk along a beach with a park ranger during a tour of the Apostle Islands. ...
Photograph

Memorial Park

Date: 1932
Description: View of two wooden foot bridges in Memorial Park. In the background are the waters of Chequamegon Bay in Lake Superior. Picnic tables are among the trees. ...
Photograph

Bathing on Dock at Memorial Park

Date: 1935
Description: Boys and girls wearing bathing suits standing, swimming, or diving off of a large wooden dock into Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior on the beach at Memorial ...
Photograph

Band Shell

Date: 1935
Description: View of the Ashland Band Shell with benches, trees, and what is today Highway 2 in the foreground. On the left is a large metal tower, and in the backgroun...
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Wisconsin Transportation Map : Highways, Railroads, Canals, Air Lanes, and Dredged Channels

Date: 1939
Description: This nine-part map from the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads identifies federal and state highways in Wisconsin by pavement type. County, forest, park, and publ...
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Wisconsin Transportation Map : Highways, Railroads, Canals, Air Lanes, and Dredged Channels

Date: 1944
Description: This nine-part map from the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads identifies federal and state highways in Wisconsin by pavement type. County, forest, park, and publ...
Print

Apostle Islands Visit

Date: 07 2001
Description: David Obey poses with Park Ranger Geoffrey Smith on the left and Martin Hanson on the right. They are standing on the beach with water and land in the back...
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Superior, Douglass [i.e. Douglas] County, Wisconsin

Date: 01 1856
Description: This map shows lots, lots appropriated for churches and schools, streets, parks, court house, and land to be appropriated for railroad depots. An inset map...
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Map of the City of Superior, Douglas County, Wis.

Date: 1900
Description: This map shows streets, railroads, dock and harbor lines, and parks. The map includes population tables for 1880, 1890, 1900.
Map or Atlas

Recreational Area Plan for Wisconsin

Date: 1939
Description: This illustrated map shows counties, highways, rivers, roads, present and proposed state parks and forests, proposed state parkways, proposed state monumen...
Map or Atlas

Official Railroad Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1921
Description: This map shows counties, roads, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and portions of surrounding states. Included is an index to cities, villages and other places...
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Cultural Map of Wisconsin [Map] : a Cartographic Portrait of the State

Date: 1996
Description: This map shows roads, lakes, points of interest including colleges, trails, historic communities and sites, museums, and parks. Also included are descripti...
Map or Atlas

Official Map of the State Trunk Highway System of Wisconsin

Date: 1919
Description: Narrow red lines show principal secondary highways. Green circles shows points of historical interest. Green triangles show Indian mounds and Indian villag...
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Official Highway Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1933
Description: This map shows the state trunk highway system and county trunk highways. This map show surface type on state and county trunk highways and the locations of...
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Official Map of Wisconsin State Highways Showing Type and Condition

Date: 1925
Description: This map shows road surfacing, camp sites, rivers, lakes, county boundaries, and cities. Original caption reads, "Compliments Hotel Witter Tour Information...
Map or Atlas

1933 Official Road Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1933
Description: This road map shows automobile routes across Wisconsin as well as portions of Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa and Michigan. Lakes Michigan, Superior and Winnebag...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

Date: 1933
Description: This map contains automobile routes across Wisconsin and portions of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Michigan as well. The state borders are clearly defined...
Map or Atlas

Official Road Map Wisconsin

Date: 1935
Description: This colored road map comes with a map legend and explanation, as well as an index of cities and towns (and their populations) in Wisconsin. Information ab...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

Date: 1936
Description: This colored road map shows automobile roads in Wisconsin as well as portions of Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois. U.S. numbered highways are shown ...

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