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View From Main Hill to the University of Wisconsin Campus

Date: 1876
Description: View from Main Hall (later Bascom Hall) on the University of Wisconsin campus. North Hall is in the foreground. Behind it is Langdon Street and, in the d...
Photograph

Lake Mendota and Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1875
Description: Lake Mendota shore looking west with A.L. Dahl's photographer's wagon on shore and the Wisconsin State Capitol visible in the background.
Photograph

View of Wisconsin State Capitol with Flags

Date: 1876
Description: "View of the Capitol, with all the Flags" one of four "Different Views of Parades in the Streets" identified in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic View...
Map or Atlas

East Side Madison Map

Date: 1911
Description: Map of the east side of Madison.
Map or Atlas

City Directory Map of Madison

Date: 1909
Description: A city directory map of Madison.
Map or Atlas

Madison and Vicinity

Date: 1920
Description: A map of Madison and the vicinity. Red lines show the street railway.
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of Madison and Lake Mendota

Date: 1890
Description: Portion of a plat map of Madison featuring Lake Mendota.
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 08 1980
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol from the top of the Concourse Hotel.
Photograph

Man in Scull near Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 10 1981
Description: Man rowing scull in water in front of silhouette of the Madison skyline including the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol with Lake Monona in the background.
Photograph

Panoramic View of Madison

Date: 1870
Description: Panoramic view of Madison, taken from the roof of South Hall. This reduced copy was made from original negatives by E.C. Nielson. Labels for both Lake Mend...
Map or Atlas

United States Map

Date: 1835
Description: Map reads: "Map of the United States of America with its Territories and Districts - Including also a part of Upper and Lower Canada and Mexico". The map i...
Print

Madison View

Date: 1900
Description: A view of the city of Madison circa 1900 that was used as a letterhead.
Poster

Travel By Train, Washington, D.C. Travel Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting Washington, D.C. as "the city that every American should know," and to get there by way of train travel. The poster depict...
Map or Atlas

Heights of Several Points in Iowa and Wisconsin

Date: 1839
Description: A chart showing the geological cross-section and the height above the surrounding landscape of several locations, such as Platte Mound in Wisconsin, and th...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

Date: 1853
Description: Wisconsin counties by color and shows railroads, common roads, canals, the state capital, county towns, townships, villages, and post offices,
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

Date: 1854
Description: Map of the whole state Wisconsin includes an inset of the vicinity of Milwaukee, which shows the boundaries for Lisbon, Menomonee, Pewaukee, Brookfield, Wa...
Map or Atlas

Plan of the City of Washington

Date: 1792
Description: Map of Washington D.C. Labeled on the map are all the main streets, the site of the Capitol and the President's House. The map also shows the relationship ...
Map or Atlas

Sinsinawa City, Wisconsin Territory : Situated on the South East Side of the Mound of the Same Name Near the River Mississippi.

Date: 1835
Description: Plat for a proposed Sinsinawa City (never built), in Grant County, Wis. When it became clear in the mid-1830s that Wisconsin Territory would be established...
Map or Atlas

Martin-Anderson Co.'s New Map of Madison, Wisconsin : With Street Index

Date: 1913
Description: This map shows city wards and government buildings. The map is oriented with north to upper right.

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