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| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering & Company featuring chromolithograph illustrations of the Deering factory, the grain center of the worl... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a farmer in a field operating a hor... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view drawing of the grounds of Villa Louis, the estate of the fur trading Dousman family. After the death of H. Louis Dousman's mother in 1882, ... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Title page of a picturesque and descriptive book about Lake Geneva showing two steamboats "Lady Of The Lake" and "Lucius Newberry." |
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| Description: | A Menominee Indian Village on Wolf River. There are dwellings on the shore and many people in canoes are on the river. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | From the cover of a descriptive brochure in the Historical Society's Library pamphlet collection, this drawing depicts the large hotel grounds on Lake Mono... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Two panoramic bird's-eye views of the Paine Lumber Company, including the general plant, sawmill, and lumber yards. Heading at the top says: Home of Wiscon... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Cover of a brochure celebrating a new International Harvester Manhattan branch, featuring an aerial photograph of Manhattan, including the corner of West 4... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Front cover of a guide book describing Bayfield and an account of a pleasure tour to Lake Superior. The title is surrounded by a decorative border with flo... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | A bird's-eye view illustration of the Northern Electrical Manufacturing Company. The company was founded in 1895 by four Madison businessmen, Conrad M. Con... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Calendar front, with the month of January, 1893. At the top it reads: "1893 calendar presented to the farmers of the world with the compliments of Aultman,... |
| Date: | 02 22 1892 |
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| Description: | Back cover, front cover, and menu page for the Old Settlers' Club of Milwaukee County annual banquet. The back page includes an illustration of a monument ... |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Back cover of catalog with an illustration of two men using horse-drawn agricultural machinery in fields, while a group of Native American Indians look on.... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Lithographic view of Four Legs Village at the outlet of Lake Winnebago. There are is a person in a canoe on the river and a large tree in the foreground. S... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Features an illustration of a man gesturing across a large empty space (possibly water) towards a factory operating at night. The same man is looking at a... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Halftone print of the landscaped shoreline and path at Forest Glen, the estate of Edward G. Uihlein, on the western end of Geneva Lake. A flag flies above ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for The Steam Yacht "Mendota." At the top is an engraving of the steam yacht under way loaded with passengers, and below is text. Some of the... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Map showing operations in Virginia during Wilson's Raid. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Map showing territory controlled by the Finches, a family of bandits who terrorized south central Wisconsin in the years prior to the Civil War. The map in... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of Brittingham Bay taken from the north west shore of Brittingham Park. The boathouse is on the left. On the right the railroad tracks cross... |
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