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| Date: | 1821 |
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| Description: | Engraving depicting the Schoolcraft expedition crossing the Ontonagon River to investigate a copper boulder. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Travelers in a rowing canoe on Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Lake Superior shoreline, with terraces leading to the beach. A canoe is on the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Pastoral scene depicting a small bay on the Island of St. Ignace in Lake Superior with canoes on the rocky beach, two men conversing on a blanket in the fo... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Pic Island on the north shore of Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Map of the township of Windsor, from the "Atlas of Dane County." |
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| Description: | Illustration of exterior view of elevators at Fort William. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Newspaper reproduction of an etching of the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Milwaukee County Zoo grounds nearing its completion. |
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| Description: | The steamboat Canada at dock; cargo on lower deck, passengers on upper deck, and crowd waiting on the dock. The Canada was built in 1858, dis... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the last covered bridge in Wisconsin. Caption reads: "Covered Bridge Near Cedarburg, Wis." |
| Date: | 1697 |
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| Description: | Father Hennepin's map in French of the upper lakes. |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the Ojibwa, the Sacs, and Foxes battling from canoes on the water. |
| Date: | 1800 |
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| Description: | Needlework scene on silk worked in colored silk thread using running and crewel stitches. The hands and faces of the figures are watercolor on paper. Sce... |
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| Description: | A fishing boat coming in from the mouth of the harbor. |
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| Description: | View downriver from the State Street Bridge showing a large sailing vessel. |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Sheboygan Lake steamboat out on the water, with several passengers visible on the deck. |
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| Description: | View of a steamboat down the river from near East Water Street Bridge. |
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| Description: | View down the river toward the Bay from Walker's Point Bridge, showing several steamboats. |
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