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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1893
Description: Back of painting reads: "Madison in June 1837 after photo taken by E.E. Bailey" and "Peck's cabin by Dengel." The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built...
Print

Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 06 1837
Description: Lithograph based on a painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey showing the Peck cabin, the first house in Madison. In addition to the cabin, the lithograph includes a ...
Photograph

Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1877
Description: Photograph of a painting of the exterior of the Eben Peck cabin by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. The location of this original painting is unknown.
Photograph

Native Americans Launch a New Canoe

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Description: Two Indians are launching a new canoe, possibly on Flambeau Lake.
Map or Atlas

Map of Historic and Scenic Wisconsin

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Description: Map reads: "Historic and Scenic Wisconsin — Land of Gathering Waters." In an inset there is a hand-painted depiction of the Wisconsin State Seal. For some ...
Map or Atlas

Partie occidentale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France : ou sont les Nations des Ilinois, de Tracy, les Iroquois, et plusieurs autres peuples; avec la Louisiane nouvellement decouverte etc.

Date: 1688
Description: This map includes vignettes of Amerindian life with text describing geography, culture, and exploration activity, written in French. The Great Lakes, river...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Indian Trails Map

Date: 1930
Description: This map shows Indian trails through Wisconsin counties. The trail are in red ink. Lake Michigan, Green Bay, Lake Superior, and the Wisconsin River are lab...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Map of Chippewa, Price & Taylor Counties

Date: 1880
Description: A hand-colored map of the Chippewa, Price, Taylor and the northern part of Clark counties, which shows the locations of farmhouses, schoolhouses, churches,...
Map or Atlas

Chapman's New Sectional Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1864
Description: This map of the entire state of Wisconsin depicts the township survey grid and identifies counties, named towns, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, railro...
Map or Atlas

Chapman's New Sectional Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1865
Description: This map of the entire state of Wisconsin depicts the township survey grid and identifies counties, named towns, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, railro...
Map or Atlas

Chapman's New Sectional Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1867
Description: A hand-colored map of Wisconsin showing the state’s township grid, lakes, rivers, railroads, as well as the locations of towns, counties and the reservatio...
Map or Atlas

Chapman's New Sectional Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1871
Description: This map of Wisconsin and surrounding states depicts the township survey grid and identifies counties, named towns, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, rai...
Map or Atlas

Chapman's Township Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1871
Description: This map of Wisconsin and surrounding states depicts the township survey grid and identifies counties, named towns, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, rai...
Map or Atlas

Chapman's Sectional Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1875
Description: This hand-colored map of Wisconsin and the western portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula depicts the township survey grid and identifies counties, named to...
Map or Atlas

Sectional Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1878
Description: A hand-colored, cloth mounted, sectional map of Wisconsin and the western portion of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, showing the township grid, railroads, town...
Map or Atlas

Sectonal Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1880
Description: A hand-colored, sectional map of Wisconsin showing the township grid, railroads, counties, towns, cities, villages, and the Menomonee, Oneida, Flambeau, an...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1882
Description: A hand-colored, sectional map of Wisconsin showing the township grid, completed and proposed railroads, counties, towns, cities, villages. The map also inc...
Map or Atlas

Map of Iron County, Wisconsin

Date: 1922
Description: A map of Iron County, Wisconsin, shows sections and the towns of Upson, Hurley, Hamilton, Saxon, and Mercer, lakes and streams, villages, railroads, roads ...
Print

The Restaurant at Baron's Menu

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Description: Back, front, and inside front cover of the menu from The Restaurant at Baron's department store, with "A Historical Map of Madison" focusing on the isthmus...
Map or Atlas

A Historical Map of Madison

Date: 1924
Description: This pictorial map focuses on the Madison Isthmus, Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Wingra, and shows points of historical interest, buildings, parks, and I...

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