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Map or Atlas

Cedarburg, Wisconsin

Date: 1882
Description: This map of Cedarburg is a bird's-eye map with an inset of Cedarburg Brewery. Relief is shown pictorially and the map includes an index to buildings.
Photograph

Grist Mill

Date: 1872
Description: Wind powered stone grist mill. Two men stand on a wood balcony near the open doorway of the windmill.
Photograph

Main Street in Cedarburg

Date: 1850
Description: Main Street in Cedarburg. Includes text which reads: "Cedarburg, Wis., in the year 1850, showing Main Street as it appeared at that time. The photograph wa...
Drawing

Martin H. Meyer Birthplace

Date: 1870
Description: Martin H. Meyer's birthplace. Reproduced from a lead pencil sketch made in 1870.
Postcard

Thiensville Mills

Date: 1847
Description: An artists rendition of the western view of the Thiensville mills from the local tavern. Caption reads: "West View of Thiensville Mills from the Tavern."
Photograph

St. Mary's Church

Date: 1884
Description: A distant view of St. Mary's Church. Looking north from the corner of Main and Franklin Streets.
Poster

Recruitment Poster in German

Date: 11 28 1861
Description: Civil War recruiting poster for the 5th Wisconsin Regiment written in German.
Map or Atlas

Detail of Sanborn Map of Grafton

Date: 11 1894
Description: A detail of a Sanborn map of Grafton which includes the Milwaukee River.
Print

Notice. The Drafting Will Be Continued...

Date: 1862
Description: Civil War Union Army recruitment handbill.
Historical Essay

Blizzard of 1881

Brief description of Wisconsin's Blizzard of 1881 also called the "Big Snow of '81."
Historical Essay

Civil War Draft Riots in Wisconsin, 1862

A brief description of the violent attacks that ensued after the Civil War military draft began in Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Luxembourgers in Wisconsin

Brief history of Luxembourgers in Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Slovenians in Wisconsin

Learn about the Slovenians who settled in cities in the southern and eastern parts of the state in large numbers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Historical Essay

Best Friends Killed at the Same Moment

A Wisconsin Civil War Story
Historical Essay

The Civil War Home Front

How the Women of Wisconsin Helped Win the War
Discover how women on the Wisconsin home front helped win the Civil War.
Map or Atlas

Map of Port Washington Harbor

Date: 1876
Description: This map shows existing and proposed harbor improvements, streets, the Sauk River, and Lake Michigan. On the bottom of the map inscribed in ink is: "44th C...
Postcard

First Imanuels Church

Date: 1891
Description: Hand-colored view of First Imanuels Church. A brick building with arched windows, bell tower and steeple. Caption reads: "First Imanuels Church, Cedarburg,...
Postcard

Trinity Lutheran Church

Date: 1891
Description: Hand-colored view of Trinity Lutheran Church on Columbia Road, a stone building with a clock in the bell tower/steeple. Arched windows are on the front and...
Postcard

St. Francis (Borgia) Church

Date: 1871
Description: View toward the church, which is a stone building with a clock in the bell tower/steeple. Arched windows are on the front and sides. A fence is running alo...
Photograph

Franklin Hoyt

Date: 1862
Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of Franklin Hoyt (1846-?). Waist-up portrait facing front, with left hand on his lapel. He is wearing a suit, small bow tie, and cap ...

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