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Elevated View of Business District

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated panoramic view. Business district has a cluster of larger brick buildings at left and center, behind a sprinkling of houses. Very large building i...
Photograph

Birds-Eye View of Cameron

Date: 1907
Description: Caption reads: "Birdseye [sic] View of Cameron Wisconsin." Railroad cars are on railroad tracks between buildings, and houses and what may be the hi...
Postcard

Bird's Eye View of Genoa

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of Genoa. Caption reads: "Bird's Eye View, Genoa, Wis." The St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church is in the right foreground. Railroad tracks ...
Photograph

Phoenix Proving Ground

Date: 1953
Description: Bird's-eye view of International Harvester's Phoenix Proving Ground. Opened in 1947, the proving ground was used by International Harvester through the 197...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of East Central Wisconsin

Date: 1908
Description: Colored map in perspective indicates railroad routes. Lake Winnebago and Oshkosh in center, area extends to Shawano (top right corner), Green Bay (bottom r...
Print

Civil War Regiment

Date: 1862
Description: Birds-eye view of a Wisconsin Civil War regiment on parade in Fond du Lac, as drawn by Louis Kurz from the Marr Street Methodist Church. The regiment canno...
Photograph

Panoramic Bird's-Eye View of New Richmond

Date: 1912
Description: Panoramic bird's-eye view. Identifiable businesses include: T.J. McNally Clothing & Shoes, M.J. Casey, The Winter Drug Store, Bank of New Richmond.
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee

Date: 1854
Description: Bird's-eye illustration of Milwaukee.
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View of Madison

Date: 1901
Description: Elevated view looking west down State Street towards the University of Wisconsin. Caption reads: "General View of the State University of Wisconsin, at Mad...
Postcard

Elevated View of Downtown and River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of downtown. Part of the Milwaukee River is on the left side. Sign for the Germania building is in the lower right, and city hall is in the b...
Photograph

Birds-Eye View of University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

Date: 1917
Description: Bird's-eye view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Print

McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1885
Description: Engraved bird's-eye view illustration of the "McCormick Harvesting Machine Company's Works," including railroad cars, smoke from smokestacks and factory wo...
Print

Prison for Confederate Soldiers at Rock Island

Date: 1864
Description: Aerial view, probably from a lithograph, of the prison for Confederate soldiers at Rock Island.
Photograph

Village of Barre and Soldiers' Monument

Date: 
Description: Bird's-eye drawing of town, with an inset at bottom center of the Soldiers' Monument. Caption reads, "Bird's-eye view of Village of Barre, Mass."
Photograph

North Branch Extension Canal

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Description: Bird's-eye view of the north branch extension canal on the Susquehanna river, surrounded by smaller renderings of structures of interest around the town in...
Photograph

Distant View of High Plateau City

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Description: Distant view of a high plateau city with grids of streets and flatland stretching into the distance. Caption reads, "Bird's-Eye View, Rawling, Wyoming."
Poster

Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner Factory

Date: 1901
Description: Lithographed poster depicting an elevated view of the Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner factory and surrounding area. Text in the upper left corner reads, "Ch...
Photograph

Looking East from Water Tower

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of Mount Horeb from the water tower. Homes and commercial structures dominate the left side, while farmland and newly-developed tracts are to...
Photograph

Panoramic View of Marinette

Date: 
Description: A bird's-eye view of Marinette looking southwest from the Menominee side of the river.
Photograph

Map of Menekaune, Menominee and Marinette

Date: 1887
Description: A bird's-eye map of Menekaune, Menominee and Marinette.

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