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A Bird's Eye View of Shullsburg in 1838
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Drawing of Shullsburg. There is a numbered key on the left that reads, at top: "Explanation. Nos. Denote present Site." Streets are named on the map and marked with an arrow. A note at the bottom of the drawing on the left reads: "{View looking South from North Side.}"
1838
Glines, I.W.
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W014E39
WHi 139525
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Smelting Lead Ore
1845
Drawing of Shullsburg. Text at bottom reads: "Smelting lead ore in log furnaces. Scene in Gratiots Grove at Shullsburg, Wis. in 1845-6. Drawn from life. By I.W. Glines."
Street Scene, Looking West
1911
View of Water Street, looking west from the corner of Judgement Street. Caption reads: "Street Scene, Looking West, Shullsburg, Wis."
Water Street, Looking East
1904
Text on front reads: "Water Street, Looking East, Shullsburg, Wis." People are in an automobile coming up the unpaved street which is lined with businesses. Horse-drawn wagons are hitched at the cu...
Gratiot Homestead
1900
Exterior view of the Gratiot homestead at Gratiot's Grove Site. Handwriting on front reads: "The Gratiot Homestead at the (?)on."
Water Street Businesses
1911
View of Water Street, looking west from the corner of Judgement Street. Businesses include a market, a tailor, and an ice cream parlor. The handwritten text reads: "Copeland Opera House."
Bird's-Eye View of Baraboo in Sauk County, Wisconsin
1870
Baraboo was first settled around 1838, and by 1870 it had become the county seat and the thriving village illustrated here. This birds eye drawing depicts street names and street layouts, houses, t...
