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Bird's-Eye View of the City of La Crosse

Date: 1867
Description: Bird's-eye map of La Crosse with nine insets of residences, schools, and the Court House and Jail.
Map or Atlas

View of the City of Waupun, Wis., Situated in Fond du Lac & Dodge Counties.

Date: 1885
Description: Bird's-eye map of Waupun on the Rock River. There is an inset at top center of "Althouse, Wheeler & Co., Windmills and Pumps."
Postcard

Iron County Court House

Date: 1905
Description: View across road toward the court house. Caption reads: "Court House, Hurley, Wis."
Map or Atlas

Dane County Courthouse

Date: 1889
Description: Dane County Courthouse, begun in the fall of 1883 and finished in the spring of 1886. The cost, including equipment, was a little over $180,000.
Postcard

Wisconsin State Prison

Date: 1915
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Prison. Caption reads: "Aerial View, Wisconsin State Prison, Waupun, Wis."
Postcard

New County Jail

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the county jail in Sturgeon Bay. Caption reads: "New County Jail, Sturgeon Bay, Wis."
Postcard

Price County Jail

Date: 1910
Description: View across lawn towards the Price County Jail. Caption reads: "Price County Jail Phillips, Wis."
Photograph

Tom Hayden

Date: 1964
Description: Tom Hayden, in the center wearing the dark shirt, looking at a police officer talking to four African-American men. Newark ERAP project. From the SDS colle...
Postcard

Armory, Police Station, and County Jail on Broadway Street

Date: 
Description: View also includes two trees and a horse-drawn carriage. Caption reads: "Broadway Armory, Police Station and County Jail, Milwaukee."
Postcard

Milwaukee County Court House

Date: 1905
Description: Color image of courthouse with a large tree and park on the left. View taken at an angle to the building from across the street. Horse-drawn carriages are ...
Print

Milwaukee County Court House

Date: 1870
Description: Slightly elevated view at an angle towards the left and front of the courthouse. A large statue is on top of the main dome. The area around the courthouse ...
Photograph

Dane County Public Buildings

Date: 1911
Description: A decorative page featuring Dane County public buildings, including a court house, a jail, the poor farm building, and two views of an asylum.
Print

Waushara County Courthouse and Jail Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead on blue paper of the Waushara County Clerk's office, with a three-quarter halftone view of the county courthouse and jail and the Waushara Count...
Map or Atlas

Judicial Circuits of Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: A map of Wisconsin showing the seventeen judicial circuits of the state. The map also shows the counties of Wisconsin and the total population of each of t...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Judicial Circuits

Date: 1922
Description: A map of Wisconsin showing the state’s judicial districts, it also provides the population total for each county.
Map or Atlas

Road Map of Wisconsin and the United States

Date: 1933
Description: A road map of Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, showing the populations of cities and villages, state and federal highways, national forests, state...
Map or Atlas

General Sherman's campaign war map

Date: 
Description: Map covering most of Georgia and South Carolina, showing defenses along the seacoast and around the principal towns, Confederate prisons at Andersonville a...
Map or Atlas

New Sectional Map of the State of Michigan and Territory of Wisconsin

Date: 1845
Description: Wisconsin was considered part of Michigan Territory until 1836, a year before Michigan entered statehood. Drawn three years before Wisconsin entered stateh...
Map or Atlas

Waupun Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: This is a map of Waupun in 1898 that shows labeled streets, railroads, and the location of the state prison. There are annotations on the map in what appea...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

President John F. Kennedy

Date: 11 22 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Dallas: President John F. Kennedy is shown in motorcade as it moved toward the downtown area. In cente...

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