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Oliver Chilled Plow Works Advertisement

Date: 1883
Description: Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog

Date: 1887
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of farmers in a field with a horse-dra...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye Views of Milwaukee, Wis.

Date: 1882
Description: Bird's-eye views of various sections of Milwaukee.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Chilton, Wisconsin

Date: 1878
Description: Bird's-eye map of Chilton with insets of points of interest, including P.H. Becker's Brewery, Chilton House, and Gutheil's Block.
Map or Atlas

Prairie du Sac. Sauk County, Wisconsin. Looking North West

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye map of Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin with an inset of Clifton.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Viroqua

Date: 1879
Description: Bird's-eye view of Viroqua, county seat of Vernon County.
Print

Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee in 1853

Date: 1937
Description: Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee in 1853 details building features and city layout from southwest. Important buildings are numbered in a silhouette drawing bel...
Postcard

Monument Square

Date: 1905
Description: View of Monument Square. Caption reads: "Monument Square — Racine, Wis."
Photograph

First Baptist Church

Date: 1890
Description: At the corner of Wisconsin and Milwaukee Streets; the present site of T.A. Chapman Store. View of building from across the street. Three men stand in fro...
Postcard

Grand Avenue

Date: 1905
Description: Slightly elevated view of Grand Avenue. Several horse-drawn vehicles are on the road and pedestrians are along the sidewalks. Caption reads: "Milwaukee. Gr...
Postcard

View from Wells Building

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking northeast from the Wells Building showing the St. Johns Cathedral, the Masonic Temple and the Emanuel Church, among other buildings. ...
Postcard

Main Street

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Description: Colorized view down Main Street. Caption reads: "Main Street, East, Horicon, Wis."
Postcard

Third Avenue Looking East

Date: 1917
Description: Colorized postcard view of the central business district. The street is lined with businesses and street lamps. A man and a dog are in front of the bank on...
Postcard

C. & N.W. Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a train depot surrounded by a central business district. Horses and wagons are in the street in the foreground. Caption reads: "C. & N.W. ...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog Front and Back Cover

Date: 1885
Description: The front cover features a color illustration of a man and woman relaxing near a lake or river. The woman is sitting on a chair under an umbrella painting ...
Book or Pamphlet

Patterson & Brothers Twine Binder Inside Spread

Date: 1883
Description: Inside spread of advertising brochure for Patterson and Brothers, manufacturers of agricultural equipment, Patterson, Ontario, Canada. Features a chromolit...
Postcard

Business Street

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Description: Elevated view of a commercial street. Horses, wagons and buggies are parked at the curbs and moving down the street. Church steeples are in the far backgro...
Postcard

Greetings from Jacksonport

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Description: View of Jacksonport and Lake Michigan from across a pasture. A man is driving a horse-drawn vehicle in the foreground. Caption reads: "Greetings from Jacks...
Postcard

North Side of East Main Street

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of the central business district. A church is behind a row of businesses on the left. Hitching posts are along the sidewalk, with a horse-dra...
Postcard

State St. Looking East, Mauston, Wis.

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Description: Elevated view of town. Horse-drawn vehicles are on State Street. There is a sign for "Billiards" on a building in the right foreground. Other storefronts l...

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