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Whaleback Steamer "Christopher Columbus"

Date: 
Description: Colorized view depicting the passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," approaching the East Water Street Bridge. Caption reads: "Whaleback Steame...
Print

Transamerican Airlines Schedule

Date: 04 01 1932
Description: A schedule of Transamerican Airlines covering its service to Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and other Great Lakes cities. The unfolded schedule depicts two p...
Postcard

Merrill Railroad Depot

Date: 
Description: Colorized view of a crowd at the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul station. Caption reads: "C. M. & St. P. Depot Depot, Merrill, Wis."
Map or Atlas

Continental View of World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1892
Description: Bird's-eye view of the Columbian Exposition pavilions from the vantage point of Lake Michigan. Included is an inset of the Union Passenger Station (now Uni...
Postcard

Chicago and Northwestern Railway Depot

Date: 1905
Description: View of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway depot with several people standing outside around it. Caption reads: "C. & N. W. Depot, Ripon, Wis."
Poster

Travel By Train, Washington, D.C. Travel Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting Washington, D.C. as "the city that every American should know," and to get there by way of train travel. The poster depict...
Map or Atlas

Proposed Location of Veterans' Hospital : Midway Between Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: This map produced just after Word War I shows the proposed location for a veterans' hospital in the Eau Claire-Chippewa Falls region. Highways, rail lines ...
Map or Atlas

Madison Auto Club Official Auto Trails Maps

Date: 1925
Description: Booklet includes maps of Madison, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Appleton, Green Bay, Milwaukee, Janesville, Beloit, and La Crosse, Wisconsin and downtown Chicago a...
Print

John J. Sherman Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of John J. Sherman, a real estate broker and tax, title, collection, and passenger agent in Wausau, Wisconsin, with images of men felling trees ...
Book or Pamphlet

Bayfield, Lake Superior Guide Book

Date: 1858
Description: Front cover of a guide book describing Bayfield and an account of a pleasure tour to Lake Superior. The title is surrounded by a decorative border with flo...
Magazine or Periodical

Escort Into Minneapolis

Date: 07 23 1892
Description: Frank Lenz entering Minneapolis escorted by members of the St. Paul Cycle Club, the Minneapolis Business Men's Bicycle Association, and the Minnesota Divis...
Map or Atlas

Welcome to the Greater Wausau Area

Date: 1987
Description: This pictorial map shows roads, bridges, local businesses with phone numbers, and public buildings. Relief is shown pictorially. Also included is a calen...
Map or Atlas

Old Oregon Trail

Date: 1948
Description: This illustrated map shows major westward trails from 1785 to 1866: Old Oregon Trail and its deviations, Old Spanish Trail, Lewis and Clark route, Santa Fe...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

A Page of the Milwaukee Journal

Date: 11 23 1930
Description: Full page illustrated article in the Milwaukee Journal titled "The World Voyagers go Round The Globe by Radio and Roto." Included are photographs an...
Map or Atlas

Manuscript Map Showing Three Routes from Green Bay to Milwaukee

Date: 1840
Description: This map shows shows three routes; a route surveyed by Doty & Center, a route surveyed by inhabitants of East Milwaukee, and a route surveyed by inhabitant...
Map or Atlas

Official Road Map Wisconsin

Date: 1935
Description: This colored road map comes with a map legend and explanation, as well as an index of cities and towns (and their populations) in Wisconsin. Information ab...
Map or Atlas

Touring Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1938
Description: This colored road map shows automobile roads in Wisconsin as well as portions of nearby states. Along the bottom edge of the front page, smaller road maps ...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

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Description: This colored road map shows automobile roads in Wisconsin as well as portions of nearby states. Information on the quality and type of any road shown (pave...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Info-Map

Date: 1946
Description: This colored road map shows automobile roads in Wisconsin as well as portions of nearby states. Information on the quality and type of any road shown (Inte...
Map or Atlas

Official Highway Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1948
Description: This colored road map shows automobile roads in Wisconsin as well as portions of nearby states.Information on the quality and type of any road shown (bitum...

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