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Grassy Island Lighthouse

Date: 1920
Description: View across water toward the lighthouse. Caption reads: "Grassy Island Lighthouse, Green Bay, Wis."
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Chicago Club House

Date: 1900
Description: View across water towards the club house. Boats are along the shoreline. Caption reads: "Chicago Club House on Lake Court O'Reilles, Near Hayward, Wis."
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Tivoli Island

Date: 1900
Description: View across water towards Tivoli Island. There is a smokestack and a building among trees in the distance. Caption reads: "Tivoli Island, Watertown, Wis."
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Rocky Roost

Date: 1913
Description: Rocky Roost, a cottage, which was located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota. The cottage was designed and built in 1893 (according to Taliesin Asso...
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Mitchell Park

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Description: Small building covered with vines on the roof and sides on a path near the lake. Caption reads: "Mitchell Park, Milwaukee, Wis."
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A Glimpse Of Devil's Lake From The New Warner Road, Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1933
Description: Colorized postcard of Devil's Lake and bluffs seen through the trees. Some of the trees have autumn color. A roof and chimney are visible. The text at the ...
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Devil's Lake, Wisconsin State Park, Bird's Eye View from Devil's Doorway

Date: 1914
Description: Colorized postcard of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees can be seen below. The lake, bluffs, roads and buildi...
Map or Atlas

Map of Green County Wisconsin

Date: 1861
Description: Shows townships and sections, landowners, and woodlands. Includes inset maps of Monroe, Brodhead, Albany, Cadiz, Decatur, Dayton, Clarence, Springfield, Tw...
Map or Atlas

Map of Jackson County, Wisconsin

Date: 1879
Description: A map of Jackson County, Wisconsin, shows the township and section survey, landownership, towns, villages, buildings, roads, railroads, county land, and st...
Map or Atlas

Redding and Watson's Map of Racine County, Wisconsin from Actual Surveys

Date: 1858
Description: This 1858 map of Racine County, Wisconsin, shows land ownership and acreages, the township and range grid, towns, cities and villages, roads, railroads, sc...
Map or Atlas

Map of Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

Date: 1876
Description: This 1876 map of Saint Croix County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, sections, towns, cities and villages, land ownership and acreages, wagon...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

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Description: This map shows the township and range system, sections, dam locations, railroads, roads, selected buildings, and lakes and streams in Sawyer County, Wiscon...
Map or Atlas

Madison, Wisconsin and the Four Lakes Region

Date: 1909
Description: This 1909 bird's-eye view of Madison and the surrounding Four Lakes region shows roads, railroads, selected buildings in Madison, and points of interest ar...
Map or Atlas

State Park Devil's Lake Wisconsin : Course in Plane Table Surveying

Date: 1923
Description: This topographical map of Devil's Lake State Park, Sauk County, Wisconsin, is based on 1922-1923 surveys of the area by the University of Wisconsin Summer ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Winnebago County, Wisconsin

Date: 1862
Description: This 1862 map of Winnebago County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, railroads, roads, property owners an...
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Map of Wood County, Wis.

Date: 1892
Description: 1 map on 4 sheets : col., mounted on cloth ; Shows landownership, roads and railroads, townships, and selected buildings. Includes "Professional directory...
Map or Atlas

Maps of Trude Lake

Date: 1925
Description: Shows buildings, piers, winter and summer levels, and resort lands. Depths shown by isolines. Relief shown by contours. From the E.P. Sherry papers relatin...
Map or Atlas

Business Guide Map of Madison

Date: 1929
Description: This map is oriented with north to the upper right. Includes index of retailers and buildings, with some advertisements in margins.
Map or Atlas

University of Wisconsin, Arboretum : Guide Map

Date: 1970
Description: Map features a legend of roads, trails, points of interest, buildings, and types of vegetation. To the right are "ARBORETUM REGULATIONS" regarding hours, p...
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At the Dells

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic postcard view of a group of people gathered at the shoreline of a lake. One group is launching a boat near the shore. Another group is in a sm...

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