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View of the Butte des Morts Treaty Ground, with the arrival of the Commissioners Gov. Lewis Cass and Col. McKenny

Date: 1835
Description: Little Lake Butte Des Morts just north of Lake Winnebago where Governor Lewis Cass of Michigan, and Thomas McKenney, head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (...
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Map shewing [sic] the Several Routes Proposed for the Passage of Gun-Boats to the Lakes

Date: 1862
Description: Lithography of C. Van Benthuysen.
Photograph

Carl Schurz Monument

Date: 1915
Description: Advertisement with the Carl Schurz monument. Caption reads: "Castle-Pierce Printing Company, Aug. 1915", and at bottom: "Oshkosh, Wisconsin". Text on right...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Landing a Pike, Attica, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: A group of men on a lakeshore grapple with a giant pike. Two men pull on a rope hooked to the pike while two more stand ready with harpoon-like sticks. Ano...
Map or Atlas

United States Map

Date: 1855
Description: Map reads "Our Country" which is accompanied by a sailor with a flag to the left and workers rejoicing under the Constitution and Laws to the right. Across...
Postcard

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1905
Description: Lake near the home, probably Lake Hincks, which was named after General Edward W. Hincks who was administrator of the Home in the 1870's. The grounds consi...
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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Near Milwaukee

Date: 1876
Description: Map of home and land, with the roads, lakes, railroad, and buildings.
Print

Season's Greetings

Date: 1942
Description: Holiday card showing Navy Pier in Chicago. There is snow on the ground, the lake is frozen and two lines of planes are flying overhead forming a "V" patter...
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Wisconsin, The Badger State

Date: 1941
Description: This pictorial map of Wisconsin with historical text highlights the history of the state and identifies places of interest, Indian villages, missions, trad...
Map or Atlas

Early Wisconsin Counties and Tribes

Date: 1846
Description: A hand-colored map of Wisconsin shows the counties in the state south and east of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers and the locations of Indian lands to the nor...
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Map of the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1850
Description: A hand-colored map showing portions of present-day Iron and Vilas counties north of the Manitowish River as part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Wi...
Map or Atlas

New Map of the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1852
Description: A hand-colored map showing portions of present-day Iron and Vilas counties north of the Manitowish River as part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Wi...
Map or Atlas

The New Military Map Illustrating the Seat of War

Date: 1862
Description: This map of the southeastern United States shows cities and towns, rail lines, and geographic features such as rivers, mountains, lakes, and swamps.
Map or Atlas

Phelps and Watsons Historical and Military Map of the Border and Southern States.

Date: 1864
Description: This colored map of the southern and eastern states shows locations of battles and skirmishes from 1861 through May 1864 with red dots or red underlining o...
Map or Atlas

Colton's Topographical Map of Seat of War in Virginia, Maryland

Date: 1865
Description: A general map of eastern Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, southern Pennsylvania, and northern North Carolina.
Map or Atlas

Sketch of the Public Surveys in the State of Wisconsin and Territory of Minnesota.

Date: 1860
Description: A survey map of Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, and northern Iowa, showing the status of surveys, rivers, and lakes. The map also shows the locations of...
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State of Wisconsin

Date: 1931
Description: This U.S. Geological Survey map of Wisconsin shows counties, cities and villages, lighthouses, Indian reservations, military reservations, and bird and gam...
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State of Wisconsin

Date: 1912
Description: This map from the U.S. General Land Office shows railroads, counties, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, U.S. Land Offices, Indian reservations, military ...
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Topographical Map of Camp Williams, Wisconsin

Date: 1931
Description: A topographical map from the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers showing the topography and man-made features in the Camp Williams area of the towns of Orange and ...
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Diagram of Pepin County Along the Left Bank of Lake Pepin, Between the Chippewa & Rush Rivers

Date: 1887
Description: This 1887 manuscript map by Amidon G. Miller covers portions of the towns of Nelson and Stockholm in Pepin County, Wisconsin, as well as a portion of the T...

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