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Old Fort Howard Hospital

Date: 1950
Description: Fort Howard Hospital. Within a year after the United States troops landed on the west bank of the Fox River in August, 1816. Dr. Beaumont lived in this hou...
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Door-Kewaunee Normal and Dormitory

Date: 10 07 1930
Description: Colorized postcard view of the exterior and lawns of the Door-Kewaunee Normal School and its dormitory. Street view of the school with a few small trees l...
Map or Atlas

Region Embraced in the Operations of the Armies Against Richmond and Petersburg

Date: 1865
Description: This detailed map of the area between Richmond and Petersburg shows fortifications, roads, railroads, towns, street patterns of Petersburg and Richmond, dr...
Map or Atlas

Map Illustrating the Siege of Atlanta, Georgia, by the United States Forces Under Command of Maj. Genl. W.T. Sherman

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Description: This detailed map shows fortifications, headquarters, location and dates of battles, street outline of Atlanta, roads, railroads, vegetation, drainage, rel...
Map or Atlas

Map Showing the Military Defense of Cincinnati, Covington and Newport

Date: 1862
Description: This detailed map shows batteries and rifle pits, railroads, common and military roads, turnpikes, city streets and names, bridges, ferries, rural houses a...
Poster

Voters Welcome

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Description: A poster with an image of armed law enforcement officers surrounding a building during an election or voter education meeting. The text reads, "Voters Welc...
Map or Atlas

Map of the County & City of Milwaukee Wisconsin

Date: 1869
Description: Map shows townships and sections, landownership and acreages, buildings, and marshes. The map includes insets of Franklin, Hales Corners, Bay View, Oak Cre...
Postcard

Officer's Club, Camp McCoy

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Description: Colorized view of the Officer's Club at Camp McCoy. There is an officer standing at the entrance. Caption reads: "Officer's Club, Camp McCoy, Wis."
Map or Atlas

Map of Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: This map of Green Bay shows plat of the town, lots by number, local streets, the military Fort Howard, part of Fox River and part of Navarino. The map feat...
Map or Atlas

Map of West Navarino, Brown County, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: This map of West Navarino shows plat of the town, lots by number, local streets, public square, The Fox River, and Fort Howard. The bottom of the map reads...
Map or Atlas

City of Green Bay, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: This map shows a plat of the town, local streets, railroads, creeks, part of Fox River, and part of the bay of Green Bay. The location of the original fort...
Postcard

Soldier's Monument

Date: 1910
Description: View down hill toward the Soldier's Monument. Caption reads: "The Monument, Darlington, Wis."
Postcard

Four Wheel Drive

Date: 1914
Description: Slightly elevated view of the United States Military surveying four wheel drive (FWD) trucks, manufactured in Clintonvlle, carrying supply boxes. Caption r...
Map or Atlas

City of Prairie du Chien

Date: 1856
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, streets, the Mississippi River, Fort Crawford, depot ground, and a graveyard. An old fort location is outlined in red...
Map or Atlas

Portion of Fort Crawford Military Tract Showing Location of Fort Crawford : as Found in the survey Notes of E.S. Norris, Dep. Surv., Oct. 21, 1863, and Measurements of Hospital Ruins by A.H. Martin

Date: 07 28 1934
Description: This map shows buildings and dimensions of Fort Crawford and hospital overlaid on a plat of existing lots, streets, and closed streets.
Map or Atlas

Manitowoc Harbor, Wisconsin

Date: 1905
Description: This map shows a plat of the city, local streets, railroads, public buildings, local businesses, and parts of the Manitowoc River and Lake Michigan. Relief...
Map or Atlas

Manitowoc Harbor, Wisconsin

Date: 1925
Description: This map shows a plat of the city, local streets, railroads, public buildings, local businesses, and parts of the Manitowoc River and Lake Michigan. Relief...
Map or Atlas

Map of Winnebago Portage, Situated on the Portage Canal Between the Fox & Wisconsin Rivers : Wisconsin Territory

Date: 1836
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, streets, a proposed canal basin, Fort Winnebago, and the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers. Relief is shown by hachures and no...
Map or Atlas

City of Portage

Date: 1855
Description: This map shows landownership, lot and block numbers, streets, a canal, bridges, Fort Winnebago, the Wisconsin River, and the Fox River. Relief is shown by ...
Postcard

Patriotic Parade

Date: 04 1917
Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view of a patriotic parade marching from the Capital towards lower State Street. Spectators are lined up and watching ...

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