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| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | The county and city of Florence were named for Florence Hulst, the wife of an early settler. This view illustrates the two industries, mining and lumbering... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Mammoth Ore Docks, Ashland, Wis." A building and roads are in the foreground. Several ore ships can be seen. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of mining operations. Caption reads: "'A Busy Corner' of Platteville." |
| Date: | 1849 |
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| Description: | Geological map of the mineral region around Lake Superior, including portions of Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | War Manpower Commission Design No. 7, "Metal Miner." The poster features a man in a cave with mining equipment. At center bottom of the poster the audience... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | War Manpower Commission Design No. 7, "Coal Miner." The poster features a man in a cave with mining equipment. At center bottom of the poster the audience ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of the history of the State of Wisconsin, 1848-1948. Shows a map of Wisconsin with many historical and themed elements. Image was created by w... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | International Trucks advertisement. Cover reads: "If the job calls for a Truck... it calls for an International." A caption indicates that "the truck illus... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Tobin Exploring, Mining & Manufacturing Company of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with a scene of men with picks, shovels, and other tools working i... |
| Date: | 1847 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored map that shows the area south and east of the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers, as well as a few landmarks just north of that area. The township gri... |
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| Description: | Black and white drawing of the great seal of the state of Wisconsin. A mariner and a miner stand on either side of a quartered shield topped by a badger an... |
| Date: | 1842 |
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| Description: | This map shows portions of northern Illinois and Wisconsin surveyed by the map's creation. It shows county lines and university land, and depicts lead and ... |
| Date: | 1846 |
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| Description: | This map shows the counties and towns in existence at the time as well as lead and copper mines. |
| Date: | 1848 |
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| Description: | This map by Increase Lapham shows the township and range system in southern and eastern Wisconsin as well as along the Wisconsin River in present-day Marat... |
| Date: | 1849 |
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| Description: | Published a year after Wisconsin entered statehood, this map shows the counties and towns in existence at the time - mainly in southern/southeastern Wiscon... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | This detailed map outlines mid and southern WI county boundaries in bright color, and city/town lines are provided. Other marks include lead mines, copper ... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Map outlines mid and southern Wisconsin county boundaries in blue, and city/town lines are provided. Other marks include mines, plank roads, and railroads. |
| Date: | 1853 |
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| Description: | Southern two thirds of Wisconsin with county boundaries hand-colored in red. The map displays towns, railroads, plan roads and mines. The scale is ten mile... |
| Date: | 1853 |
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| Description: | Railroad map outlines mid and southern Wisconsin county boundaries in red, and city/town lines are provided. Other marks include lead mines, copper mines, ... |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | This map shows surveyed counties in blue, yellow, and pink, railroads, plank roads and mines. Lake Michigan, the Mississippi River, other rivers and lakes,... |
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