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Bird's-Eye View of Superior

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye map of Superior, county seat of Douglas County, on the shores of Lake Superior, with insets of points of interest.
Photograph

Picnic Point from University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Picnic Point from shoreline of Lake Mendota at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. There is a university building on the hill on the left, and a pi...
Map or Atlas

Door County

Date: 1899
Description: Map of Door County with inset photograph of Sturgeon Bay City.
Map or Atlas

Menominee, Michigan and Marinette, Wisconsin : Chart No. 723

Date: 1951
Description: Water depths shown by bathymetric tints and soundings. Relief shown by contours. "Depths in feet." "Aids to navigation corrected to May 4, 1951." On verso:...
Postcard

Lake Wissota - Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: Color photograph of an aerial view of Lake Wissota looking east on Highway 29. Many resorts are in the area. Lake Wissota is one of the largest man-made la...
Postcard

Lake Wissota-Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view, looking northwest, three miles east of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Big Lake Wissota is seen across from Highway 29 in this color postcard, with...
Map or Atlas

Map of the State of Michigan and the Surrounding Country : Exhibiting the Sections and the Latest Surveys

Date: 1851
Description: This map shows townships, villages, Indian villages, railroads, roads, mills, prairies, swamps, and canals. An inset map shows a plat of the copper distric...
Map or Atlas

Pleistocene Geology of the Door Peninsula, Wisconsin

Date: 1961
Description: This map shows bays, lakes, and roads. Relief is shown by contours; depths are shown by isolines. Lake Michigan and Lake Winnebago are labeled. An explana...
Map or Atlas

The Covarrubias America : A Decorative Map of the United States of America

Date: 1942
Description: This pictorial bird's-eye-view map shows the United States of America with parts of Canada and Mexico. Landscape, trade, industry, points of interest, peop...
Map or Atlas

Bohrod's America, Its History

Date: 1946
Description: This map shows scenes from America's history with names of historical events superimposed on a map of the United States.
Map or Atlas

Superior : There's More to Our Shore!

Date: 1990
Description: This map shows the Minnesota Point, Wisconsin Point, Hog Island, Baker's Island, Connors Point, Blatnik Bridge, Superior Bay, Allouez Bay, the Nemadji Rive...
Map or Atlas

Lake Superior Water Trail, Wisconsin : Bayfield Peninsula - Apostle Islands Section

Date: 2000
Description: This map shows national parks, county and state forests, Indian reservations, municipal land, private land, docks, boat access, camping, and points of inte...
Postcard

Shoreline from Svens Bluff, Peninsula State Park, Wis.

Date: 08 20 1951
Description: Elevated view through trees of the Lake Michigan shoreline. A birch tree with two trunks is in the foreground.
Postcard

Picnic Point

Date: 1980
Description: Aerial shot directly over Picnic Point. Boats are in the lake. Text on reverse reads: "Picnic Point — A peninsula of the University of Wisconsin campus jut...
Postcard

Picnic Point

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Description: View of Picnic Point from Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin campus. Autumn color is in the trees.
Postcard

Beach at Picnic Point

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Description: Hand-colored view of a small beach surrounded by boulders. Caption reads: "Beach at Picnic Point, Madison, Wis."
Postcard

Picnic Point — Lake Mendota

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Description: View of Picnic Point and Lake Mendota from over the men's residence hall at the University of Wisconsin.
Postcard

North Point

Date: 1916
Description: Text on front reads: "North Point — Sheboygan, Wis." Elevated view of a Niagara limestone shelf of rock that rises above Lake Michigan. This rarely occurs ...
Postcard

Sister Bay

Date: 1915
Description: Caption reads: "Sister Bay, near Sturgeon Bay, Wis." and "In Door County 'Cherryland,' the Nation's Largest Cherry Producer." Sister Bay from a rocky beach...

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