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| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Pastoral scene depicting a small bay on the Island of St. Ignace in Lake Superior with canoes on the rocky beach, two men conversing on a blanket in the fo... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of West Superior and Superior, with insets of Wright Farm and First Building in Superior. |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | A brochure with a map of Wisconsin that also includes information (in English, German, Norwegian, and Swedish) pertaining to the state, such as its timber ... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | In 1916, it was estimated that 15,000 Indian mounds had formerly existed in Wisconsin. In the early 20th century, the Wisconsin Archaeological Society surv... |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | Brightly-colored map exhaustively marks the townships, County Towns and villages of Wisconsin. It also shows rivers, canals, railroads, and plank roads. Ea... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Drawn seven years after Wisconsin entered statehood, this map shows the counties, cities, towns, rivers and lakes in the entire state. The map includes a c... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | This map shows counties, towns, cities, and selected villages, as well as the Menominee Indian Reservation are identified on this U.S. Post Office. Circles... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | This map, which includes eastern Iowa, northern Illinois and a portion of Michigan's Upper peninsula, shows the township survey grid and identifies countie... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | This mid-20th century tourist brochure for Bayfield County, Wisconsin, includes a map of the county showing towns, cities and villages, highways and roads,... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | This map shows lot and block numbers, piers, streets, monuments, and township section corners. Included is a note on the width of avenues, piers, slips, al... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | This illustrated map shows counties, highways, rivers, roads, present and proposed state parks and forests, proposed state parkways, proposed state monumen... |
| Date: | 1996 |
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| Description: | This map shows roads, lakes, points of interest including colleges, trails, historic communities and sites, museums, and parks. Also included are descripti... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Narrow red lines show principal secondary highways. Green circles shows points of historical interest. Green triangles show Indian mounds and Indian villag... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | This colored road map shows automobile roads in Wisconsin as well as portions of Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois. U.S. numbered highways are shown ... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of a small community on the shore of Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "The Seamen's Memorial Statue, Barker's Island, Superior, WI. Facing the harbor holding a massive cable is the 10 foot tall Seamen's... |
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