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Routes of the Goodrich Steamship Lines

Date: 1930
Description: Page 8 of the 1930 schedule is a map of the routes of the Goodrich Steamship Lines in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.
Book or Pamphlet

Deering & Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1893
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering & Company featuring chromolithograph illustrations of the Deering factory, the grain center of the worl...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1886
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a farmer in a field operating a hor...
Map or Atlas

The Matthews-Northrup Up-to-Date Map of Wisconsin : Published Indexed in Vest-Pocket Style

Date: 1898
Description: Shows railway lines in Wisconsin marked in red and counties in colors. The meridians are Greenwich, Wisconsin and Washington, Wisconsin. The map folds into...
Photograph

Commercial Area near Lake Michigan

Date: 1868
Description: Elevated view over rooftops looking towards Lake Michigan shoreline. Seaman's Furniture and Rooms building is surrounded by other commercial buildings. The...
Print

McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1868
Description: Engraved illustration of an elevated view of the "McCormick Reaper & Mower Works." Ships are on Lake Michigan in the background.
Postcard

Milwaukee Postcard, Neptune with a Beer Stein

Date: 1914
Description: Postcard of the Milwaukee lakefront. In the foreground is an image of Neptune standing in Lake Michigan holding a trident in one hand and a beer stein in t...
Map or Atlas

Short Jaunts for Busy People to Nearby Resorts in Illinois & Wisconsin

Date: 1904
Description: A brochure for the lake region of north-eastern Illinois and south-eastern Wisconsin providing information on summer activities and places to stay in the a...
Book or Pamphlet

Columbian Calendar Back Cover

Date: 1892
Description: Back cover of calendar, with the text: "Hail Columbia, Happy Land!" Features a bird's-eye illustration of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition (World's Fa...
Postcard

Scene at the Pier, Death's Door

Date: 1940
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of people on the shoreline and on the pier at Death's Door. Signs on a tree near a snack stand on the right read: "Sm...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Racine

Date: 1883
Description: This map shows lots, neighborhood additions and subdivisions (some in blue, green, pink, and yellow), and numbered wards. Streets, Lake Michigan, and the R...
Map or Atlas

Map of Manitowoc County

Date: 1903
Description: This map shows lakes, roads, railroads, townships, and land ownership by name. Counties are colored red, blue, or yellow. Lake Michigan is labeled. Also in...
Map or Atlas

Highway Map & Guide of Wisconsin

Date: 1928
Description: A Wisconsin state highway map, featuring the major highways, rivers, lakes, and cities. There are a few advertisements on the front and back. The back also...
Map or Atlas

Official AAA Road Map, Wisconsin

Date: 1936
Description: This road map shows the major roads, cities, lakes, and rivers of Wisconsin and parts of the neighboring states and Canada, as well as advertisements for t...
Map or Atlas

Official AAA Road Map, Wisconsin

Date: 1937
Description: This map shows the major roads, cities, towns, lakes, and rivers of Wisconsin and some of the neighboring states. The front includes an add for Coca-Cola, ...
Map or Atlas

Rand McNally Junior Road Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1927
Description: This map details automobile routes throughout the state as well as parts of Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois. Cities, the Mississippi River, Lake Mic...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1915
Description: This map includes automobile routes through the state as well as routes in parts of Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota. Cities, counties, Lake Michigan, Lake Sup...
Map or Atlas

Goodrich Road Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: This map of the entire state shows state and other highways, cities, some lake, the Mississippi River, Lake Michigan, and Lake Superior. The bottom left co...
Map or Atlas

The Great North Woods Tourist and Fishing District of Wisconsin

Date: 1922
Description: This map shows in red the NorthWestern Railway Line routes running from Chicago, Illinois to northern Wisconsin. The map includes cities and towns, lakes, ...
Map or Atlas

Our Own Map Official Road Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1925
Description: The map shows the entire state with portions of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan. The map shows concrete, gravel, all weather earth, clay, and sand ...

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