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| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Chicago, with ships in the Lake Michigan harbor. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Like many early settlements of southeastern Wisconsin, Clinton was founded in 1836 by Yankees--immigrants from New England and New York. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Fire insurance map of the McCormick Reaper Works, a factory of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. |
| Date: | 1792 |
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| Description: | Map of Washington D.C. Labeled on the map are all the main streets, the site of the Capitol and the President's House. The map also shows the relationship ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | This is a zoning map of Wauwatosa with a key of districts including agricultural, resident, business, commercial, and industrial. The map features labeled ... |
| Date: | 1829 |
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| Description: | This map of Munnomonee is ink and pencil on tracing cloth. The map shows a plat of the town, local streets, highways, land donations for public use, and pa... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | This map of the Town of Lake is ink and pencil on paper and shows lots and acreages, reserved land, and public squares. The bottom of the map includes a ke... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Map showing the parcel of land on the shore of Lake Monona acquired by the City of Madison for a park (today known as Olbrich Park). |
| Date: | 11 15 1957 |
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| Description: | This map shows single family residence district, business district, and manufacturing district, as well as block and lot numbers, Hustis Homestead, gravel ... |
| Date: | 06 02 1952 |
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| Description: | This map shows five types of districts, as well as streets, railroads, water works buildings, and parks. The bottom left of the map has a key of district t... |
| Date: | 02 25 1965 |
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| Description: | This blue line print map shows annexed land with ordinance numbers and dates. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | This map shows wards as well as proposed future streets, lot and block numbers, additions, and some landownership. The Sheboygan River is labeled. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | This map shows 32 zoning districts, house numbering system, parks, cemeteries, and Milwaukee County institutional buildings. |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | This map is 1 of 7 and includes a location map and township diagram in the margins. The map includes a key of land type: Residential (yellow), Commercial (... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | This map shows heavy industrial districts (yellow), commercial and light manufacturing districts (red), and residential districts (white) as well as a plat... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | This blueline print map shows streets, pedestrian pathways, plans to widen existing streets, and streets and alleys vacated and to be vacated. The upper le... |
| Date: | 2005 |
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| Description: | This map shows dams and falls, areas of portage, canoe and kayak access, boat launches, parking, restrooms, picnic areas, dining, rapid water, parks, and b... |
| Date: | 1715 |
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| Description: | A map of the countries and islands surrounding the Gulf of Mexico. The hand-colored borders separate the territories of England, France, Spain, and Holland... |
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