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| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a view over rooftops of a neighborhood near Lake Michigan. Shoreline can be seen in the background. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over rooftops looking towards Lake Michigan shoreline. Seaman's Furniture and Rooms building is surrounded by other commercial buildings. The... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | View of the Columbian Exposition grounds from Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Engraved illustration of an elevated view of the "McCormick Reaper & Mower Works." Ships are on Lake Michigan in the background. |
| Date: | 03 31 1852 |
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| Description: | Surveyors map showing the Root River and Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1820 |
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| Description: | Map of the Northwestern Territories of the United State showing the track pursued by the Expedition in 1820. |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Map of Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, and Kenosha Counties with part of Walworth County showing townships, waterways, railroads, plank roads, prairies, meado... |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | The official railroad map of Wisconsin showing railroad lines throughout the state. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | The official railroad map of Wisconsin showing railroad lines throughout the state. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Section 2 of 12, this bicycle road map features Wisconsin bicycle routes in the counties of Marquette, Green Lake, Columbia, Fond Du Lac, Dodge, Washington... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Section 3 of 12, this bicycle road map features Wisconsin bicycle routes in the counties of Winnebago, Calumet, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Brown, Kewaunee, and ... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the top of the Pabst Building down East Wisconsin Avenue all the way to Milwaukee Bay and out to the horizon of Lake Michigan. One of th... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View across water of a tugboat pulling a sailboat towards Milwaukee on Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 07 1899 |
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| Description: | A boat leaving Milwaukee Harbor between two breakwaters, steaming into Milwaukee Bay and onward out into Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A large steamship, City of Racine, loaded with passengers sails towards Milwaukee Harbor. On the left a tugboat pulls a smaller sailboat out towards... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Small sailboats in Milwaukee Harbor with buildings on the far shoreline in the background. There is a large sign on a roof that readsin part: "L.J. Petit..... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Four sailboats in Milwaukee Harbor, one of which, The Kim, has Syl on board. In the background are railroad cars and industrial buildings. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View across water of sailboats in Milwaukee Bay. One of the boats, The Kim, has Syl on board. In the background are industrial buildings, one of whi... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Pennyfeather sitting in a small sailboat in Milwaukee Harbor. There are industrial buildings on the far shoreline, and other boats at anchor in the backgro... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | A Wisconsin map showing the Wisconsin Superior and St. Croix Railroad. |
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