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Family at the Beach

Date: 1890
Description: A man and three boys in swimming suits at the beach. Presumably, Lake Michigan.
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...
Map or Atlas

Panoramic View of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: Bird's-eye map of Milwaukee with prominent streets and buildings identified. Taken from City Hall Tower.
Map or Atlas

Map of Electric Railway System. T.M.E.R. & L. Co.

Date: 1898
Description: Bird's-eye map, looking west from shoreline on Lake Michigan of Milwaukee to Golden Lake in Waukesha County, with Kenosha and Fox Point at bottom corners, ...
Map or Atlas

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Looking Northeast

Date: 1893
Description: Bird's-eye map of Sturgeon Bay, looking Northeast. Area bordered by Church Street in top left corner, leather & Smith Bridge in bottom left corner, Lawrenc...
Map or Atlas

The City of Chicago

Date: 1892
Description: Bird's-eye view of Chicago, with ships in the Lake Michigan harbor.
Photograph

Ice Shanty on Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1898
Description: A boy dressed in knickers clears the ice in preparation to fish next to his family's ice shanty.
Photograph

Manitowoc Railroad Yard

Date: 05 15 1897
Description: Elevated view of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway yards looking northwest. The elevator of the Northern Grain Company is in the middle distance.
Map or Atlas

Continental View of World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1892
Description: Bird's-eye view of the Columbian Exposition pavilions from the vantage point of Lake Michigan. Included is an inset of the Union Passenger Station (now Uni...
Photograph

Schooner in Manitowoc Harbor

Date: 1890
Description: Schooner coming into Manitowoc harbor.
Photograph

Elevated View of Racine, Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated view of the downtown area looking northeast from the courthouse corner.
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

Statue of Leif Ericson

Date: 1895
Description: Side view of the statue on a plinth with Celtic designs, with his right hand holding a horn resting on his hip. The statue is located in Juneau Park. On th...
Photograph

Resort and Harbor

Date: 1895
Description: View from across railroad tracks. Resort is on the water's edge, with a small inlet on the right. Land is mostly sand, though a small part on the left ha...
Map or Atlas

Railroad Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1890
Description: This map shows lakes, railroads, and rivers. An explanation of railroad lines with mileage in Wisconsin and total mileage for 1890 is included. Portions of...
Print

Schlitz Brewing Company

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of brewing company and surrounding roads. On the road in front of the buildings are horse-drawn carts carrying barrels, a trolley car, and pe...
Photograph

General View for the Lake

Date: 1893
Description: View of the Columbian Exposition grounds from Lake Michigan.
Map or Atlas

Bicycle Road Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1896
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...
Map or Atlas

Bicycle Road Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: Section 3 of 12, this bicycle road map features Wisconsin bicycle routes in the counties of Winnebago, Calumet, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Brown, Kewaunee, and ...
Photograph

Milwaukee Buildings from top of Pabst Building

Date: 1898
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...

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