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| Date: | 06 08 1960 |
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| Description: | Blueprint plat of Sunset Hills sub-division. |
| Date: | 1815 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of the first state buildings in Columbus, Ohio, including the United States Courthouse, Public Offices and the Old State House. A number of p... |
| Date: | 03 03 1937 |
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| Description: | A pencil drawing of a proposed area of the planned community of Greendale, Wisconsin. The community was established as an objective of the Department of Ag... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Architectural drawing of the Sunset Village neighborhood on the West side of the city of Madison. The poster description reads: A proposed master plan for ... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Drawing depicting the Milwaukee Bank Riot of June 24, 1861. A large crowd is gathered outside the State Bank and Mitchell's Bank. A fire burns in the stree... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Sturgeon Bay in 1900. Sturgeon Bay Bridge spans the bay and several boats are on the water. A lighthouse sits on a small island in the bay... |
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| Description: | Drawing of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. Features the dome with the "Wisconsin" statue replaced by a seated beekeeper wearing protective clothing, ... |
| Date: | 07 1939 |
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| Description: | An architectural rendering of a proposed lakefront development plan. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Lithographic view of a man in a canoe on Big-Foot's Lake (modern day Lake Geneva) with a small settlement on a bluff overlooking the lake. A group of birds... |
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| Description: | Drawing depicting a person sowing seeds in furrowed ground with a cityscape in the background. An arm and hammer appear in the sky superimposed on a sun-li... |
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| Description: | Detail from a drawing of a plan for the isthmus. |
| Date: | 04 15 1915 |
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| Description: | A sketch of Little Lake Butte des Morts and the surrounding area, including Neenah and Menasha. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Drawing of an aerial view of the McCormick plant on a river in Chicago, Illinois. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Drawing of an elevated view of an International Harvester building in a tropical setting. There is a city in the far background. |
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| Description: | Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing that collages several scenes: the Madison skyline from the lakeshore of Lake Monona; Ted Ryan, a road maintenance worker, ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A pencil drawing of two men descending a bluff with oxen and a wagon to Winona, Minnesota. There is a church in the town below and the Mississippi River is... |
| Date: | 1608 |
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| Description: | Illustraiton, with alphabetical key in French, of the Habitation of Quebec, a conglomeration of connected buildings on the banks of the St. Lawrence River ... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Alfred Clas design drawing of a scheme for the improvement of the Milwaukee River, with possibilities of narrowing the river and paralleling the banks with... |
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| Description: | Graphite and blue ink line drawing of Sid Boyum's study on pagodas. The drawing of the central pagoda towers over the landscape, with pine trees on the gro... |
| Date: | 1845 |
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| Description: | Drawing of Shullsburg. Text at bottom reads: "Smelting lead ore in log furnaces. Scene in Gratiots Grove at Shullsburg, Wis. in 1845-6. Drawn from life. By... |
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