Development of transportation in Wisconsin drawings, ca. 1948.

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Development of transportation in Wisconsin drawings, ca. 1948.

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Drawings made by Emma Glenz, L. E. Blair, and others for the 1948 Wisconsin Centennial illustrating the development of transportation in Wisconsin from 1800 to 1900. Drawings include Native American travois and canoes, road building, bridges, horse drawn vehicles, lead ore freighting, railroads, automobile travel, and bicycles.

16 drawings (1 flat box)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6924282

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin. Highway Commission.

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The Highway Commission was created by Chapter 337, Laws of 1911. State Laws of 1929 reorganized the commission from a five person, part-time agency to a three-person, full-time agency. With the reorganization of state government agencies in 1967 (Chapter 75), the Highway Commission was placed under the newly created Department of Transportation (see WIHV85-A1884). Chapter 29, Laws of 1977 created an independent Transportation Commission (see WIHV85-A214) which took over many of the ...

Blair, L. E.

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Glenz, Emma L.

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