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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
| Elevated view from bluff looking down on city, with Lake Michigan in background. Detailed foreground with two boys playing with a grounded kite, while a man and woman stand looking at the city with their backs to viewer; to their right a woman is pushing a baby carriage. Horses race by just below the bluff, with steam trains, houses, and other buildings below. Sailboats and steamships ply the harbor, and several churches are visible on the hills. Titled, copyrighted, and publishers name run along the bottom of the image. |
| Image ID: | 23130 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1858 |
| Creator Name: | Kurz, Louis |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| County: | Milwaukee |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Album 02 (Wisconsin Towns and Cities; Early Views) |
| Genre: | |
| Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
| Original Format Number: | Album 2.64 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8 x 5 inches |
| View of Milwaukee, "drawn after nature" for George Martin Bruckner's "Amerikas Geographie und Naturgeschicht." |
| Horse-drawn vehicles |
| Sailing ships |
| Michigan, Lake |
| Trees |
| Fields (Agriculture) |
| Women |
| Children |
| Men |
| Cattle |
| Horses |
| Church buildings |
| Clothing and dress |
| Cities and towns |
| Hills |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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