Photograph
Milwaukee Grain Elevator
| The Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company grain elevator at the Milwaukee harbor, with a sailing ship anchored nearby. |
| Image ID: | 24988 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1870 |
| Creator Name: | Sherman, W. H. |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| County: | Milwaukee |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Wisconsin place file, circa 1850s-circa 1950s |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PF Milwaukee.389 |
| Original Dimensions: | 3 x 3.25 inches |
| According to the Maritime History of the Great Lakes web site, the ship in the photo has been tentatively identified as the bark TANNER, built in Milwaukee in 1863 and wrecked in a storm in 1875. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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