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| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view down Wisconsin Avenue looking west, with the RKO Riverside Theatre on the right, and a large Christmas sign on the corner of a building on th... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View down Wisconsin Avenue looking east. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An industrial area of Milwaukee known as Menominee Valley. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | View of bluffs and buildings on the shore of Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Buildings along Wisconsin Avenue lining a wide dirt road. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | The Milwaukee Thermo Therapae building at Fourth and Sycamore Streets. It was also known as Dr. Hanson's Thermo Water Cure. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The Romanesque Chicago & Northwestern Railway station. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Milwaukee Auditorium during an event. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Dousman Warehouse, East Water Street. Originally located on the wharf parallel with the river. Built and used by George and Talbot, brothers of Hercules Do... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the home of Increase A. Lapham at 321-325 Poplar Street, which was built by J.A. Messenger in 1848. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Humboldt Gardens Hotel at the southwest corner of North and Humboldt Avenues. There are large Miller Beer advertisements on the side o... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior of A.O. Smith Laboratories. Architects were Holabird and Root. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Harbor area of Jones Island and garbage disposal plant, Stratton Grain Co., and more. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Divided highway is South Chase Avenue between West Lincoln Avenue (2300) and East Oklahoma Avenue (3100). |
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| Description: | Aerial view looking north of downtown, with the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 05 04 1886 |
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| Description: | Lumber yard with boxcars and factory buildings in the back. Made while factory was under protection of the State Militia during the first general labor str... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Section of the factory at a crossroads with road construction workers outside. Name of company visible on building. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Exterior of factory with a streetcar and parked cars in the background. Streetcar wires crisscross overhead, and in the foreground on the right are a group... |
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