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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Street looking east from the River Bridge. Caption reads: "Wisconsin St. East from River, Milwaukee, Wis." |
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| Description: | Man walking into the main entrance of the telephone company. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Avenue at Sixth Street, looking east from near the front of the Milwaukee Public Library (left foreground). Taken at night; lighted clocks read 9... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Lincoln Memorial Drive at the point where it joins Wisconsin Avenue, now the site of the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center. Lake Michig... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Lincoln Memorial Bridge and plaza area. Lake Michigan is in the background, railroad tracks are below the bridge. Trees and grass surround... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Monument located on 13th Street. Large rough stone with a metal plaque set into it. The plaque marks the spot near where Lincoln made an address in 1859. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Statue of the monk with a cross in his left hand and his right hand upraised. Behind the statue is a plaque with a carving of an Indian in a canoe near a s... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Four-story building, with vines growing on the exterior. A woman stands near the entrance on the right. Above the doorway a sign says "Dentistry". A car i... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Gesu Pastoral Residence Catholic Church, 1131 W. Wisconsin Street. Church towers, with a clock, are right of center, with wings to the left and right. A mo... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | 40 North Prospect Avenue. Built ca. 1860, E.T. Mix, architect. House is three stories with a small tower on the roof. To the right is the yard with smal... |
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| Description: | View across street toward the hotel on the left, with the Y.M.C.A. next door. On the right side of the street is a building with a billboard for the Boston... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Looking down street toward Lake Michigan, which is visible at the end of the road. The dirt street is lined with trees and houses. On the right stands a... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Grand Lodge of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons. This is the main headquarters of the Masons in Milwaukee, at 705 E. Wells ... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | 462 Virginia Street. The buildings on the left are the old Melms Brewery located at the south side of the Menomonee Valley. About 1857 C.T. Melms organized... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A monument to Milwaukeeans killed in the Second World War and the Korean Conflict. Night view, with building lit internally. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of building facade, which has a light-colored wall pierced with holes, designed by Maynard Meyer, architect. On the right is a restaurant, th... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Designed by Maynard Meyer, architect. The one-story building has a mural near the entrance, and a pierced wall on the other. To the right is a restaurant, ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from road toward a large building on a small hill above a road. Three posts are along the road, and small rails line the the sidewalk near a small dri... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Corner of 706 North Jefferson Street; from a booklet of collotype views published by the photographer. The building has a turret with a rounded roof. At th... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Large hospital in the background, with a large stone fountain or planter on the left. Two men are walking in the garden near a drive. |
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