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| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Wisconsin Street, looking east from the Post Office towards Lake Michigan. Date written in pencil on postcard reads May 21, 1909. Caption ... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Wisconsin Street seen from Spring Street. The building on the left nearest the bridge was the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway's downto... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View of pedestrians and streetcar along Wisconsin Street. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Street, looking East from Grand Ave. Milwaukee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Benjamin Church House in Estabrook Park, operated as a museum by the Milwaukee County Historical Society. House is at a three-quarter angle to the viewer. ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of city over Kilbourn Park Reservoir. In the grass is the name of the park in large white letters. Caption reads: "Kilbourn Park Reservoir, M... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | It was in this shop that Christopher Sholes, inventor of the typewriter, did much of his work on various inventions. This photograph may be as early as th... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Front of hotel from park across the street. Several cars are parked along the street, and a large building is visible to the left of the hotel. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | South entrance to park. The bridge has stone lion sculptures on each of its corners, as well as ornate street lamps. A lighthouse and attached buildings ar... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over trees and bushes toward the footbridge. A building with a red roof is on the far right. Beyond the bridge is Lake Michigan. Caption read... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | South Entrance; in the background is a lighthouse. In the center is a bridge flanked by carved stone lions. A man on a motor car is crossing the bridge. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | South entrance; an open car with two people is crossing the bridge. Stone lions flank the bridge on each corner. A lighthouse is in the background. Caption... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Path along Lake Michigan beach. Below are people walking along the shoreline. Further down the path is a small group of people. Pilings are in the water in... |
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| Description: | View looking down toward a curving stairway leading down to a terrace with columns and ornate railings. In the background is a flagpole on the overlook to ... |
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| Description: | View across road toward a large pavilion with a gray roof and tower. A dirt road passes across the lower foreground. On the right of the building is a trol... |
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| Description: | View down curving road lined with flowering bushes toward a bridge in Lake Park. Lake Michigan is in the distance, with a ship at the horizon. Caption read... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A dirt drive in the park, in between some hills, with a bridge in the background leading to a building on the right. Next to the path are a stack of pipes... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward the bridge on the right. The lighthouse is in the background, as well as several other buildings in the distance. The bridge is fla... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Exterior of building from across the street. Facade has fluted columns, decorated capitals, and an overall classical theme to the architecture. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the classical-style building. The facade has fluted columns, decorated capitals, ornate railings, and a wide stairway leading to the entra... |
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