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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | West from Third Street. Advertising signs for Schlitz, People's Credit Clothing Co., Peoples Dentist, and other businesses line the buildings along the roa... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Partial view of the building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. On the left is a cross on a pillar section, with a plant bowl on top of a block in front. A... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the government building with a tower on a street corner. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk in front. Caption reads: "Government Building and... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Building with tower from street level. Two flags fly are on top of the building. Caption reads: "Government Building and Post Office, Milwaukee." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Monument in Washington Park with two male figures side by side on a plinth in the center, with curved walls ending in two small columns surrounding them, w... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View across intersection toward the corner of Wisconsin Street and Cass Street. The hotel has several floors, awnings on all the windows on one side, and a... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Building on street corner, taken from street level. A man is standing near a barber's pole in the right foreground. The store has eight levels with a water... |
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| Description: | Elevated view toward the building on a street corner. The intersection in front is crowded with pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles, and trolleys. Nine flags... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Five story building with a flag with the hotel's name on it flying from the roof. Several people, a car, and a trolley are in front. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Panoramic print of factory. Six large smokestacks, several small ones, a flag, and a water tower decorate the rooftops. Horse-drawn vehicles are on the roa... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The brewery was built by George Schweickhart after he came to the city in 1856. He purchased three acres of land on the then Watertown Plank road, now just... |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | 1020 North Broadway, main facade photographed from the Northwest. Building right next to the Milwaukee School of Engineers. Signs labeling the buildings a... |
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| Description: | Panoramic view from the top of a building. Home of Merchants and Manufacturers' Association of Milwaukee. Building is in the center of the image, with two ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | South from National Avenue, a view on the south side of Milwaukee. A church steeple is on the distant left. An electric pole is on the left corner, next ... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | After the fire of Oct. 22, 1865. The house takes up most of the image to the right, with burnt trees on the left, and a building in the background. The r... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of city, river and harbor. Two smokestacks are on either side of the river mouth. |
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| Description: | Three boats on right. Left side has two buildings and small boats in fog. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | The residence of Rev. Clement Fall Le Fevre. Photographed from an old watercolor Painting. Building erected 1844. Four buildings are located in the center... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | The residence of John Crapser Coleman, as remodeled in 1870. A large house is in the middle of the image, with a drive leading up to the left of the house... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | The residence of John Crapser Coleman. As remodeled in 1870; copy of photograph taken in 1894. House is in right middle ground, with a yard and trees. A ... |
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