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| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | View of bluffs and buildings on the shore of Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Sturgeon Bay, looking Northeast. Area bordered by Church Street in top left corner, leather & Smith Bridge in bottom left corner, Lawrenc... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company grain elevator at the Milwaukee harbor, with a sailing ship anchored nearby. |
| Date: | 05 15 1897 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway yards looking northwest. The elevator of the Northern Grain Company is in the middle distance. |
| Date: | 10 1844 |
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| Description: | A variant of a wood engraving dated October, 1844. Incorporated as the villige of Southport in 1841 (so-named because it was the southern-most natural harb... |
| Date: | 10 1844 |
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| Description: | View from a pile-driver on the north pier of the community then known as Southport. The pier visible at left center, constructed between 1840-1842, was th... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | The harbor piers and the entrance to the Sturgeon Bay ship canal. Men are standing on the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | View of Manitowoc from the north side. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the downtown area looking northeast from the courthouse corner. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the Racine Court House of northeast Racine, with Lake Michigan on the right. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye from Court House." |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of factory with lake and ships in the background. Trains, people, horses, and carriages, with a multitude of smokestacks in foreground. The f... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Side view of the statue on a plinth with Celtic designs, with his right hand holding a horn resting on his hip. The statue is located in Juneau Park. On th... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph; looking north from the end of Oneida Street along shoreline. |
| Date: | 1833 |
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| Description: | Published in James Smith Buck's, "Pioneer History of Milwaukee". Lake Michigan is on the right, with three rivers that combine at different points and reac... |
| Date: | 1833 |
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| Description: | Drawing on a faint grid with Lake Michigan on the right, and the rivers on the left. Labeled is an Indian Village, J. Veiu, S. Juneau, and P. Juneau. Alo... |
| 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: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Water tower of the Milwaukee water works, North Point. |
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