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| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Close-up of the clock in the tower in the Milwaukee Civic Center Plaza. The clock hangs from the inside roof of the three-legged tower in a teardrop-shape... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Milwaukee Civic Center Plaza. Entire clock tower is visible, with the plaza around the base, and other buildings in the background. The c... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of hotel. On the lower right above the entrance is a sign for the Empire Room. Automobiles are parked on the street. A flag pole without a fl... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View from the top of a warehouse at the south end of 6th Street. There is a traffic jam on both sides of the viaduct. On the left, one man is walking on th... |
| Date: | 12 1952 |
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| Description: | In Washington park, Washington Park library in the background. Nighttime view, with snow falling. The statue of Frederick Von Steuben on horseback preside... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a northwest section of the city. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the city looking south and west. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Skyline view, from across the water towards the lakefront. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Reed Street from the corner of South Water Street. This depot served the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Wisconsin Central, and the ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Historic marker placed on the site of the first cabin built in Milwaukee, 1795. A replica cabin is behind. The plaque says: On this site the first permane... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Stereograph. Elevated view looking roughly south, the foreground overlooks a residential neighborhood. On the far shoreline, smoke clouds spew out from lar... |
| Date: | 10 13 1895 |
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| Description: | Twenty-one photographs of churches, city halls, courthouses, and other buildings and their locations throughout Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the First Wisconsin National Bank Building, down Wells Street toward the Milwaukee County Court House. Commerce office on lower left. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Elevated view, looking northwest from the Fourth District Schoolhouse. The foreground is dominated by two large churches. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Looking southeast from Clybourn and Fifteenth Streets. An open dirt area is in the foreground, with lumber lying near water on the left, and industrial bui... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Elevated view southeast from Marquette College. Homes along street in the foreground with a horse-drawn carriage. Church steeples can be seen in the dista... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking northwest from Division Street and East Water Street. Rooftop of building in foreground has laundry hanging from a line. In the back... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a view over rooftops of a neighborhood near Lake Michigan. Shoreline can be seen in the background. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over rooftops looking towards Lake Michigan shoreline. Seaman's Furniture and Rooms building is surrounded by other commercial buildings. The... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Stereograph. Winter scene of a residential area, looking down a snowy sidewalk near a retaining wall and a fence in Milwaukee, with a horse-drawn carriage... |
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