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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... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Stone Stairway. At the top there is a decorative balcony overlooking the stairway, and part of a building can be seen. Caption reads: "Stone Stairway, Lake... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Reservoir, looking South, with pedestrians walking along the edge of the empty reservoir. A team of horses with a cart or wagon can also be seen in the bac... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Looking down into the reservoir partially filled with water. A group of men stand at various levels; some with the carriage and horses at top, four on a le... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Several men are standing on top of a square ledge over the reservoir. Other men are working in the reservoir. On the right is a wooden walkway. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior of classical-style building. Facade has fluted columns, decorated capitals, ornate railings, and a wide stairway leading to the entrance. Caption ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Exterior of classical-style building. Facade has fluted columns, decorated capitals, ornate railings, and a wide stairway leading to the entrance. A man is... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A chain and posts border the yard of the lighthouse, which is attached to a two-story house. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Old Government Lighthouse at Lake Park. The lighthouse is connected to a house, surrounded by shrubs. Caption reads: "The Old Government Lighthouse, Lake P... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View across river toward Wisconsin Street and the River Bridge. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Street, East from River Bridge, Milwaukee, Wis." |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the hotel on a street corner. The Majestic is the tallest building in the image. Signs designate two of the buildings, with a smaller buil... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of fourteen-story theatre at an angle from across the street. Several other buildings are on the left and right, pedestrians are on the sidew... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Exterior of library building with entrance to the left of center. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of church with towers. Three horse-drawn carriages are parked in front. Caption reads: "Marquette College and Gesu Church, Milwaukee." |
| 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... |
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