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| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Newspaper reproduction of an etching of the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Milwaukee County Zoo grounds nearing its completion. |
| Date: | 05 15 1954 |
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| Description: | Zookeepers releasing rhesus monkeys to the island that serves as their summer home at the Washington park zoo (later replaced by the Milwaukee County Zoo). |
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| Description: | Washington Park Zoo yak exhibit. The park was later replaced by the Milwaukee County Zoo. |
| Date: | 02 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Zoo director George Speidel and members of the Milwaukee County Zoological society talking over plans for the new zoo while looking at a tentative model fo... |
| Date: | 11 28 1981 |
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| Description: | Veterinarians examining Samson, the Milwaukee Zoo's star 32-year-old gorilla, after attempting to revive him after he had collapsed while feeding in the zo... |
| Date: | 12 13 1985 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of Rhudra, an Indian rhinoceros, receiving surgery for a non-healing wound on the sole of his right, rear foot at the Milwaukee County Zoo. T... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the west side of East Water Street. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Two men playing baseball for semi-pro teams in a Milwaukee ballpark. |
| Date: | 04 06 1969 |
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| Description: | Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street. |
| Date: | 05 18 1919 |
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| Description: | Scene from Poale Zion Chasidim, an Americanization pageant held in the Milwaukee auditorium to welcome Milwaukee's new citizens. |
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| Description: | View downriver from the State Street Bridge showing a large sailing vessel. |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Sheboygan Lake steamboat out on the water, with several passengers visible on the deck. |
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| Description: | View of a steamboat down the river from near East Water Street Bridge. |
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| Description: | Four men are sitting on the shore and looking out at a ship on the water at the Wolf and Davidson ship yard. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Axtell House with Walker's Point Bridge in the foreground. |
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| Description: | View of old sailing boats at a shoreline with elevator A in the background. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of T.A. Chapman's new store with a horse and carriage next to it. |
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