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| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Newspaper reproduction of an etching of the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | View of bluffs and buildings on the shore of Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Milwaukee on Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | View of Milwaukee, looking southwest toward the county courthouse while it was under construction. |
| 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: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Milwaukee River with large sailing ship - a two-masted schooner - entering the port. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee River in the downtown area, looking south from the west side of the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Made from U.S. Surveys and from minutes furnished by Jos. S. Buck and Dr. C. Chase. Scale 20 CHs to an inch. |
| 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: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Axtell House, located at Walker's point on the corner of S. Water and Ferry Streets. There are pedestrians on the bridge over the river. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Metal bridge over river with three men standing near the railing. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph; looking north from the end of Oneida Street along shoreline. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Wisconsin Street looking east from Spring Street. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | North of Huron Street Bridge looking toward point near Grand Avenue crossing. A ship with several masts is docked on the river, and several large building... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Water tower of the Milwaukee water works, North Point. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Map of home and land, with the roads, lakes, railroad, and buildings. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee River near the Milwaukee settlement. People are depicted doing work in boats along the shore. Original is a pen and ink drawing, presumably made ... |
| 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: | 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. |
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