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Downriver from State Street Bridge

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Description: View downriver from the State Street Bridge showing a large sailing vessel.
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Wolf and Davidson Ship Yard

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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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Axtell House

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Description: Exterior view of the Axtell House with Walker's Point Bridge in the foreground.
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Ships in Harbor

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Description: View of ships docked at the foot of Clinton Street.
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Old Hulks and Elevator A

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Description: View of old sailing boats at a shoreline with elevator A in the background.
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T.A. Chapman's New Store

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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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Entrance to the Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 07 03 1886
Description: The ornate entrance to the Schlitz Palm Garden. Located on N. 3rd Street, south of W. Wisconsin Avenue, the Schlitz Palm Garden opened on July 3, 1886 and ...
Print

"New Music Palace"

Date: 1892
Description: Formerly the Richter, Schubert and Dick office building. Seven-story building with a rounded corner next to the alleyway. The word Merrill is above one e...
Drawing

Water Street

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Description: Drawing of North Water Street. Supplementary text reads: "THE STREET OF BEGINNINGS. An Indian trail, leading from the tamarack swamps to LeClair' little ...
Photograph

Family in Lake Park

Date: 1905
Description: A woman and young girl in a bonnet, possibly mother and daughter, and a man and a young girl, possibly father and daughter, holding hands while strolling o...
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J. Robert Taylor

Date: 1907
Description: Portrait of the photographer J. Robert Taylor sitting at a table smoking a pipe and possibly woodworking.
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J. Robert Taylor Family

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Description: Family posed in a line in a yard outside a home. Identified from back: Alma Reinhardt Taylor, Ellen Taylor Higgins, J. Robert Taylor, Donna Taylor Adams, ...
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Women Decorating Monument

Date: 1905
Description: Women placing floral garlands on a monument to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller. The women are wearing decorative hats.
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Usinger's Sausage Factory and Retail Store

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Description: View from across street of Usinger's Sausage Factory and Retail Store on 1030 North Third Street. Note the murals on the left side of the factory.
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Benediction of Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel

Date: 12 1926
Description: View across street towards a group of people entering the Santuario del Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe. A U.S. flag and a Mexican flag are draped above the en...

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