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Bechstein's Bathing Establishment

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Description: Color postcard of a bathing place on the water. A hill is behind the building, and there are a signs for a swimming school and the Wm. Bechstein Co. Severa...
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Passenger Station

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway passenger station at W. Everett Street between N. 3rd and N. 4th Streets. View is from the across the st...
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City Hall Square

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Description: Elevated view from the top of a building looking onto the square and down East Water Street. A fountain with a monument to Henry Bergh is in the lower cent...
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Commission House District

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Lower Broadway with horse-drawn vehicles on both sides of the road. A long red building is in the left foreground angling to the right. A ...
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Concordia College

Date: 1915
Description: View across lawn toward the building at 32nd & Cedar Streets. Caption reads: "Concordia College 32nd & Cedar, Milwaukee."
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Emanuel Presbyterian Church

Date: 1910
Description: View up road towards the Gothic style church on the left. Caption reads: "Emanuel Presbyterian Church, Milwaukee."
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Exposition Building

Date: 1900
Description: View across intersection toward the building. Caption reads: "Exposition Building, Milwaukee. (Totally Destroyed by Fire June 4 '05.)" A group of people is...
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German-English Academy and Temple Emanuel

Date: 1910
Description: The temple is on the right of the Academy at the street corner. Caption reads: "German-English Academy & Temple Emanuel, Milwaukee."
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Grand Avenue Buscule Bridge

Date: 1904
Description: Colored view of the river lined with buildings. The drawbridge is raised as a steamboat is passing through. There is a clocktower in the background. Captio...
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Government Building and Post Office

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Description: Elevated view of the government building with a tower on a street corner. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk in front. Caption reads: "Government Building and...
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The Holton Street Viaduct

Date: 1907
Description: View looking up at the viaduct over the river, with a trolley on the tracks on the metal support bridge. Along the right shoreline is a grassy riverbank wi...
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Industrial School for Girls

Date: 1906
Description: Administration building for the school. The building has over three stories, and a covered main entrance. Caption reads: "Administration Building, Industri...
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Ivanhoe Temple

Date: 1910
Description: View down street toward the Temple on the right. There is a monument in the background at the end of the road. Caption reads: "Ivanhoe Temple, Milwaukee."
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Wisconsin Street

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Street, looking east from the Post Office towards Lake Michigan. Date written in pencil on postcard reads May 21, 1909. Caption ...
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South Entrance to Lake Park

Date: 1916
Description: South entrance to park. The bridge has stone lion sculptures on each of its corners, as well as ornate street lamps. A lighthouse and attached buildings ar...
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South Entrance of Lake Park

Date: 1905
Description: South entrance; an open car with two people is crossing the bridge. Stone lions flank the bridge on each corner. A lighthouse is in the background. Caption...
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Ravine Drive in Lake Park

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Description: View down curving road lined with flowering bushes toward a bridge in Lake Park. Lake Michigan is in the distance, with a ship at the horizon. Caption read...
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Lincoln Memorial Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of Lincoln Memorial Bridge and plaza area. Lake Michigan is in the background, railroad tracks are below the bridge. Trees and grass surround...
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1905
Description: Church on Grand Avenue. A statue is in the median in the foreground. Caption reads: "Grand Ave. M. E. Church, Milwaukee."
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Miller Brewing Co.

Date: 1960
Description: Administration Building. A two-story building with an sign and a symbol of a tall beer of glass flanked by two stalks of a plant on the front entrance of t...

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