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Drawing

Fur Trading Post

Date: 1833
Description: Illustration of the Solomon Juneau fur trading post at Milwaukee in 1833.
Postcard

City Hall in Milwaukee

Date: 1905
Description: Slightly elevated view of Milwaukee City Hall. Caption reads: "City Hall, Milwaukee, Wis."
Postcard

Oneida Street, Looking West

Date: 1910
Description: View down Oneida Street, looking west, showing City Hall. Caption reads: "Oneida Street, looking West, Milwaukee."
Map or Atlas

View of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1856
Description: View looking west from Lake Michigan with several steam ships and sailing vessels in harbor. There is a lighthouse to left of center, along shoreline.
Print

Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee

Date: 1853
Description: Bird's-eye map of Milwaukee looking east toward Lake Michigan from a bluff, long since graded into a slope, at about 6th Street between Wisconsin Avenue an...
Photograph

Fishing On Breakwater

Date: 1910
Description: Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater.
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog

Date: 1887
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of farmers in a field with a horse-dra...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye Views of Milwaukee, Wis.

Date: 1882
Description: Bird's-eye views of various sections of Milwaukee.
Map or Atlas

Panoramic View of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: Bird's-eye map of Milwaukee with prominent streets and buildings identified. Taken from City Hall Tower.
Print

Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee in 1853

Date: 1937
Description: Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee in 1853 details building features and city layout from southwest. Important buildings are numbered in a silhouette drawing bel...
Postcard

Union Depot

Date: 1908
Description: Union Depot with clock tower. The railroad station with clock tower is behind a park. Horse-drawn vehicles are near the entrance. Caption reads: "Union Dep...
Postcard

Education Building at the Fair

Date: 
Description: Crowd of people in front of the Education Building at the State Fair. Caption reads: "Education Building, Wisconsin State Fair, Milwaukee."
Print

Fairgrounds at Milwaukee

Date: 1859
Description: Elevated view of the fairgrounds in Milwaukee, the year when Abraham Lincoln spoke. The fairgrounds were located at the Brockway Grounds near Twelfth and S...
Postcard

Grandstand and Racetrack

Date: 1910
Description: Harness race at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. Caption at top left reads: "Partial view, Grand Stand and Race Track, Wisconsin State Fair, Milwaukee."
Postcard

City Hall

Date: 1925
Description: City Hall. Caption reads: "City Hall, West Allis, Wis."
Postcard

Allis Chalmers Club House

Date: 1910
Description: The Allis Chalmers Club House. Caption reads: "Allis Chalmers Club House, West Allis, Wis."
Postcard

Milwaukee County Alms House

Date: 1917
Description: The Milwaukee County Alms House. Caption reads: "Milwaukee County Alms House, Wauwatosa, Wis."
Print

Pabst German Stadt Theater

Date: 1891
Description: Lithograph view of The Pabst German Stadt Theater on Oneida Street in Milwaukee, Wis.
Postcard

Salzmann Library

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the Salzmann Library, Saint Francis, WI. Caption reads: "Salzmann Library St. Francis, Wis."
Print

Milwaukee County Buildings

Date: 1870
Description: Old Milwaukee County Court House and adjoining buildings as they appeared from 1836 to 1870. Scene also shows pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles.

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