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| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Charles Pfeifer's Drugstore, founded in 1858. From left to right are Charles Pfeifer, Fred Pfeifer, Mrs. Adam Heeb, Fulda Pfeifer, Mrs. Ch... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | View of the Chequamegon Hotel, built by the Wisconsin Central railroad interests and opened in 1877. It faced the bay and had a long series of steps leadin... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Schlitz Brewing Company with two men and a boy in suits and hats in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | View of Tenement Block and Megget Home (built before 1870), River Street. The buildings where the A&P Market stands. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a railroad station and yards. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | View down the center of a tree-lined path in West Park. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the northwest of the Racine Court House. Caption reads: "Birds-Eye from Court House, Northwest." |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the Racine Court House of northeast Racine, with Lake Michigan on the right. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye from Court House." |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of St. Catherine's Academy. Caption reads: "St. Catherine's Academy." |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Looking north on Main Street, from the Square, Manufacturer's National Bank at 440 Main Street. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | View across unpaved road towards construction workers at the site of the new city hall. William Waters, architect. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from city hall of commercial street in downtown area. Caption reads: "Bird's-eye form City Hall, Southwest". |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | View of Biddle Street. The 'x' marks the home of Mr. Brigham. The road is tree-lined, with homes behind the trees. "With cross on it, just under the sou... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a winter scene with a large group of people skating on the frozen Manitowoc River between the 8th and 10th Street bridges. A dog trots acr... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Men who worked for Schuette Brothers Store assembled in front of the store. There are horses on both sides of the photograph, and the one on the right is p... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Men working in Horlick's stone quarry. Teams of horses pull wagons. There is a steam pump at right. A man in a hat and coat, possibly William Horlick, stan... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | A cloth mounted, hand-colored map of Wisconsin depicting the rail routes, counties, towns, rivers, and lakes throughout the state. Also included in the ma... |
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