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J.M. Alcott & Company Drugstore

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior of the drugstore of Joseph Mabbett Alcott at 90 Wisconsin Street. Pictured are Charles Alcott (left), his son, and store helpers.
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Horse-Drawn Trolley

Date: 1890
Description: Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising...
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Edward P. Allis Reliance Works

Date: 1890
Description: Section of the factory at a crossroads with road construction workers outside. Name of company visible on building.
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City Hall Square

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of old City Hall building at right center facing the camera. Electric power poles are along the street, along which horse-drawn carriages and...
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First Baptist Church

Date: 1890
Description: At the corner of Wisconsin and Milwaukee Streets; the present site of T.A. Chapman Store. View of building from across the street. Three men stand in fro...
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East Water Street and Wisconsin Street

Date: 1890
Description: East Water Street and Wisconsin Street, northwest corner; this is also called the Ludington Block. The Spring Street and Booth Building are in the backgrou...
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Walter Allen School

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior of Walter Allen School, with a woman in a carriage parked in front. The Walter Allen School was an elementary school located at 1657 South Third S...
Print

Schlitz Brewing Company

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of brewing company and surrounding roads. On the road in front of the buildings are horse-drawn carts carrying barrels, a trolley car, and pe...
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Willms Home with Cigar Workers

Date: 1890
Description: Cigar workers on the sidewalk in front of the Willms home, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They are young men and older boys, some in aprons. Anna Willms (b. 1881) a...
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High Wheel Bicyclist

Date: 1890
Description: Young man riding a High Wheel or Penny-Farthing bicycle on a wooden sidewalk. There is a house behind the rider on the left. A young tree braced with a sta...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee : Showing Location of Its Principal Buildings

Date: 1890
Description: Map of Milwaukee as remembered by "Dr Enoch Chase, U.B. Smith & Others." Represented are major roads, lowlands, trails, homesteads, and lots. Map depicts t...
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Streetcar MARGUERITE

Date: 1890
Description: Special open streetcar called the MARGUERITE, with elaborate lighting, decorations, movable chairs and other features.
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Five High Wheeler Bicycle Riders

Date: 1890
Description: Five teenagers ride "High Wheeler or Penny-Farthing" bicycles down the street. Grand Avenue Congregational Church is in the background. Mature trees are on...
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Carriage

Date: 1890
Description: A team of two horses is harnessed to a highly polished carriage with a side lamp. The driver is holding a long whip and is wearing a top hat, winter coat a...
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George Brumder, Sons and Friends

Date: 1890
Description: An outdoor group portrait of George Brumder, sitting in a bent willow chair at far left; Dr. Herman Duemling, sitting in the center, and Julius Andrae, sit...
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Brumder Brothers

Date: 1890
Description: A group of five young men and boys, all sons of George and Henriette Brandhorst Brumder, sitting on a bentwood settee. A hammock and awning form the backgr...
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Reverend Monseigneur P. M. Abbelen

Date: 1890
Description: Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of Reverend Monseigneur Peter Matthias Abbelen, who was vicar general of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, and later spirit...

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