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| Description: | Basin or slip area. City buildings can be seen on a hill in the background. Various boats are in the river and on the shoreline. A path with stairs lead... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Basin or slip area. The city is on a hill in the background, and boats are in the river. On the left is a sidewalk and railing with stairs. People are wa... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from hill of the yacht club, with Lake Michigan behind. In the distance is the jetty, and the road along the shoreline is N. Lincoln Memorial Drive. T... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Front entrance to Notre Dame Hall; taken at an angle. The name of the hall is above the arched doorway. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the college. Several buildings make up the college, surrounded by paths, roads, fields and trees. Caption reads: "Mount Mary College." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Small neighborhood of the city at the west end of the Menomonee River Valley. Overhead is the second Wisconsin Avenue Viaduct, demolished in 1992. Cars a... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Six story building with three flag poles above the main entrance. Several people are on the sidewalk around the building and cars parked on the road. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Swimming area with children and adults enjoying the weather, with the Tower Hotel is in the background. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The first Catholic church in Milwaukee. The structure is shown here after it was moved to the grounds of St. Francis Seminary, St. Francis Wisconsin. It wa... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | There is a sign painted on a building at right that reads "Schlitz". In the bottom right are railroad cars. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View across street of storefronts, including a barbershop, and a sign reading "Alamo" above a marquee that says "Free Poultry and Country Store". The 1100 ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A replica of the cabin built by Jacques Vieau, now in Mitchell Park. A stone monument with a plaque sits in front of the cabin. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a car buried in fresh snow while parked outside a building. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of West Milwaukee shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. Railroad train cars are stopped on the tracks and smoke is rising fr... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Corner of Second and National Avenue. Cars are lined up on both sides of the street in front of storefronts. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of railroad yards with trains sitting on many of the tracks, though other tracks are sitting empty. Steam is rising from trains in the backgr... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of railroad yards with trains sitting on many of the tracks, with other tracks sitting empty. Steam is rising from trains in the background, ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man in a suit and hat is standing on the side of a train engine in a train yard. Railroad employees can be seen in and on the train, and a group of men a... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The photographer holding a large Northern Pike and smoking a pipe in a living room. |
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