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Elks' Club

Date: 1910
Description: Building with arched entrance and four stories from across the road. Two buildings are on either side.
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Grand Avenue Viaduct

Date: 1920
Description: View toward viaduct, with railroad tracks and houses below. Caption reads: "Grand Ave. Viaduct, Milwaukee."
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Exterior of Railway Passenger Station

Date: 1910
Description: Chicago & Northwestern Railway Passenger Station, which was at the end of Wisconsin Avenue. The station has a clock tower and an arched entrance. On the b...
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C. & N. W. Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Chicago & Northwestern Railway Depot, with train shed and clock tower. In the foreground is a landscaped area with flowers. In the background is Lake Mich...
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway Passenger Station

Date: 1904
Description: The station with the clock tower is on the right, and the tracks and train shed are on the left. Pedestrians are on the lawn nearby, and houses are on the ...
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City Hall Square

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Description: View through a City Hall archway of the city square, which includes a statue, a streetcar, and a decorative lamp post. Caption reads: "City Hall Square, Mi...
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St. John's Institute for Deaf Mutes

Date: 01 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "A vista, St. John's Institute for Deaf Mutes, St. Francis, Wis." An elevated view of the Institute grounds with buildings, streets an...
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Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 01 01 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Interior, Schlitz Palm Garden, Milwaukee." A very ornately decorated space with a barrel vaulted ceiling. Skylights and arched window...
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Wauwatosa School

Date: 08 29 1906
Description: Handwritten on front: "Wauwatosa School." A cyanotype postcard of a brick, multistory school, the stone plaque reads: "Public School." Arched doorways, lar...
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Public School

Date: 03 03 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Public School, Wauwatosa, Wis." The building on the right was the original school, the building on the left was added later. The buil...
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First Congregational Church

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "First Congregational Church, Wauwatosa, Wis." The entrance to a brick, Georgian Revival church built in 1919. The portico has four Do...
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New County General Hospital

Date: 03 25 1937
Description: Text on front reads: "New County General Hospital. Milwaukee County Institutions. Wauwatosa, Wis." A multistory, Neoclassical, cream brick hospital built i...
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Lutheran Theological Seminary

Date: 01 27 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Lutheran Theological Seminary, Wauwatosa, Wis." The two-story building with a full basement and a large attic was dedicated in 1893. ...
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West Allis Historical Society Museum

Date: 1967
Description: Text on reverse reads: "West Allis Historical Society Museum. 8405 W. National Ave.–Open Sun. 2-4, Tues. 7-9. (No Charge) Wisconsin registered landmark # 1...
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Washington School

Date: 12 02 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "Washington School, West Allis, Wis." A brick school built in 1925. Several additions were built in 1928, 1931 and 1951. Today it is s...

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