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Filter: Year of 1800-1899
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | This photograph was made soon after the building was completed. It shows a five-leveled structure which was cut down to two and one-half levels in 1921. At... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the downtown area looking northeast from the courthouse corner. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Looking north on Main Street, from the Square, Manufacturer's National Bank at 440 Main Street. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of the Westside Courthouse Square in Monroe. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | View down a cluttered Monroe street. The corner building later became Schuetze's Clothing Store. |
| Date: | 08 1897 |
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| Description: | View looking east on West Mifflin Street from its intersection with North Carroll Street on the Capitol Square. Businesses from right to left: City Hall; ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Paving Watertown's main street with bricks, with almost as many men who are watching as construction workers. |
| Date: | 03 15 1866 |
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| Description: | People gather the morning after a fire that destroyed Dixon's store as well as $100,000 worth of goods and eleven other places of business. The flames were... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of an elevated view of the business district. |
| 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: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph looking northeast from Case's Block. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | A distant view of St. Mary's Church. Looking north from the corner of Main and Franklin Streets. |
| Date: | 07 27 1893 |
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| Description: | View across street of towards the business district along the left. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Remains of building foundations after a large fire. The firefire was believed to be incendiary in origin, arising from a feud between owners over land clai... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the top of a building of Milwaukee City Hall under construction. |
| Date: | 07 1886 |
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| Description: | Intersection of 4th and Steele Streets facing east. The building in the lower right is the Knipfer building, now Algoma Mercantile. Bunting adorns the Boed... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Storefront view of the Theodore F. Dresen jewelry store at 216 State Street. Two employees, one possibly being Theodore Dresen, are standing at the doorway... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | View from the Wisconsin State Capitol dome looking west towards Bascom Hill. Mifflin street with City Hall and the Fuller Opera House are in the foreground... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | A full circle panorama as it would be seen from the top of the Wisconsin State Capitol. This painting was based on photographs perhaps taken by Edward Niel... |
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