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Parishioners Outside New Fellowship Church of God

Date: 1939
Description: Parishioners gather at the entrance outside New Fellowship Church of God In Christ at North Eighth Street.
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Church on Easter Sunday

Date: 04 06 1969
Description: Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street.
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Ethnic Pride Day

Date: 03 19 1989
Description: Children celebrating their heritage during Ethnic Pride Day at Our Savior's Lutheran Church Hall, 3022 West Wisconsin Avenue. The celebration, which highl...
Photograph

Milwaukee, Northeast from Mitchell Block

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Description: Milwaukee, northeast from Mitchell block. Elevated view of rooftops and buildings.
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Milwaukee, West from Dome of the Courthouse #866

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Description: View of Milwaukee buildings and rooftops, west from the top of the courthouse.
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Aerial View Northwest from Exposition Building

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Description: View northwest from Exposition Building. Buildings, church, and smokestack in background.
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Milwaukee, Down Grand Avenue

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Description: View down Grand Avenue from 6th Street. On the street are several horse-drawn vehicles. There is a church in the background.
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Milwaukee West from Mitchell Block

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Description: Elevated view west from Mitchell Block of warehouses, industrial buildings and a church in the background. In the foreground is a waterway with a schooner ...
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View Northwest from Dome of Exposition Building

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Description: View of buildings from the dome of the Exposition building, including a church and the Best Brewing Company in the distance.
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Milwaukee, From Courthouse

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Description: Elevated view of Milwaukee, with a view north-northeast from courthouse.
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog

Date: 1887
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of farmers in a field with a horse-dra...
Photograph

Postal Employees Picket

Date: 08 1919
Description: Postal workers demonstrate to demand salary increases to meet war-time cost of living increases.
Print

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: Elevated view from bluff looking down on city, with Lake Michigan in background. Detailed foreground with two boys playing with a grounded kite, while a ma...
Painting

The New Synagogue in Ward II

Date: 1858
Description: A view of the Synagogue with a one-horse carriage in the foreground. Hölzlhuber occupied the position of organist and choirmaster for this congregation unt...
Photograph

St. Josaphat's Church under Construction

Date: 1910
Description: St. Josaphat's Church in Milwaukee under construction.
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St. Josaphat's Church Construction Workers

Date: 1910
Description: Construction workers are posed in front of the partially-built St. Josaphat's Church on scaffolding and wooden steps near large columns. There are two chil...
Photograph

Court of Honor

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Description: Court of Honor, W. Wisconsin Avenue, looking west from N. 9th Street. The Midsummer Festival monument (with eagle) and Gesu Church steeples are on the left...
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Russell and Logan Triangle

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Description: Looking southeast on S. Kinnickinnic Avenue at E. Russell Avenue and S. Logan Avenue in the Bay View neighborhood. Trinity (now the Bay View) Methodist Chu...
Photograph

Parade in Kosciusko Park

Date: 10 06 1918
Description: Elevated view of Polish parade in Kosciuszko Park at W. Becher and S. 8th Streets, with St. Josaphat's Basilica in the background. The Kosciuszko statue wa...
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Lumberyard

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Description: A lumberyard at about E. Lincoln Avenue and S. Burrell Street in Bay View, looking west to St. Josaphat's Basilica.

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