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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking across Wisconsin Street. The Hotel Pfister is on the corner. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Street looking west from Post Office, Milwauke... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of street at night. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Street at Night, Milwaukee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Wisconsin Street, looking east from the Post Office towards Lake Michigan. Date written in pencil on postcard reads May 21, 1909. Caption ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View of pedestrians and streetcar along Wisconsin Street. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Street, looking East from Grand Ave. Milwaukee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View across river toward Wisconsin Street and the River Bridge. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Street, East from River Bridge, Milwaukee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of Wisconsin Street in the 100 block; the Birchard Furniture store on the corner was at 121 and 123 Wisconsin Street. Text on the image re... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | To the right in the foreground is the Pfister Hotel, center is the Wells Building, and the tower in the background is the Pabst Building. Taken from the Po... |
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| Description: | Man walking into the main entrance of the telephone company. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Avenue at Sixth Street, looking east from near the front of the Milwaukee Public Library (left foreground). Taken at night; lighted clocks read 9... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the hotel on a street corner. The Majestic is the tallest building in the image. Signs designate two of the buildings, with a smaller buil... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of fourteen-story theatre building, with two red buildings on either side of it. On the street are people, horses, carriages, and trolleys. C... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of fourteen-story theatre at an angle from across the street. Several other buildings are on the left and right, pedestrians are on the sidew... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View of the Michigan Bridge across the Milwaukee River, and downtown area. Caption reads: "North from Michigan Bridge, Milwaukee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Western Hotel at the corner of Huron and Van Buren Streets. It was operated as a hotel from 1845 to 1853 with William Stupinski as proprietor. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | The Milwaukee Journal Building located at 734 North 4th Street. To the right of the building in an alley are circulation trucks. Newsboys and customers are... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Railroad bridge over river and buildings at night. In the distance is a building with a clock tower. Caption reads: "River View, at Night, Milwaukee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of river looking north from the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge. A pier with a small building and poster boards extends into the water from the bott... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Looking north from Michigan Bridge towards another bridge. There is a clock tower on the distant right. The large building near the bridge also has a clock... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View across water of a motorboat with four men going upstream. There is a bicycle in the motorboat. The shoreline in the background has industrial building... |
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| Description: | View down river toward a bridge. On the right are buildings lining the river with billboards and signs. |
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