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Railroad Office

Date: 1887
Description: General office of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company in the Mitchell Building in Milwaukee. Left to right: the individual seated in left ...
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Milwaukee, Southwest from Mitchell Block

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Description: Elevated view of Milwaukee, looking southwest from Mitchell block showing buildings, and the paddle steamer John A. Dix.
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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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Wells Apartments and Stores

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Description: View from the southeast corner of N. 17th and W. Wells Streets. Kops Brokerage Co., The Silver Dollar Food Market and the Wells Grill are on the ground flo...
Photograph

Corner of Fond Du Lac Avenue and Walnut Street

Date: 08 31 1910
Description: Looking northwest on Fond du Lac Avenue from W. Walnut Street. In the center is a building with awning that reads: "1220 Zautcke Bros." Streetcars, pedestr...
Postcard

Chesebro's

Date: 1915
Description: A tea shop and a women's apparel shop, located at 236 Prospect Avenue. The building has a corner turret, a front porch, and vines growing up the sides. Ca...
Postcard

Wisconsin Street

Date: 1909
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 ...
Photograph

West State Street

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking east between Second and Third streets. City Hall is visible in the left center background. Signs and billboards dot several buildin...
Postcard

Southwest View from Court House

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking southwest from the Milwaukee County Court House. Labeled in the image are the Wells Building, the Railway Exchange Building and the P...
Postcard

Southwest View from Court House

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view looking southwest from the Court House.
Photograph

Commercial Area near Lake Michigan

Date: 1868
Description: Elevated view over rooftops looking towards Lake Michigan shoreline. Seaman's Furniture and Rooms building is surrounded by other commercial buildings. The...
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Group of People with Motorcycles

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Description: A group of people are standing around motorcycles parked outside a garage. Some of the bikes are Harley Davidson motorcycles.
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Children Sitting Outdoors

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Description: A group of four young children sitting in a circle on the grass. Several buildings are in the background, and a few bare trees are on the right. The buildi...
Photograph

Boy on Curb near Trash Pile

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Description: A boy wearing overalls and holding a Pepsi bottle is standing on the curb near a trash pile.
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Milwaukee Buildings from top of Pabst Building

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated view from the top of the Pabst Building down East Wisconsin Avenue all the way to Milwaukee Bay and out to the horizon of Lake Michigan. One of th...
Print

Milwaukee Journal Tour Club Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Milwaukee Journal Tour Club, a national automobile club, with a three-quarter view of the company building surrounded by scenes of a hote...
Document

Patek Brothers Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Patek Brothers, Inc., of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a paint company, with a halftone image of a hand dipping a brush into a can of Patek paint, el...
Print

Elevated View of Milwaukee

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Description: Engraved elevated view of Milwaukee.
Print

Menu for the 7th Annual Banquet of the Merchants Association

Date: 06 05 1884
Description: Die cut elongated octagonal menu for the 7th annual banquet of the Merchants Association at The Plankinton. On the cover is an oval portrait of a deer with...
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State Street

Date: 1918
Description: Street view of the north side of State Street, west of 6th Street. The second frame house from the right was once occupied as an office by Victor L. Berger...

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