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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 ...
Drawing

Fur Trading Post

Date: 1833
Description: Illustration of the Solomon Juneau fur trading post at Milwaukee in 1833.
Photograph

Law Office

Date: 1894
Description: Patent attorney Charles L. Goss (seated), with clerk Arthur Muerless in the law offices of Winkler, Flanders, Smith, Bottum, & Vilas.
Photograph

Stenographers

Date: 1894
Description: Stenographers at the law firm of Winkler, Flanders, Smith, Bottum, & Vilas.
Photograph

Milwaukee Exchange

Date: 1883
Description: Women switchboard operators at the sole Milwaukee telephone exchange.
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Layton House

Date: 1880
Description: 2504 Forest Home Avenue. This hotel was situated on what was originally a plank road between Milwaukee and Muskego. It was designed after the Federal style...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company, featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a young boy and girl playing along ...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1895
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op...
Photograph

Milwaukee Panorama Artists

Date: 11 1887
Description: Group portrait of German painters relaxing in the studio of the American Panorama Company, during a break from painting the Jerusalem cyclorama depicting t...
Photograph

Milwaukee Panorama Artists

Date: 11 1887
Description: Group portrait of German painters relaxing in the studio of the American Panorama Company, during a break from painting the Jerusalem cyclorama depicting t...
Drawing

Solomon Juneau House

Date: 1836
Description: Drawing of the Solomon Juneau house on East Michigan. There are tethered bears on either side of the front door. Two people are leaning on the fence, watch...
Drawing

Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 07 03 1886
Description: Interior view of the Schlitz Palm Garden filled with finely dressed people. The Schlitz logo appears in the upper left corner. Located on N. 3rd Street, so...
Print

Cottage Inn

Date: 1835
Description: Two-story home with sloping roof. One man is whipping a team of eight cattle while another man drives the plow behind them. To the left stands a man near a...
Photograph

"Hazelwood"

Date: 1874
Description: The residence of John Crapser Coleman, as remodeled in 1870. A large house is in the middle of the image, with a drive leading up to the left of the house...
Photograph

Lemuel Hull House

Date: 1887
Description: Built in 1840 by Lemuel Hull. William Singer was the mason. The basement was made by lowering the hill. There were originally only two stories. First ...
Photograph

Mason Street

Date: 1889
Description: Looking down street toward Lake Michigan, which is visible at the end of the road. The dirt street is lined with trees and houses. On the right stands a...
Print

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1867
Description: E.T. Mix designed the original building of the National Soldiers Home in 1867. At the time the structure was dedicated on 28 September 1867, the wings had ...
Photograph

Emil Wallber House

Date: 1868
Description: Exterior view of the Emil Wallber house with four people standing near the entrance. Wallber was the mayor of Milwaukee from 1884-1888. The location of the...
Photograph

Matthias Stein Residence

Date: 1884
Description: Subheading states the center building to be the oldest house in Milwaukee, and built by Matthias Stein in January 1838. The home is only two stories tall,...
Photograph

Women and Children

Date: 1897
Description: Women of various ages are surrounded by babies and young children, as well as chairs and cribs. Each woman is holding a baby. Cribs are hanging on chains f...

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