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Waukesha Freeman Newspaper Office

Date: 1912
Description: Front exterior view of the H.W. Youmans Waukesha Freeman newspaper office.
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Joseph Brown Photographic Studio

Date: 
Description: Exterior view across street of Joseph Brown's photography studio at 3803 West Lisbon Avenue. A sign on the building reads: "Joseph Brown Commercial Photogr...
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Public Square

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Description: The North East corner of public square. Features connected buildings which house a book store and a hardware store. Caption reads: "North-East Corner Publi...
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World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: A view of the World's Columbian Exposition mounted on a cardboard album page, looking east from the Transportation Building. On the right are the Mines Bui...
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Public Library

Date: 1936
Description: An exterior view of the Public Library at 106 West Washington.
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Lane Library, Ripon College

Date: 1930
Description: A view of the library's facade and side. This building follows the Neoclassical style popular in the early twentieth century, and it is an iconic style for...
Photograph

Cameo Girls Cleaning Truck

Date: 1972
Description: Four "Cameo Girls," saleswomen for the Cameo Retail Division of Bestline Incorporated, using brooms to sweep snow from a pink-colored International Transta...
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300 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 300 block of State Street. Businesses include: Montgomery Ward (on North Henry Street), Colonial Shoppe E...
Photograph

Widmer Cheese Factory Interview

Date: 10 1990
Description: "Mike Jacobs of Milwaukee Journal TV4 interviews Ralph Widmer."
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Album: 1st and 2nd Residents

Date: 1926
Description: First page of an album kept by Neighborhood House, with individual images of head resident Gay Braxton, second resident Mary Lee Griggs, and two exterior v...
Photograph

Residence of Francis Johnson

Date: 1931
Description: View from street of a two-story "boomtown" style building which was the residence of Francis Johnson, teacher at the Mayo School, District No. 1, Town of W...
Postcard

Public Library

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the entrance to the public library. Caption reads: "Public Library, Columbus, Wis."
Postcard

Ernst in Heidelberg

Date: 03 14 1930
Description: Ernst Schmidt, second from left, on a tour of the ruins of Heidelberg Castle with his guide, left, and two unidentified persons. They are standing in the c...
Photograph

Outside the Democratic Presidential Debates

Date: 02 11 2016
Description: People waiting outside the doors to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union, which is hosting the Democratic presidential debates.
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Right Side of Mae Woldenberg Building, and the Copper Rivet

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards the Copper Rivet and the right side of the Mae Woldenberg Building. The stores on the ground floor of the Mae Woldenberg B...
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Barber Shop and Brown's Book Shop

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street, at the intersection of North Lake Street, towards a stone building with an Art Deco facade. The upper two floors are apartments. ...
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Fred Klein Building and Hubert Schmitz Boarding House

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards two buildings. The building on the left is the Fred Klein Building. The upper two floors are apartments. The ground floor ...

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