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| Description: | Train station in the distance, with a man standing in the foreground on steps leading down to the lake, near a fenced-in pond. On the left are railroad tra... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Wooded drive with fall colors. Caption reads: "Wooded drive, White Fish Bay, Milwaukee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across road toward the building which is surrounded by a fence. Caption reads: "The Riverside Sanitarium, Menlo Park, Milwaukee." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Sister's of the Divine Savior at Thirty-fifth and Center Streets. Three main entrances are along the right side. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Washington Monument on Grand Avenue with a streetcar coming up the street in the background. Caption reads: "Washington Monument on Grand Ave., Milwaukee." |
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| Description: | View of the Washington Monument enclosed in a fence on a median. Caption reads: "Washington Monument, Grant Ave. Park, Milwaukee, Wis." |
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| Description: | A group of spectators including men, women, and children standing at a railing watching some type of sporting event in a field where a large crowd is gathe... |
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| Description: | View from track towards a crowd of men, women, and children in front of and behind a fence at a sporting event. On the left, a man who is possibly a police... |
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| Description: | View from the street of John Hahn standing on the right with a horse hitched to a passenger wagon. In the center is the furniture moving wagon he owns, in ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of George, Louise, and Milton, their son, standing in front of a fence. They are traveling with one suitcase and a full handbag. All three a... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view across railroad tracks towards the depot. Caption reads: "Chicago Northwestern Depot, Cudahy, Wis." |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view down curving road and fields toward the works. Caption reads: "Milwaukee Vinegar Works And Red Star Yeast Company, Cudahy, Wis." |
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| Description: | A view across street towards Frederick and Elizabeth Layton's home at 524 Marshall Street. The clapboard house has two porches. On the left is a roofed enc... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "'Returning from Work.' St. John's Institute for Deaf Mutes. St. Francis, Wis." A group of six women holding implements and a nun are ... |
| Date: | 05 08 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Chapel of the Woods, St. Francis, Wis." A stone chapel surrounded by trees with a belfry. There is a walkway with two sets of stairs ... |
| Date: | 03 08 1923 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Grotto, near Chapel of the Woods, St. Francis, Wis." The Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes was built in 1894 by German-born seminaria... |
| Date: | 03 27 1912 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "St. Mary's Institute, St. Francis, Wis." A Catholic School for Girls opened in 1904. It is a three-story building on an elevated foun... |
| Date: | 02 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Bucyrus Co., South Milwaukee, Wis." A factory and headquarters with railroad tracks on the left. From Wikipedia "Bucyrus-Erie was... |
| Date: | 08 1905 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Circle Swing at Night, Wonderland." An amusement ride with swings is lit up with electric bulbs at night. This amusement park had man... |
| Date: | 11 05 1913 |
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| Description: | Text on the front reads: "The Menominee, Wauwatosa, Wis." The Menominee River flowing through a park-like area. The right bank appears eroded, the left ban... |
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