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| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Milwaukee's City Hall. Signs on the building read "Sinfonietta" and "Concert Tonight." |
| Date: | 05 19 1887 |
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| Description: | View out of entrance to the National Soldiers Home. Fountain and trees framed by arch with hanging lamp. |
| Date: | 07 20 1987 |
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| Description: | A little girl offers her place at a fountain to a large Newfoundland-mix dog who takes a drink on a hot day. |
| Date: | 08 20 1914 |
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| Description: | Courthouse Square (now Cathedral Square) showing Milwaukee County Courthouse from E. Wells and N. Jackson Streets. Caption on glass plate reads: "Court hou... |
| Date: | 07 29 1914 |
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| Description: | Individuals and children sitting on benches in the foreground of the residential park, with others in the middleground laying on the grass near the water f... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of fountain in front of the old City Hall, with a memorial to Henry Bergh (?-1888), founder of the American Humane Society. Several other bui... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated exterior view. Sign on front of City Hall reads: "Help Prevent Fires," and the Henry Bergh statue and fountain is in front of the building. Severa... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View towards the front of City Hall, taken from a rooftop. Streets, cars, a statue and a fountain are around the building. The sign on City Hall reads: "We... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Fountain in center, with trees along the border of the small square. A man sits on a bench and children are on the left. The courthouse is visible in the b... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | People are sitting and standing around a fountain in Courthouse Square (now Cathedral Square) with the cathedral in the background. |
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| Description: | Two young girls playing on a pathway near a large fountain and lamppost located in a park. |
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| Description: | View through a City Hall archway of the city square, which includes a statue, a streetcar, and a decorative lamp post. Caption reads: "City Hall Square, Mi... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A view, looking south, at the intersection of West Mt. Vernon Avenue and North 65th Street. In the foreground is a shallow pool where children are playing,... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the three glass domes at the Mitchell Park Conservatory. Cars are parked in the parking lot and along the driveway, and groups of people a... |
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| Description: | Two young girls standing in front of an ornate fountain in Milwaukee's Courthouse Square. The courthouse and fountain were later demolished, and the square... |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Journal Square. Fountain by Dick Wiken, Sculptor, Shorewood, Wisconsin." Text on reverse: "Journal Square. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The ... |
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