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Dickey Chapelle Covering Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ...
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The Christopher Columbus Passing through Broadway Bridge

Date: 08 30 1906
Description: A screw passenger excursion vessel or whaleback, the Christopher Columbus, passing through the Broadway Bridge.
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1862
Description: Drawn the second year of the Civil War, this 1862 map of Milwaukee shows post offices, light houses, beacon lights, county buildings, elevator warehouses, ...
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Milwaukee, South from Courthouse

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Description: Elevated view south from Courthouse of rooftops, with harbor and bay in distance.
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Milwaukee, towards South Point from Mitchell Block

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Description: Milwaukee, towards South Point from Mitchell Block, E. Water Street and Michigan Street. Elevated view shows buildings and rooftops with bay and harbor in ...
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Looking East from Mitchell Block

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Description: Looking east from Mitchell Block. Elevated view of buildings with the lake and a steamship in the distance.
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Sailboat in Harbor

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Description: Several people are standing aboard a sailboat sailing in the harbor. A small boat is tied to the back of the sailboat.
Map or Atlas

Map of Electric Railway System. T.M.E.R. & L. Co.

Date: 1898
Description: Bird's-eye map, looking west from shoreline on Lake Michigan of Milwaukee to Golden Lake in Waukesha County, with Kenosha and Fox Point at bottom corners, ...
Map or Atlas

Milwaukee-Downer College-Wisconsin

Date: 1927
Description: Color map, hand-drawn with comic figures engaged in various activities throughout map. Bordered by the river on the left and Lake Michigan on the right, in...
Photograph

Captain N.A. Peterson

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Description: Three-quarter length cabinet card portrait of Captain N.A. Peterson, a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who was master and part owner of the schooner “Selt”...
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North and South Harbor Tracts

Date: 06 14 1961
Description: Aerial view of North and South Harbor Tracts, looking north from South Pier No. 2. There are skyscrapers in the background. there are multiple items of mac...
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The "Christian Radich"

Date: 1964
Description: View across water towards the tugboat "Indiana" pulling the full-rigged, three-masted Norwegian ship "Christian Radich" into port. The sails and hull of th...
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The "Christian Radich" Sailing on Lake Michigan

Date: 1964
Description: Nine boats are on the waters of Lake Michigan as they observe the "Christian Radich" sailing. The ship is a full-rigged, three-masted Norwegian ship. The s...

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