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| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Newspaper reproduction of an etching of the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | View looking west from Lake Michigan with several steam ships and sailing vessels in harbor. There is a lighthouse to left of center, along shoreline. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Bare expanse of land with the Milwaukee lakeshore and the city in the distance. |
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| Description: | View east of buildings and lake from the dome of the Exposition building. Lumber is stacked on the right. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| 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, ... |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee looking south down 8th Street from Schlitz's Park. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee in 1853 details building features and city layout from southwest. Important buildings are numbered in a silhouette drawing bel... |
| Date: | 08 1852 |
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| Description: | Pencil drawing of a lake shoreline. A few trees frame the arc of the shore and steamboats are visible along the distant shore. |
| Date: | 08 1852 |
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| Description: | Pencil drawing of Milwaukee Harbor with large sailboats on the water. In the minimalist depiction the sandy shoreline with short plant growth sweeps aroun... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Colored map in perspective indicates railroad routes. Lake Winnebago and Oshkosh in center, area extends to Shawano (top right corner), Green Bay (bottom r... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of Milwaukee looking northeast. City Hall is visible at the left and Lake Michigan can be seen at the upper right. |
| Date: | 08 06 1917 |
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| Description: | Overlooking the Chicago and North Western railroad depot from Juneau Park bluff. Caption on glass plate reads: "Extention [sic] of Juneau Park, show... |
| Date: | 08 01 1914 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee Yacht Club, located at the foot of E. Layfayette Street on Lake Michigan. Numerous sailboats are in the harbor, and individuals are on the pier. |
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| Description: | Aerial view looking north of downtown, with the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Etched print of factory with inset of Bay State Works in lower right corner. Lake with ships in background, with busy, buggy covered roads in foreground. ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Statue located in Juneau Park. Figure has left hand to eyes looking to the right, with a horn in his right hand resting on his hip. He stands on top of a ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View from across railroad tracks. Resort is on the water's edge, with a small inlet on the right. Land is mostly sand, though a small part on the left ha... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee works. Long steel mill located on the bank of either a lake or a river. Multitudes of smokestacks, tracks, and small buildings. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A fishing settlement. Small buildings and boats line a bay, with sand and a piece of driftwood in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A fishing settlement. Two piers at the shoreline with a sandy beach, one with a ramp next to it. There are several buildings in the background. Two tugbo... |
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