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Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Junior Grain Binder

Date: 1887
Description: Back cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of the Milwaukee Junior binder, t...
Photograph

West Milwaukee Railroad Yard

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the West Milwaukee shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad.
Drawing

Lakefront Lanscape

Date: 08 1852
Description: Pencil drawing of a lake shoreline. A few trees frame the arc of the shore and steamboats are visible along the distant shore.
Photograph

South Shore Beach

Date: 07 31 1921
Description: Crowds of individuals along South Shore Beach in the Bay View neighborhood. Some individuals are swimming while others are sitting on the grass and sand. ...
Print

Milwaukee County Court House

Date: 1870
Description: Slightly elevated view at an angle towards the left and front of the courthouse. A large statue is on top of the main dome. The area around the courthouse ...
Postcard

Milwaukee Downer College

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Description: The college is set back from the road, behind a lawn with paths, benches, and trees. An observatory dome can be seen on the right side behind a roof. Capti...
Photograph

State Street

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view from rooftops of what was known as Watertown Plank road, looking west from about North 35th Street. Several homes, and many open fields occup...
Postcard

C. & N. W. Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Chicago & Northwestern Railway Depot, with train shed and clock tower. In the foreground is a landscaped area with flowers. In the background is Lake Mich...
Photograph

Pathfinder Car near Bridge

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Description: The Milwaukee Journal Pathfinder car driving from a road onto a bridge.
Photograph

Pathfinder Car on Dirt Road

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Description: The Milwaukee Journal Pathfinder traveling down a dirt road in the country.
Photograph

Pathfinder on Rural Road

Date: 1911
Description: The Milwaukee Journal car on the side of the road in the countryside. Two women are sitting in the car, and two men are sitting on the side and front of th...
Photograph

Motorcyclist on Dirt Road

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Description: Man riding a motorcycle on a country road. Two men are standing along the side of the road, and a horse is in the background.
Photograph

From Dome of Exposition Building Looking South

Date: 
Description: Stereograph elevated view from the dome of the Milwaukee Exposition Building looking south at the urban landscape. The cyclorama building in the foreground...
Postcard

Color Postcard Depicting Rock River

Date: 1908
Description: Color postcard showing a landscape along River Park.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee

Date: 1881
Description: Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee from the south lakeshore.
Photograph

Tobogganing

Date: 1924
Description: Herbert Paul Brumder is pulling his two sons, Herbert Edmund, center, and Philip George, left, on a toboggan in a snowy, rolling landscape. The two boys ar...

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