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Women Decorating Monument

Date: 1905
Description: Women placing floral garlands on a monument to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller. The women are wearing decorative hats.
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Washington Monument

Date: 1898
Description: A monument to George Washington located in Milwaukee's Court of Honor on the median between the lanes of West Wisconsin Avenue between 8th and 10th Streets...
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Soldiers Monument

Date: 1898
Description: Women congregate near "The Victorious Charge," a monument to Soldiers who fought in the Civil War located in Milwaukee's Court of Honor on the median betwe...
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Cannon at Soldiers Home

Date: 07 30 1898
Description: A cannon at Soldiers Home adorned with American flags near a sign reading "Keep off the grass."
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Midsummer Festival Monument

Date: 1898
Description: View from across street of the Midsummer Festival Monument in the Court of Honor on the median of Grand Avenue. An electric street car is visible in the ba...
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Milwaukee Public Library on Grand Avenue

Date: 1898
Description: View across Grand Avenue of the Milwaukee Public Library. To the left, the base of the Midsummer Festival Monument can be seen, and the George Washington m...
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United Public Workers Parade/Demonstration

Date: 07 13 1946
Description: View from sidewalk of horse-drawn wagon on a tree-lined city street in a United Public Workers parade/demonstration. The wagon has a number of boys in it w...
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Solomon Juneau Statue

Date: 09 1900
Description: View of the Solomon Juneau statue in Juneau Park, erected in 1890.
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Grand Avenue

Date: 09 1900
Description: View down Grand Avenue. Near a streetcar is the city's Civil War memorial, erected in 1898 by John Conway.
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Grand Avenue

Date: 09 1900
Description: View down Grand Avenue. A streetcar and a horse-drawn wagon are coming up the avenue. There are monuments in the median.
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Crowd near Monument at Parade

Date: 09 14 1924
Description: Sidewalk group watching the military parade at the reunion of the “Red Arrow” 32nd Division, U.S. Army.
Book or Pamphlet

Old Settlers' Club Banquet Menu

Date: 02 22 1892
Description: Back cover, front cover, and menu page for the Old Settlers' Club of Milwaukee County annual banquet. The back page includes an illustration of a monument ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, and 13th Wards of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1872
Description: This map shows wards, roads, railroads, lot and block numbers, subdivisions, parks, some landownership, and a race course. Manuscript annotations in red in...
Map or Atlas

Map of the 5th, 8th, 11th, 12th Wards of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1879
Description: This map shows wards, sections, roads, lot and block numbers, subdivisions, and proposed streets. The inside cover includes hand written annotations that r...
Map or Atlas

Map of the 1st, 3rd, and 7th Wards of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1880
Description: This map shows wards, roads, railroads, lot and block numbers, subdivisions, parks, and some landownership. A handwritten annotation in red reads: "Note: S...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Watertown Plank Road Historic Marker

Date: 11 01 1955
Description: President of the Miller Brewing Company, Norman R. Klug, unveiled the Watertown Plank Road historical marker along with, to his left, James Fitzpatrick, pr...
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Watertown Plank Road Historic Marker

Date: 11 01 1955
Description: Raymond Sivesind, director of the sites and markers program of the State Historical Society, as a speaker in the dedication and unveiling ceremony, stands ...
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Lester Carr

Date: 1890
Description: A light-colored horse is hitched to a small buggy driven by Lester Carr. Carr is wearing a hat and has a lap robe across his legs. The buggy is stopped on ...
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Brumder Burial

Date: 05 1910
Description: Floral tributes, including wreaths and a cross, form a large display at the base of the obelisk marking the Brumder family plot in Forest Home Cemetery. O...

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