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Grand Avenue

Date: 1904
Description: West from Ninth Street. Elevated view taken from on top of a building. Churches and trees line the road, which has a strip of land with monuments in the mi...
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Grand Avenue

Date: 1905
Description: Slightly elevated view of Grand Avenue. Several horse-drawn vehicles are on the road and pedestrians are along the sidewalks. Caption reads: "Milwaukee. Gr...
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Goethe-Schiller Monument

Date: 1908
Description: Monument in Washington Park with two male figures side by side on a plinth in the center, with curved walls ending in two small columns surrounding them, w...
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Ivanhoe Temple

Date: 1910
Description: View down street toward the Temple on the right. There is a monument in the background at the end of the road. Caption reads: "Ivanhoe Temple, Milwaukee."
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Statue of Leif Ericson

Date: 1915
Description: Located in Juneau Park, the statue is on the right, on the edge of a steep hill. The hillside is lined with paths, and ends next to several railroad track...
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Juneau Park

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Description: Train station in the distance, with a man standing in the foreground on steps leading down to the lake, near a fenced-in pond. On the left are railroad tra...
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Solomon Juneau Monument

Date: 1940
Description: Monument in Juneau Park. A man is sitting on a bench, with Lake Michigan behind.
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Juneau Monument

Date: 1893
Description: Side view of monument with plaque. Behind the statue is a road, trees, and the top of a building. A fire hydrant and a small group of people are on the ri...
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Solomon Juneau Monument

Date: 1930
Description: Close-up of statue in Juneau park. His right hand is holding a rifle, his left hand is resting on his belt. His name is inscribed on the middle level of th...
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Juneau Park

Date: 1893
Description: Statue of Leif Ericson is to the right of center in the foreground, with the figure facing the city. On the left is a hill with paths, a train station, ra...
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Juneau Park

Date: 1910
Description: A canon is in the foreground to the left. There are a number of pedestrians in the park and on the path by the lake. In the background on the left is a tra...
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Statue of Leif Ericson

Date: 1910
Description: View along top of hill in the park toward a woman and child sitting on a bench near the monument. At the bottom of the hill on the left are railroad tracks...
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Kosciuszko Monument

Date: 1910
Description: Statue of soldier holding a sword, seated on a horse, erected in 1905. The statue stands on an engraved plinth. Caption reads: "Kosciuszko Monument, Kosciu...
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Lincoln Memorial Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of Lincoln Memorial Bridge and plaza area. Lake Michigan is in the background, railroad tracks are below the bridge. Trees and grass surround...
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Lincoln Commemorative Tablet

Date: 1942
Description: Monument located on 13th Street. Large rough stone with a metal plaque set into it. The plaque marks the spot near where Lincoln made an address in 1859.
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Marquette Statue

Date: 1960
Description: Statue of the monk with a cross in his left hand and his right hand upraised. Behind the statue is a plaque with a carving of an Indian in a canoe near a s...
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Marquette University and Catholic Church

Date: 1940
Description: Gesu Pastoral Residence Catholic Church, 1131 W. Wisconsin Street. Church towers, with a clock, are right of center, with wings to the left and right. A mo...
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Milwaukee County War Memorial Center

Date: 1956
Description: A monument to Milwaukeeans killed in the Second World War and the Korean Conflict. Night view, with building lit internally.
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Milwaukee County War Memorial Center

Date: 1956
Description: Exterior view of monument to Milwaukeeans killed in the Second World War and the Korean Conflict.
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1905
Description: Church on Grand Avenue. A statue is in the median in the foreground. Caption reads: "Grand Ave. M. E. Church, Milwaukee."

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