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| Date: | 05 04 1886 |
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| Description: | Edward P. Allis Reliance Works under the protection of the Wisconsin State Militia during the first general labor strike. The strike is also known as the ... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | View of bluffs and buildings on the shore of Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Men walking across a bridge over railroad tracks. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the first Milwaukee railroad depot, which was used by the Milwaukee & Waukesha and the Milwaukee & Mississippi railroads. The Milwaukee &... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #212, also known as the Waukesha Scoot, at Milwaukee's Union Depot. |
| Date: | 05 04 1886 |
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| Description: | Lumber yard with boxcars and factory buildings in the back. Made while factory was under protection of the State Militia during the first general labor str... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of factory with lake and ships in the background. Trains, people, horses, and carriages, with a multitude of smokestacks in foreground. The f... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Side view of the statue on a plinth with Celtic designs, with his right hand holding a horn resting on his hip. The statue is located in Juneau Park. On th... |
| 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: | 1893 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Large brewery in background behind railroad tracks. On the right are smaller buildings. On the left is a small hill with ladders, fences, rocks, and plant ... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | A group of men carrying lunch boxes are walking away from a steam engine train, which is near another train and power lines. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Two men escorting a fashionably dressed woman with a feathered boa obscuring part of her face. People are standing in the background near a train next to t... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of one of the first Pawling & Harnischfeger machine shops. The building was built in 1886 on the corner of South First Street and East Oregon... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | This map shows wards, roads, railroads, lot and block numbers, subdivisions, parks, and some landownership. A handwritten annotation in red reads: "Note: S... |
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