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| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of downtown area including churches, homes, and large buildings, stretching to the horizon. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | City Hall near the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Elevated view down Wells Street from the first Wisconsin National Bank Building. Commerce office on lower left. |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Church front with steeple. Road with cars, lamp post, and shoveled snow. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of factory with yellow walls and blue roofs. Lake and trains in background, with a tree-lined boulevard in the foreground. Caption reads: "Al... |
| 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: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Main factory with South Foundry in lower left. Lake Michigan is in the background. Later the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. |
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| Description: | Milwaukee Arena on Kilbourn Avenue. There is a poster for Sonja Henie on the side of the building. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Front of armory on Broadway Street, which has a single turret and a sign that reads "Light Horse Squadron Armory." Housed the Light Squadron of the Wiscons... |
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| Description: | View also includes two trees and a horse-drawn carriage. Caption reads: "Broadway Armory, Police Station and County Jail, Milwaukee." |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the building. Image has several cars and two people in front. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the New Auditorium. The road in front has three cars, several horse-drawn carriages, and several people. Caption reads: "The New Auditori... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Theater with many signs, one of which is advertising a matinee. Several other buildings are visible to the left of the building. A large crowd of people ... |
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| Description: | Stereograph of southwest facade on Martin Street. Built circa 1872. Architect was E.T. Mix. Dirt road in front, and the tower of the Immanuel Church is in... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | House from the east elevation. Part of Historic American Buildings. Image has a brick road, telephone poles and wire, and a building in the back with a s... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Road curving under bridge, bordered by trees and shrubs. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Broadway with several buildings lining the paved road, including A.W. Rich & Co. Drygoods, Millinery, and a Law Office on the right. Larg... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Elevated view taken from the Miller Building, which is the original site of the old Milwaukee House. In the center of the foreground is what used to be ca... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | View of Biddle Street. The 'x' marks the home of Mr. Brigham. The road is tree-lined, with homes behind the trees. "With cross on it, just under the sou... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of Chamber of Commerce at Broad and Michigan Streets. The building is the center of the image, with a telephone pole to the right, a larg... |
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