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Mailman

Date: 07 11 1981
Description: A male mail carrier taking a break sitting in a mailbox on the sidewalk in a neighborhood.
Drawing

Milwaukee Harbor

Date: 08 1852
Description: Pencil drawing of Milwaukee Harbor with large sailboats on the water. In the minimalist depiction the sandy shoreline with short plant growth sweeps aroun...
Photograph

Russell and Logan Triangle

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Description: Looking southeast on S. Kinnickinnic Avenue at E. Russell Avenue and S. Logan Avenue in the Bay View neighborhood. Trinity (now the Bay View) Methodist Chu...
Photograph

Looking North on Wisconsin Avenue

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Description: Apartment building at 2518 W. Wisconsin Avenue. Caption on negative reads: "Looking north at 2513 W. Wisconsin Ave". There is a parked automobile in the fo...
Photograph

Building Entrance

Date: 1940
Description: Entrance to large home. Part of porch as well as side of house visible. Curved stairs lead up to the porch. Door flanked by columns with highly detailed c...
Postcard

Industrial School for Girls

Date: 1910
Description: View across lawn toward the Chapel Building. Small footpaths curve from the left and right to the entrance. Caption reads: "Chapel Building, Industrial Sch...
Postcard

Milwaukee Passavant Hospital

Date: 1910
Description: View across lawn with shrubs and trees toward the front entrance. A small red building is behind the hospital on the left. Caption reads: "Milwaukee Passav...
Photograph

Brick Mansion

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Description: Exterior view of a three-story mansion with a large yard.
Photograph

Portico with Classical Columns

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Description: Side view of portico with classical columns on front of a mansion.
Photograph

Garages and Evergreens

Date: 1980
Description: Roads and telephone lines intersect at the corner of the block, 4021 North 62nd (Rear).
Photograph

A Young Girl Playing Outside

Date: 1898
Description: A young girl, Helen Phillips, stands in a yard near a fence behind a wooden chair. She reaches though the decorative panels on the back of the chair and gr...
Photograph

Alice Holloway's Engagement Trip

Date: 1930
Description: Alice Holloway standing in front of a flowering rose bush along the shore of Lake Michigan during a trip to Milwaukee to celebrate her engagement.
Photograph

American Serb Memorial Hall

Date: 05 12 2000
Description: "While in Milwaukee, we visit American Serb Memorial Hall at 5101 Oklahoma Avenue. This is a very famous place for fish fries." Shirley Widmer is pictured.
Photograph

W.H. Metcalf Residence

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Description: A woman posing in a garden at William H. Metcalf's Residence.
Photograph

View of McMyron Street

Date: 10 31 1925
Description: View of dirt road running through homes and trees in a neighborhood. An automobile is parked in the foreground, at the end of the road. Text at foot of pho...
Photograph

Group Portrait of Men and Women on Estate

Date: 1895
Description: Group of relatives and associates of John Johnston, posed sitting and standing on the steps of the estate. Some of the men wear bowler hats and hold canes,...
Photograph

Children Playing in Snow

Date: 11 30 1976
Description: Elevated view of children sliding on the snow near the Bay Street overpass to Jones Island. The children are walking up the hill. In the background is a st...
Photograph

International Harvester Entrance Gate at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1940
Description: Entrance gate for International Motor trucks at the Wisconsin State Fair. Just beyond the entrance are a group of people near a drinking fountain. Trucks a...
Photograph

Homeless Man

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Description: A homeless man in Milwaukee sitting in the snow as he attempts to craft a makeshift shelter from a piece of tarp.
Photograph

The Milwaukee Theater

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View from across street of five policemen walking in front of the Milwaukee Theater. A row of decorative bushes behind them partially blocks the line of pe...

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