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| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the west side of East Water Street. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Schlitz Brewing Company with two men and a boy in suits and hats in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of buildings and street traffic. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of West Water Street from Grand Avenue of horse-drawn vehicles, pedestrians, buildings, storefronts and power lines. |
| Date: | 05 19 1887 |
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| Description: | Firefighters stand with steam fire engine in front of fire station at National Soldiers Home. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | 2504 Forest Home Avenue. This hotel was situated on what was originally a plank road between Milwaukee and Muskego. It was designed after the Federal style... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | McCormick Harvesting Machine Company branch house building. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op... |
| 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: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Milwaukee River with large sailing ship - a two-masted schooner - entering the port. |
| Date: | 07 03 1886 |
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| Description: | The east side of the Schlitz Palm Garden at N. 3rd Street, south of W. Wisconsin Avenue. The Schlitz Palm Garden opened on July 3, 1886 and was one of the ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking west on W. National Avenue from about S. 6th Street, towards a parade marching down National Avenue with a crowd of people watching, ... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Axtell House, located at Walker's point on the corner of S. Water and Ferry Streets. There are pedestrians on the bridge over the river. |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Axtell House building, with a storefront next to it advertising "Clothing Hats Caps Sailors Outfits". A bridge is on the left and a man... |
| 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: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph; view of store and adjoining buildings, Wisconsin and Milwaukee Streets. A large statue of a bird sits atop the store in the right of the imag... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph; view of the earlier City Hall building, on Market Square at the corner of E. Water Street and Oneida Street. Several signs are in the image, i... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Exterior of building. A large advertising sign is on the right side, behind a large smokestack. A smaller sign stating "For Rent O.J. Schenck" has been h... |
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