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All Saint's Episcopal Church

Date: 1971
Description: Church front with steeple. Road with cars, lamp post, and shoveled snow.
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Canal Ending at Lumberyard

Date: 1900
Description: Two ships at the end of the canal, several buildings, a small lumberyard, and snow. Three other ships are visible down the canal.
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City Hall

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of front of City Hall. Several buildings and streets surround City Hall, with cars on all the roads. Snow is on top of the buildings and the ...
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Clinton House

Date: 1900
Description: Front view of three-story building located on the south side. Buildings on either side have storefronts, and snow is on the ground.
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Gate at Deutscher Club

Date: 1940
Description: Formerly the home of Alexander Mitchell, at West Wisconsin Avenue and Tenth Street; in 1917 it became the Wisconsin Club. Entrance gate in the winter. Wr...
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Jewish Community Center

Date: 1954
Description: Exterior view of 1444 Prospect Avenue in winter.
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Kremer's Homestead

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of Kremer's Homestead.
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Building near Krinker's Park

Date: 1910
Description: Building at corner of Lisbon Avenue and North Avenue. A manuscript note on the reverse of the photograph calls this Neumueller's Park, which may have been...
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Milwaukee-Downer College

Date: 1936
Description: Merrill Hall and other smaller buildings from across the street.
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Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 1962
Description: Winter scene with two women walking in the snow on Wisconsin Avenue at Ninth Street, Milwaukee.
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Sans Souci Hall

Date: 1912
Description: Formally a Universalist Church (under Rev. Augusta Chapin), then a Baptist church, later a club house and eventually a dance hall. Photograph taken after ...
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Von Stueben Statue

Date: 12 1952
Description: In Washington park, Washington Park library in the background. Nighttime view, with snow falling. The statue of Frederick Von Steuben on horseback preside...
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Thorsen Residence

Date: 1904
Description: Exterior of house at 525 Jefferson Street. The first bathtub in Milwaukee, made of tin, was put into this house. A man in a horse-drawn sled is parked in...
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Twenty-First Street

Date: 1924
Description: Near Chestnut Street. View looking down a wet and icy sidewalk with melting snowbanks. Houses line the street.
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Grand Avenue

Date: 1917
Description: Looking down Grand Avenue to the east. The road is lined with automobiles, and cable car tracks are on the snow-covered street. A sign for Gimbel's is on t...
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Sliding Down Hill

Date: 11 23 1949
Description: View across river of a large crowd of people on a sledding hill, and also gathered around a shelter building. Houses are in the background atop the hill.
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Trees and Snow

Date: 1920
Description: Winter scene with tree branches bowing under the weight of snow.
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Boat Covered in Ice

Date: 09 20 1945
Description: A tugboat in the river is covered in snow and ice. Two men are at the front of the ship on the right wearing hats and heavy coats.
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Men on Street near Puddle

Date: 1905
Description: Men standing around a puddle alongside a road near a small snowbank. One man is bending down near the puddle with a hammer in his hand. Signs for beer are ...
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Car Buried in Fresh Snow

Date: 1940
Description: Winter scene with a car buried in fresh snow while parked outside a building.

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