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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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Kremer Homestead

Date: 1897
Description: Located on 4th Street; only the first floor is visible through the trees. The house sits on a small hill above the street. Two chairs sit in the lawn on ...
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Lake Park Terrace

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Description: View looking down toward a curving stairway leading down to a terrace with columns and ornate railings. In the background is a flagpole on the overlook to ...
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Lake Park Stone Stairway

Date: 1909
Description: Stone Stairway. At the top there is a decorative balcony overlooking the stairway, and part of a building can be seen. Caption reads: "Stone Stairway, Lake...
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Sidewalk with Snow

Date: 1876
Description: Stereograph. Winter scene of a residential area, looking down a snowy sidewalk near a retaining wall and a fence in Milwaukee, with a horse-drawn carriage...
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Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated, angled view of the facade and right side of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company building. The structure has a set of stone steps that ...
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The Wisconsin Club

Date: 1936
Description: An exterior view of the Wisconsin (formerly the Germania) Club.
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Home of John Johnston

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view from street of home of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker, located at 645 Franklin Place, also known as "The Lion House...
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Herold Team of the Milwaukee Turners

Date: 09 21 1886
Description: Twenty-seven young men and George Brosius posing outdoors with sporting equipment. The young men are dressed in short sleeved shirts and pants (possibly an...
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Young Girl with Purse and Hat

Date: 1944
Description: Jo-Claren Maurin (b. 1942) sitting on the stoop of her house in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin wearing a red straw hat and holding a matching red straw purse. She is...
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Milwaukee College For Young Ladies #870

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Description: Exterior view from across cobblestone street of the Milwaukee College For Young Ladies. The view of the main entrance is obstructed by a tree.
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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,...
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Mitchell Park Conservatory

Date: 1969
Description: View towards the three glass domes at the Mitchell Park Conservatory. In the foreground three people are walking up a stairway on the grounds of the park. ...
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Floral Tributes

Date: 04 1924
Description: Multiple bouquets and other flower arrangements fill the entry hall of the George and Henriette Brumder mansion at the corner of Grand (later Wisconsin) Av...
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Villa Henrietta

Date: 1910
Description: Garden phlox bloom in the yard of Villa Henrietta, the summer home of George and Henriette Brumder. A sidewalk leads up a slope to the Pine Lake-facing (ea...
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Schlitz Brew House

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Description: View of the brew house of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. Two men are standing in the background. On the right is a drawing of hops, and a banner that ...
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Chapel of the Woods

Date: 05 08 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Chapel of the Woods, St. Francis, Wis." A stone chapel surrounded by trees with a belfry. There is a walkway with two sets of stairs ...
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St. Mary of the Angels

Date: 1907
Description: A stone Chapel, St. Mary of the Angels has an ornate entrance and a belfry. Decorated steps, a lawn and trees can be seen.
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St. Mary's Institute

Date: 03 27 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "St. Mary's Institute, St. Francis, Wis." A Catholic School for Girls opened in 1904. It is a three-story building on an elevated foun...
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First Congregational Church

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "First Congregational Church, Wauwatosa, Wis." The entrance to a brick, Georgian Revival church built in 1919. The portico has four Do...

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