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R.G. Frackleton Residence

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Description: R.G. Frackleton residence, 695 Cass Street.
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Residence of Charles Ray

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Description: Residence of Charles Ray, 88 Prospect Street.
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Residence of W.A. Collins

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Description: W.A. Collins residence, 77 Prospect Avenue. Lightning rods are on the roof of the house.
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Schley Home

Date: 1945
Description: Exterior view of the Schley home on the corner of North Astor Street and East Juneau Avenue. It was built ca. 1850.
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Miller House

Date: 1875
Description: The brick home of Judge Andrew Galbraith Miller at 174 Wisconsin Street. There are steps up to the front entrance, a fence, and a fire hydrant on the sidew...
Postcard

Pabst Residence

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view across street towards the mansion with large yard containing many trees and a fountain on the right. A smokestack is in the distant backgroun...
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Pfister House

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph. Residence of Giudo Pfister, at 429 Jefferson Street. A tree stands between the sidewalk and the dirt road.
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Elizabeth Plankinton House

Date: 1975
Description: 1492 W. Wisconsin Avenue. Built in 1886 by John Plankinton for his daughter Elizabeth. Edward T. Mix was the architect. Listed in the National Register of...
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Ray Residence

Date: 1891
Description: Stereograph of the home of Charles Ray, 88 Prospect Street.
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Victorian-Style House Gutted by Fire

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Description: A large Victorian-style house gutted by a fire. Ladders are leaning up on the sides, reaching up many different levels. Two people are on the roof spraying...
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House on Jones Island

Date: 1898
Description: View across road of Syl standing in front of a three-story duplex house on Jones Island.
Painting

9th and Juneau Streets

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Description: Watercolor painting of houses at the corner of 9th and Juneau Streets.
Document

Patek Brothers Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Patek Brothers, Inc., of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a paint company, with a halftone image of a hand dipping a brush into a can of Patek paint, el...
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Trade Show Home

Date: 04 03 1957
Description: Elevated view of demonstration “ranch” type frame residence under construction within an auditorium, presumably in Milwaukee, for some type of trade show. ...
Postcard

522 First Avenue

Date: 1908
Description: View from the street of three people standing in front of a small house. There is a small Oeil-de-boeuf window in the upper story. The windows have shutter...
Postcard

Frederick and Elizabeth Layton Home

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Description: A view across street towards Frederick and Elizabeth Layton's home at 534 Marshall Street. The clapboard house has two porches. On the left is a roofed enc...
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The Milwaukee Boat House

Date: 1930
Description: The Edmund B. Gustorf house, built in the 1920's in the shape of a boat, sitting on a low rise at the corner of East Hampshire Street (foreground left) and...
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Carriage

Date: 1890
Description: A team of two horses is harnessed to a highly polished carriage with a side lamp. The driver is holding a long whip and is wearing a top hat, winter coat a...
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George F. Brumder Residence

Date: 1930
Description: View across street towards an automobile parked in front of the George F. Brumder residence, which was built in 1910 on the corner of Grand (now Wisconsin)...
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Brumder House

Date: 1890
Description: A view of the west (10th Street) facade of the two-story brick Italianate house at the northeast corner with Wells Street, purchased by George Brumder in 1...

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