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| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Colored view of the river lined with buildings. The drawbridge is raised as a steamboat is passing through. There is a clocktower in the background. Captio... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View looking up at the viaduct over the river, with a trolley on the tracks on the metal support bridge. Along the right shoreline is a grassy riverbank wi... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of island with houses and boathouses and boats along the shoreline. Industrial buildings are in the background, and a sailboat is on the wate... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View along top of hill in the park toward a woman and child sitting on a bench near the monument. At the bottom of the hill on the left are railroad tracks... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Wisconsin Street, looking east from the Post Office towards Lake Michigan. Date written in pencil on postcard reads May 21, 1909. Caption ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across water toward several buildings on shoreline, two with large smokestacks. A man is standing on the shore, and two people are in a boat on the ri... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | View down the hill toward the U.S. Coast Guard Station on the left with two communications towers on the Lake Michigan shoreline. Railroad tracks are just ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of people walking on a path by the Whitefish Bay Resort along the lake front. Caption reads: "Whitefish Bay Resort, Milwaukee." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of dam on river. A bridge is in the background. Houses are on top of the hill on the right side. Caption reads: "The Dam, Milwaukee River." |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Sunken gardens at Mitchell Park, with the conservatory in the background. Caption reads: "Sunken Garden, Mitchell Park, Milwaukee." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Looking south from Oneida Street bridge at night. Caption reads: "Looking South from Oneida St. Bridge, Milwaukee. (At Night.)" |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | The station with the clock tower is on the right, and the tracks and train shed are on the left. Pedestrians are on the lawn nearby, and houses are on the ... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Postcard of the Milwaukee lakefront. In the foreground is an image of Neptune standing in Lake Michigan holding a trident in one hand and a beer stein in t... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard view of a pier and lighthouse at the entrance to Milwaukee's harbor. Two people sail in a small boat to the right of the lighthouse, ... |
| Date: | 11 04 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "In 'Beautiful Washington Park,' Milwaukee." View of a pond with water lilies, flowers, trees and other wetland foliage. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Lagoon from Pavilion, Humboldt Park, Milwaukee, Wis." View of the water from a terrace with a stone balustrade. Several people are in... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Elk Monument, Juneau Park and N. W. Depot, Milwaukee." Statue of an Elk on an elaborate plinth in a park with gardens, lawns and side... |
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