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| Description: | The screw rail ferry, Pere Marquette 18, entering the harbor. Caption reads: "Pere Marquette Steamer Entering, Milwaukee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | View of bluffs and buildings on the shore of Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 06 18 1989 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of four children relaxing in a wading pool. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A Loening Amphibian, one of three such airplanes in which the Kohler Aviation Company provided passenger service from Milwaukee across Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Sunbathers relax on the piers at the swimming park on the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the first Milwaukee railroad depot, which was used by the Milwaukee & Waukesha and the Milwaukee & Mississippi railroads. The Milwaukee &... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | A 1914 Cadillac sitting near Lake Michigan. Its body was produced by the W.S. Seaman Company. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View looking up Wisconsin Avenue from the bridge. Many pedestrians, streetcars, and horse-drawn vehicles are visible. |
| Date: | 06 20 1966 |
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| Description: | Falk caption reads, "A series of photos showing delivery of the first shipment of Radicon units direct from England to the port of Milwaukee. The series EG... |
| Date: | 07 18 1966 |
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| Description: | Propeller of the S.S. Santa Cruz. Falk caption reads, "Photos taken for reference in study of propeller reversing characteristics for SUN Marine red... |
| Date: | 08 30 1972 |
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| Description: | This unit was purchased by Electro-Motive. Original Falk caption reads, "Photo compliments of Electro-Motive for possible use in bulletin 430. Photo is cop... |
| Date: | 09 14 1972 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of an inland river barge that was purchased by Electro-Motive and used by Wisconsin Barge Lines. Original Falk caption reads, "4.074:1 twin s... |
| 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. |
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| Description: | Mill on the Milwaukee River, with some bare trees and various objects on the riverbank. The mill was destroyed in a flood in August of 1924. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Long wooden pier with people fishing along the pier. Three males with their fishing poles and buckets are walking toward the viewer. A person next to a b... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Metal bridge over river with three men standing near the railing. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Chicago & North Western Railway viaduct on the line along the Milwaukee River. The viaduct has two arched passages, and stones and rocks lining the path f... |
| Date: | 1835 |
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| Description: | Two-story home with sloping roof. One man is whipping a team of eight cattle while another man drives the plow behind them. To the left stands a man near a... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Side view of the statue on a plinth with Celtic designs, with his right hand holding a horn resting on his hip. The statue is located in Juneau Park. On th... |
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