Date: | 02 21 1882 |
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Description: | Chromolithograph poster advertising a Milwaukee Mardi Gras celebration, arranged by the Turnverein and Milwaukee Musical Societies, and held at the Exposit... |
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Description: | Schooners docked on river. The view is downriver from the Grand Avenue Bridge. |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | Two boys on the class-C scow sailboat "Bobalong III," with one boy balancing off the side while standing with one leg on the bilge keel. |
Date: | 10 07 1977 |
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Description: | Man and woman napping on the rocks with their hats down over their eyes as they fish for salmon. |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Fire fighters on ladders climbing up to the windows of a burning building. |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Fire fighters on the ground spraying water from a fire hose. |
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Description: | Leaving Milwaukee harbor via tugboat, this was the final voyage of the Lucia B. Simpson. Made in 1928, the Simpson was the last of the lake lumber s... |
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Description: | Large crowd looking at the damaged Christopher Columbus cruise vessel at dock. Constructed in 1893, the Christopher Columbus was the only pas... |
Date: | 12 11 1926 |
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Description: | Fire destroyed the Atlas Flour Mill, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. Thirteen engine companies, six truck companies, and two fire boats fought the... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Popular bathing beaches like this one on Lake Michigan offered relief from the heat as well as the opportunity to be seen in the latest fashions of the 191... |
Date: | 1904 |
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Description: | Elevated view of wagons hauling coal from the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company holding up street car traffic on a busy Milwaukee street. |
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Description: | Unloading barrels of goods from the "Ogdensburg" in the Milwaukee harbor. |
Date: | 05 15 1954 |
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Description: | Zookeepers releasing rhesus monkeys to the island that serves as their summer home at the Washington park zoo (later replaced by the Milwaukee County Zoo). |
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Description: | View downriver from the State Street Bridge showing a large sailing vessel. |
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Description: | View across water towards the Sheboygan Lake steamboat out on the water, with several passengers visible on the deck. |
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Description: | View of a steamboat down the river from near East Water Street Bridge. |
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Description: | Exterior view of the Axtell House with Walker's Point Bridge in the foreground. |
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