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| Date: | 06 30 1917 |
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| Description: | Damaged ship on the Milwaukee River. The Christopher Columbus was a popular cruise vessel launched in 1893 and used to traverse the Great Lakes. On ... |
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| Description: | Group of people with an iceboat on a frozen lake (possibly Lake Michigan). |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view. As part of Boy Scout Day at the Wisconsin State Fair, a contingent of scout flag bearers marches over the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge over the M... |
| 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: | 10 28 1938 |
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| Description: | Docks and shanties at Jones Island, with smokestacks and cranes in the background. |
| 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: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Poling ice blocks to the hoist on the Milwaukee River. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Milwaukee commercial district looking north over the Milwaukee River from the Michigan Street bridge. Landmarks right to left: Pabst B... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from Wisconsin River looking east. The Pabst Building is on the northwest corner of N. Water Street and E. Wisconsin Avenue with the Mack bui... |
| Date: | 08 06 1917 |
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| Description: | Chicago and North Western Railrod depot at the east end of Wisconsin Avenue. Caption on glass plate reads: "South end of Juneau Park extention [sic]... |
| Date: | 08 06 1917 |
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| Description: | Overlooking the Chicago and North Western railroad depot from Juneau Park bluff. Caption on glass plate reads: "Extention [sic] of Juneau Park, show... |
| Date: | 05 30 1914 |
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| Description: | Juneau Park looking north from approximately E. Mason Street, with the Chicago and North Western railroad tracks on the right. The Lake Michigan shoreline ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view southeast from the courthouse at E. Kilbourn Avenue and N. Jackson Street. The Northwestern Mutual home office building and Chicago and North... |
| Date: | 11 01 1916 |
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| Description: | Pavilion at Kosciusko Park lagoon at W. Lincoln Avenue and S. 7th Street. A rowboat is floating in the lagoon. |
| Date: | 07 04 1917 |
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| Description: | Children canoeing in the pond with swans, while other children are watching. There are adults and children in the background near a building. |
| Date: | 06 01 1923 |
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| Description: | Elevated view east from N. Plankinton Avenue, W. Wisconsin Avenue is bustling with automobiles, pedestrians, a cable car, and a double-decker bus. Landmark... |
| Date: | 08 23 1913 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking east from W. Wells street across the Milwaukee River. The E. Wells power plant (with arrow), Pabst Theater, and City Hall are on the ... |
| Date: | 07 19 1914 |
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| Description: | Individuals boating in the Kosciusko Park lagoon, with onlookers sitting on the bank. Caption on glass plate reads: "Boating, Kosciusko Park". |
| Date: | 11 01 1916 |
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| Description: | Pavilion and riverbank. Caption on glass plate reads: "Pavilion Kosciusko Park". |
| Date: | 08 08 1919 |
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| Description: | Elevated view up the Milwaukee River from Wisconsin Avenue bridge. A World War I submarine travels down the Milwaukee River. A crowd is gathered at the riv... |
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