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Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 1951
Description: Wisconsin Avenue at Sixth Street, looking east from near the front of the Milwaukee Public Library (left foreground). Taken at night; lighted clocks read 9...
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Milwaukee-Downer College

Date: 1936
Description: Merrill Hall and other smaller buildings from across the street.
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Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 1962
Description: Winter scene with two women walking in the snow on Wisconsin Avenue at Ninth Street, Milwaukee.
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Sans Souci Hall

Date: 1912
Description: Formally a Universalist Church (under Rev. Augusta Chapin), then a Baptist church, later a club house and eventually a dance hall. Photograph taken after ...
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Von Stueben Statue

Date: 12 1952
Description: In Washington park, Washington Park library in the background. Nighttime view, with snow falling. The statue of Frederick Von Steuben on horseback preside...
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Alexander Stewart House

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Description: View of Stewart house from the northwest. Building has two front doors, with a porch over the one on the right.
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Thorsen Residence

Date: 1904
Description: Exterior of house at 525 Jefferson Street. The first bathtub in Milwaukee, made of tin, was put into this house. A man in a horse-drawn sled is parked in...
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Twenty-First Street

Date: 1924
Description: Near Chestnut Street. View looking down a wet and icy sidewalk with melting snowbanks. Houses line the street.
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Grand Avenue

Date: 1917
Description: Looking down Grand Avenue to the east. The road is lined with automobiles, and cable car tracks are on the snow-covered street. A sign for Gimbel's is on t...
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Sidewalk with Snow

Date: 1876
Description: Stereograph. Winter scene of a residential area, looking down a snowy sidewalk near a retaining wall and a fence in Milwaukee, with a horse-drawn carriage...
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Sliding Down Hill

Date: 11 23 1949
Description: View across river of a large crowd of people on a sledding hill, and also gathered around a shelter building. Houses are in the background atop the hill.
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Pedestrians on Street Near Fire

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Description: A large cloud of smoke blankets the end of the road, and snow covers the ground. Pedestrians are the sidewalks. A woman is running across the street, and a...
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Building on Fire

Date: 1931
Description: Groups of fire fighters work to put out a fire in winter. Smoke is billowing out the windows and covering the facade. A building on the far left has a sign...
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Five Fire Fighters

Date: 1931
Description: A small group of four fighters and one of their bosses are standing amid burned remnants from a fire. One man is holding a fire hose that is spraying water...
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Vine-Covered Arch

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Description: A wide pathway in a wooded area has an arched trellis covered in vines. On the left is a small brick column with a sign reading: "Do Not Enter Here".
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Men on Bridge During Flood

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Description: A river has overflown its banks and is flooding a road on a bridge. Some men are on the bridge are using sticks to move ice floes. Crowds of people are wa...
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Horseshoer Building on Snowy Street

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Description: View across road towards a building with a sign on the building that reads: "G. Deising, Horseshoer". A number of horses are standing on the snowy road nea...
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Trees and Snow

Date: 1920
Description: Winter scene with tree branches bowing under the weight of snow.
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Waves Crashing

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Description: Elevated view of Lake Michigan, showing waves crashing near a row of pilings.
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Automobile Parked in Snow

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Description: An early twentieth-century automobile parked on a road in snow, with a large house in the background. The back tires have chains around them.

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