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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Now called Wisconsin Avenue. On the left are trees and a trolley in the road. On the right are several church towers, more trees, and another trolley. In t... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View along the river, with a raised bridge with a steamboat passing through. The river lined by buildings on both sides. A clocktower is in the background.... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View toward viaduct, with railroad tracks and houses below. Caption reads: "Grand Ave. Viaduct, Milwaukee." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking east from Eleventh Street. The avenue is lined with buildings and trees. A large flagpole is in the center of the avenue which is lan... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Looking west from Washington Monument. There is a monument on the right, with the view down the street on the left. A church, two other monuments, and seve... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Looking east from 5th Street. Road lined with buildings, and pedestrians crowd the sidewalks. Horse-drawn vehicles and a trolley are on the road. Caption r... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | West from Ninth Street. Elevated view taken from on top of a building. Churches and trees line the road, which has a strip of land with monuments in the mi... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of Grand Avenue. Several horse-drawn vehicles are on the road and pedestrians are along the sidewalks. Caption reads: "Milwaukee. Gr... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View down center of avenue. Horse-drawn vehicles are on the road and pedestrians are on the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Grand Ave. Blvd., Milwaukee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Monument in Washington Park with two male figures side by side on a plinth in the center, with curved walls ending in two small columns surrounding them, w... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View across intersection toward the corner of Wisconsin Street and Cass Street. The hotel has several floors, awnings on all the windows on one side, and a... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The postcard caption is in error in its reference to Lake Park, which is distantly located from this street. Possibly Highland Park was intended. A second ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward the Chapel Building. Small footpaths curve from the left and right to the entrance. Caption reads: "Chapel Building, Industrial Sch... |
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| Description: | Train station in the distance, with a man standing in the foreground on steps leading down to the lake, near a fenced-in pond. On the left are railroad tra... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View toward the front entrance of the cabin with a stone chimney on the right. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across street toward the Young Men's Christian Association building (YMCA). Caption reads: "Y. M. C. A., Milwaukee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of street at night. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Street at Night, Milwaukee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View of pedestrians and streetcar along Wisconsin Street. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Street, looking East from Grand Ave. Milwaukee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin street looking west, with the Gimbels sign on the building in the background. Text on postcard reads: "Wisconsin St. & Railway Exchange Bldg., Mi... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of city over Kilbourn Park Reservoir. In the grass is the name of the park in large white letters. Caption reads: "Kilbourn Park Reservoir, M... |
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