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Photograph

Rolling Machine at Bracken Brae, John Johnston's Country Home

Date: 1891
Description: Julia, the cook, on the rolling machine pulled by a team of horses wearing fly-nets. She is wearing a full-length dress and holding a whip in her right han...
Photograph

Pond at Bracken Brae, Country Home of John Johnston

Date: 1888
Description: Several adults, two children and a dog enjoying a pond at Bracken Brae, the country home of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker. Hilda...
Historical Essay

Allis, Louis (1866-1950)

Industrialist and Businessman
Biography of Milwaukee industrialist and businessman Louis Allis.
Historical Essay

Slovenians in Wisconsin

Learn about the Slovenians who settled in cities in the southern and eastern parts of the state in large numbers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Historical Essay

Wisconsin State Fair - Image Gallery Essay

View a pictorial review of the Wisconsin State Fair from 1851 when it began.
Property Record

1440 S 65TH ST

Community: West Allis
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Otto Conrad House
Reference Number: 101913
Property Record

2855 S WAUKESHA RD

Community: West Allis
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: BARON VON COTZHAUSEN ESTATE
Reference Number: 11885
Property Record

2855 S WAUKESHA RD

Community: West Allis
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: BARON VON COTZHAUSEN ESTATE
Reference Number: 11886
Property Record

12122 W GREENFIELD AVE

Community: West Allis
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 144530
Property Record

2073 S 76TH ST

Community: West Allis
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 144866
Property Record

1945 S 78TH ST

Community: West Allis
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 144886
Property Record

2049 S 79TH ST

Community: West Allis
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 144888
Property Record

2152 S 79TH ST

Community: West Allis
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 144889
Property Record

1441 S 80TH ST

Community: West Allis
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 145204
Property Record

1445-1447 S 80TH ST

Community: West Allis
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 145205
Property Record

1447 S 71ST ST

Community: West Allis
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 145267
Property Record

8510 W HARRISON AVE

Community: West Allis
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 145456
Property Record

2133 S 84TH ST

Community: West Allis
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: David Love Residence
Reference Number: 145783
Property Record

8425 W NATIONAL AVE

Community: West Allis
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 147561
Property Record

8405 W NATIONAL AVE

Community: West Allis
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Greenfield School
Reference Number: 27252

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