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Map or Atlas

Maps of Milwaukee: Bay View Milwaukee

Date: 1940
Description: This map is pen and ink on paper and is map 12 in a series of 12. The map shows streets, railroad lines, the Kinnickinnic River, and Lake Michigan.
Photograph

Chicago & Northwestern Railway Station

Date: 1940
Description: The Romanesque Chicago & Northwestern Railway station.
Photograph

Wisconsin Street

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph of Wisconsin Street looking east from Spring Street.
Print

E.P. Allis & Co. Reliance Works

Date: 1875
Description: Elevated view of factory with lake and ships in the background. Trains, people, horses, and carriages, with a multitude of smokestacks in foreground. The f...
Photograph

Parade in Factory Yard

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a parade crossing through a factory yard, where the workers are watching. Some are sitting on the roof of the building in the background. ...
Property Record

RR over Menomonee River, E of Plankinton Ave.

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul RR Swing Bridge over Menomonee
Reference Number: 116581
Map or Atlas

Street Car System : T.M.E.R.&L.Co. Milwaukee and Suburbs

Date: 1910
Description: This ink on paper blue line print base map consists of eight separate pieces and shows city limits, The Milwaukee Electric Railroad & Light Company lines, ...
Photograph

Lake Michigan Shore Bluffs

Date: 1877
Description: View of bluffs and buildings on the shore of Lake Michigan.
Property Record

Railroad over Kinnickinnic River, just W of Kinnickinnic Ave.

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul RR Swing Bridge
Reference Number: 29253
Postcard

P.H. Best Brewing Company

Date: 
Description: Southside Brewery, formerly the Melm's Brewery. A bridge, a boat, a river, several small buildings, and horse-drawn vehicles are in the foreground. Caption...
Postcard

Elk Monument and Railroad Depot

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Elk Monument, Juneau Park and N. W. Depot, Milwaukee." Statue of an Elk on an elaborate plinth in a park with gardens, lawns and side...
Photograph

Aerial View of Jones Island

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Elevated view of Jones Island, with some houses near the water and an industrial area across the river. On the right are a number of railroad tracks next t...
Property Record

Canadian Pacific Railway over S 1st St

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: S 1st St RR Bridge
Reference Number: 242234
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Vehicles in Residential Neighborhood

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of many horse-drawn vehicles on a main street in an unidentified rural village, perhaps at a farmer's fair. A crowd of men is standing outsid...
Photograph

Aerial View of Lincoln Memorial Drive

Date: 1953
Description: Aerial view looking north from the foot of Milwaukee's main thoroughfare, Wisconsin Avenue. Lincoln Memorial Drive winds its way along the lagoon in Juneau...
Photograph

Aerial View of Downtown Area

Date: 
Description: Aerial view looking north of downtown, with the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan.
Property Record

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY OVER BURNHAM CANAL

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Bridge
Reference Number: 106686
Property Record

3301 W CANAL ST

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD
Reference Number: 58275
Property Record

Canadian Pacific Railway over S 2nd St

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RR Bridge
Reference Number: 242238
Photograph

Milwaukee Streetcar

Date: 06 10 1906
Description: View of car #466, which was then one of Milwaukee's newest streetcars. The car was put in service by TMERL about 1905 and was rebuilt as a duplex car in 1...

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