Photograph
Aerial View of Jones Island
| 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 to a road. A sign in the foreground reads: "USA WORK PROGRAM WPA." |
| Image ID: | 56146 |
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| Creation Date: | 10 28 1938 |
| Creator Name: | Taylor, J. Robert |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| County: | Milwaukee |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Taylor, J. Robert, 1876-1959 : J. Robert Taylor photographs, 1898-1930 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | (T35)137 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5 x 4 inches |
| Jones Island was a marsh island located between the Milwaukee and Kinnickinnic Rivers in Milwaukee, just south of the harbor entrance. Polish immigrants settled the island in the 1870s and it eventually became a small village of approximately 1600 people as well as a center of commercial fishing. The village was eventually torn down for a sewage treatment plant. The last fishing shanty was demolished in 1961. From Ackerman, Sandra. Milwaukee Then and Now. San Diego: Thunder Bay Press, 2004, p. 98-99. |
| Housing |
| Cities and towns |
| Neighborhoods |
| Islands |
| Signs and signboards |
| Automobiles |
| Railroad tracks |
| Roads |
| Ships |
| Rivers |
| Industrial buildings |
| Trees |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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