Central Area of the City of Milwaukee: Showing Public Buildings, Business Establishments, Recreational Sites | Map or Atlas | Wisconsin Historical Society

Map or Atlas

Central Area of the City of Milwaukee: Showing Public Buildings, Business Establishments, Recreational Sites

Central Area of the City of Milwaukee: Showing Public Buildings, Business Establishments, Recreational Sites | Map or Atlas | Wisconsin Historical Society
Photocopy of a map created by the City of Milwaukee Master Plan Program City Planning Division in May of 1958 representing 1870 "THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE 1870 AREA - 17,207 Sq Miles POPULATION - 71,440". The map shows: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS..BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS..RECREATIONAL SITES FLOUR MILLS..GRAIN ELEVATORS..HORSE RAILROADS..PLANK ROADS RAILROADS AND DEPOTS . CHURCHES . SCHOOLS . HARBOR FACILITIES". The bottom left corner contains a legend of points of interest that correspond to numbers on the map. The map border lists Milwaukee "firsts".
DESCRIPTION
Photocopy of a map created by the City of Milwaukee Master Plan Program City Planning Division in May of 1958 representing 1870 "THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE 1870 AREA - 17,207 Sq Miles POPULATION - 71,440". The map shows: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS..BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS..RECREATIONAL SITES FLOUR MILLS..GRAIN ELEVATORS..HORSE RAILROADS..PLANK ROADS RAILROADS AND DEPOTS . CHURCHES . SCHOOLS . HARBOR FACILITIES". The bottom left corner contains a legend of points of interest that correspond to numbers on the map. The map border lists Milwaukee "firsts".
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:98924
Creation Date: 05 1958
Creator Name:Unknown
City:Milwaukee
County:Milwaukee
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Map Collection
Genre:Map or Atlas
Original Format Type:prints, photomechanical
Original Format Number:GX9029 M663 1870 L
Original Dimensions:36 x 55 cm., on sheet 46 x 51 cm.
SUBJECTS
Church buildings
Business
School buildings
Flour mills
Cities and towns
Grain elevators
Harbors
Railroads
Roads

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