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Wells Building

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Description: View of building. Text in English and German reads: "A Happy New Year" and "Glueckliches Neujahr." Caption at bottom reads: "The Wells Building." and "Well...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee County

Date: 1886
Description: Detail of map including plans of the National Soldiers' home.
Postcard

Plankinton House

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Description: Elevated view looking east on Grand Avenue from the corner of Grand Avenue and 2nd Street. Plankinton Block was located between West Water (now Plankinton ...
Postcard

St. Francis of Assisi Church

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Description: N. Fourth Street. Bell tower with clock to the left of the main entrance. Additional buildings are on either side of the main church. Identified on left is...
Map or Atlas

Caspar's Automobile Road Maps of Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: This is a 5 part map showing automobile roads, common roads, cross roads, and railroads. Each map includes a diagram on reverse side and automobile trips o...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee County and Plans of Pewaukee, Oconomowoc, Soldiers' Home, Wauwatosa, Waukesha

Date: 1886
Description: A hand-colored map of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin that shows the township and range system, sections, towns, roads, railroads and rail stations, cities and...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee County and Plans of Pewaukee, Oconomowoc, Soldiers' Home, Wauwatosa, Waukesha

Date: 1891
Description: A hand-colored map of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin that shows the township and range system, sections, towns, roads, railroads and rail stations, cities and...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee County and Plans of Pewaukee, Oconomowoc, Soldiers' Home, Wauwatosa, Waukesha

Date: 1902
Description: A map of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin that shows the township and range system, sections, towns, roads, railroads and rail stations, cities and villages, po...
Map or Atlas

Maps of the City of Milwaukee and of Bay View, Wisconsin

Date: 1886
Description: The map reads: "Compiled under the direction of the J.V. DUPRE ABSTRACT CO. from Dupre’s 1/4 Sectn’l Atlas of Milwaukee, by G. Steinhagen, C.E." The map co...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee County and Plans of Pewaukee, Oconomowoc, Soldiers' Home, Wauwatosa, Waukesha

Date: 1886
Description: Two maps on one page. The first page is a map of Milwaukee County with insets "Plan of Pewaukee, Waukesha Co.," "Plan of Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co.," "Plan o...
Postcard

Main Street

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Description: Photographic postcard view down sidewalk in a central business district. In the foreground on the left horses and wagons are hitched up at the curb. A smal...
Map or Atlas

Official Quarter-Sectional Atlas of the City of Milwaukee, N. E. 1/4 Sec. 29, T. 7 N. R. 22 E. Plat No. 53

Date: 1906
Description: This map shows ward boundaries, lot and block numbers and dimensions, house numbers, electric car lines, steam railways, and adjoining plat numbers in a po...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1892
Description: This map shows schools, engine houses, railroads, street railways, wards, parks, cemeteries, block numbers, a street index, explanations, and general refer...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee and Vicinity

Date: 1901
Description: This map shows public schools, engine houses, railroads, street railways, city wards, parks, block numbers, and Lake Michigan. Also included are indexes, t...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee and Vicinity

Date: 1906
Description: This map shows wards, schools, engine houses, railroads, street railways, block numbers, parks, roads, and Lake Michigan. Also included are indexes: Table ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee and Vicinity

Date: 1904
Description: This map has three inset maps of Whitefish Bay, Cudahy, and South Milwaukee. This map depicts schools, engine houses, railroads, street railways, city ward...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee and Vicinity

Date: 1904
Description: This map shows wards, schools, engine houses, railroads, street railways, block numbers, parks, roads, and Lake Michigan. Also included are indexes: Table ...
Map or Atlas

Caspar’s Handy Pocket Map of the City of Milwaukee : Ready Reference for Citizens, Strangers and Autmobilists

Date: 1907
Description: This map shows ward numbers, streets, railroads, electric car lines, parks, steam railways, section numbers, Lake Michigan and one mile concentric circles ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1911
Description: This map shows ward numbers, streets, railroads, electric car lines, parks, steam railways, section numbers, Lake Michigan and one mile concentric circles ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1912
Description: This map shows ward numbers, streets, railroads, electric car lines, parks, steam railways, section numbers, Lake Michigan and one mile concentric circles ...

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