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Pabst Building

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior of building, with arched main entrance. The road in front is crowded with pedestrians, trolleys, and horse-drawn vehicles. On the left is a boat ...
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McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1885
Description: Engraved bird's-eye view illustration of the "McCormick Harvesting Machine Company's Works," including railroad cars, smoke from smokestacks and factory wo...
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Steamboat Michigan

Date: 1895
Description: Drawing of the lake steamer, Michigan with another vessel in the background.
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Milwaukee Willow Works Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Milwaukee Willow Works, a manufacturer of children's carriages, willow ware, and toys, with a three-quarter view of the company building,...
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Milwaukee Dry Dock Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Milwaukee Dry Dock Company, which operated two docks, with a view of a dock with ships, planks of wood, buildings, and the slogan, "Electri...
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Impressment of American Seamen

Date: 04 1884
Description: An engraving depicting the impressment of American seamen by the British Navy during the period before the War of 1812. The image shows a group of American...
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Ship Canal, Sault St. Marie

Date: 1873
Description: Engraved image of a lock and dam at Sault St. Marie. Two men are operating the sluice as ships are waiting on the opposite side of the lock. Another man is...
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Milwaukee River, at Milwaukee

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Description: Engraved view of the Milwaukee River.
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Collision Between the Steamer Atlantic and Propeller Ogdensburg on Lake Erie, N.Y.

Date: 09 1852
Description: Engraved view of the collision of the Atlantic and the Ogdensburg on Lake Erie.
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Pfister & Vogel Leather Co.

Date: 1892
Description: Engraving of an elevated view of the Pfister and Vogel Leather Company Menomonee Tannery in Milwaukee. A railroad runs along the side of the factory. Pleas...
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Walk-in-the-Water

Date: 03 1882
Description: Engraving after a drawing of the steamer Walk-in-the-Water, the first steamboat to sail the Great Lakes.
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Burning of the Phoenix

Date: 11 21 1847
Description: Engraved view of the burning of the steamer Phoenix on Lake Michigan, 17 miles from Sheboygan. Survivors are floating on debris in the water, and a ...
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Steamer Thomas Jefferson

Date: 1834
Description: Drawing of the Great Lakes steamer Thomas Jefferson.

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