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D.G. & M. Depot

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Description: A view of the D.G. & M. Depot from the East Water Street Bridge.
Map or Atlas

View of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1856
Description: View looking west from Lake Michigan with several steam ships and sailing vessels in harbor. There is a lighthouse to left of center, along shoreline.
Photograph

The Christopher Columbus Passing through Broadway Bridge

Date: 08 30 1906
Description: A screw passenger excursion vessel or whaleback, the Christopher Columbus, passing through the Broadway Bridge.
Print

Excursion Steamer J.S. Landing Passengers

Date: 1901
Description: The sternwheel excursion, J.S., landing passengers, taken between 1901 and 1910. Crowds are on riverbank and there are buildings in background. A cr...
Map or Atlas

La Crosse Bird's-Eye Map

Date: 1876
Description: Bird's-eye view of La Crosse.
Photograph

The Whaleback "Christopher Columbus"

Date: 09 19 1892
Description: Captain Alexander McDougall's whaleback passenger steamer "Christopher Columbus" under construction in the shipyard of the American Steel Barge Company in ...
Postcard

The Gypsy at the La Crosse Levee

Date: 1900
Description: Riverboats tied at the levee in La Crosse with the Gypsy in the foreground. Caption reads: "The Levee, La Crosse, Wis."
Postcard

Steamer St. Paul on Mississippi River

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of the sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, on the Mississippi River taken in 1909. St. Paul, Minnesota is seen in the background. Later n...
Photograph

Whaleback Shipyard

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Description: Painting of a whaleback shipyard.
Photograph

International Fleetstar F-2000-D Tanker Delivering Flour

Date: 1964
Description: International Fleetstar F-2000-D diesel tanker hauling flour near the downtown area. This truck was leased through Buckeye Delivery, Inc. to International ...
Photograph

Prosperous Town in Good Farming Country

Date: 07 1930
Description: Downtown Aurora, a "prosperous town in good farming country," seen from the street.
Photograph

McCormick Station along Illinois Northern Railway

Date: 1912
Description: An empty street outside McCormick Station on the Illinois Northern Railway. An overpass bears a sign for the McCormick Freight Station on the same railroad...
Photograph

Deering Works seen from Diversey Avenue

Date: 1919
Description: Deering Works factory seen across the waterfront from Diversey Avenue. In the foreground is a street and sidewalk with the sign "horse vehicles keep to rig...
Photograph

Railroad Yard Bridge

Date: 1895
Description: Men walking across a bridge over railroad tracks.
Photograph

New York Harbor

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view, probably early 20th century New York Harbor.
Photograph

Sun Bathing

Date: 1965
Description: Women sun bathe near an express highway in Milwaukee.
Photograph

Two Boys at Tenney Park

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Description: Two boys lying on the grass asleep in Tenney Park near the lagoon with a hat on the ground between them. The Sherman Avenue bridge and the Hausmann Brewery...
Photograph

Milwaukee River

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Description: Elevated view of Milwaukee River from Walker's Point Bridge.
Photograph

Grand Avenue

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Description: Elevated view of Grand Avenue. A number of horse-drawn carriages are lined up near a bridge.
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West Water Street from Union Depot

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Description: West Water Street from Union Depot.

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