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Milwaukee Water Works

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Description: Exterior view of the Milwaukee Water Works. A little boy is riding a tricycle in the foreground.
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Schlitz Brewery

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Description: Exterior of the Schlitz Brewery.
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Milwaukee River

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Description: Elevated view of Milwaukee River from Walker's Point Bridge.
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Bay View Rolling Mills

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Description: Smelting Department of the Bay View Rolling Mills.
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Loading Steel Castings into International C-15 Truck

Date: 06 15 1936
Description: Two workers loading large steel castings into the back of an International C-15 truck outside a Wehr Steel Company building.
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West Milwaukee Railroad Yard

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Description: Elevated view of the West Milwaukee shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad.
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Milwaukee Grain Elevator

Date: 1870
Description: The Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company grain elevator at the Milwaukee harbor, with a sailing ship anchored nearby.
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Milwaukee Harvester Works

Date: 1919
Description: Panorama of International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory building. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company before 1902.
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Lake Michigan from Wells Building

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Description: Elevated view looking northeast from the roof of the Wells Building at E. Wisconsin Avenue and N. Milwaukee Street. St. John's Cathedral is in the center o...
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Milwaukee Harvester Works

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of the Milwaukee Harvester Works. View from hill towards a large crowd of workers, mainly men and boys, posing in front of the factory in an ...
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Milwaukee Works Panorama

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Description: Panoramic view of International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory.
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Garbage Disposal Plant

Date: 1924
Description: The smokestack is several inches out of plumb, which was the reason the photographer took the photograph. Located on a waterfront.
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Industrial Plants

Date: 1955
Description: Buildings and smokestacks along a riverfront. Sky darkened by the smoke.
Postcard

Solomon Log Cabin Replica

Date: 1955
Description: View toward the front entrance of the cabin with a stone chimney on the right.
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Byron Kilbourn House

Date: 1887
Description: Northwest corner of Grand Avenue and 4th Street. Built in 1854 at a cost of $18,000. The storefronts were added in 1868; the building razed in 1886.
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Milwaukee River

Date: 1940
Description: A view north of Wells Street with a bridge on the right. Two large smokestacks, and a tall building with a clock break up the skyline. On the left is a bil...
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Red Star Yeast & Products Co.

Date: 1882
Description: First building of the 27th Street plant.
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Elevated View from Division and East Water Streets

Date: 1901
Description: Elevated view looking northwest from Division Street and East Water Street. Rooftop of building in foreground has laundry hanging from a line. In the back...
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Neighborhood Near Lake Michigan

Date: 1876
Description: Stereograph of a view over rooftops of a neighborhood near Lake Michigan. Shoreline can be seen in the background.
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Collapsing Building

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Description: Building and smokestack collapsing amidst debris.

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