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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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| Description: | Elevated view of Milwaukee River from Walker's Point Bridge. |
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| Description: | Smelting Department of the Bay View Rolling Mills. |
| Date: | 06 15 1936 |
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| Description: | Two workers loading large steel castings into the back of an International C-15 truck outside a Wehr Steel Company building. |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye views of various sections of Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee from Bay View. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the West Milwaukee shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company grain elevator at the Milwaukee harbor, with a sailing ship anchored nearby. |
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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... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Buildings and smokestacks along a riverfront. Sky darkened by the smoke. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View toward the front entrance of the cabin with a stone chimney on the right. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across water toward several buildings on shoreline, two with large smokestacks. A man is standing on the shore, and two people are in a boat on the ri... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | The road in front is lined with cars, including a fuel truck. In the foreground is a parking lot with two cars. The large brewery building has a chimney ... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph. Residence of Giudo Pfister, at 429 Jefferson Street. A tree stands between the sidewalk and the dirt road. |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | 1492 W. Wisconsin Avenue. Built in 1886 by John Plankinton for his daughter Elizabeth. Edward T. Mix was the architect. Listed in the National Register of... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of brewing company. A sign for Schlitz is suspended between two of the buildings. Pedestrians, trolleys, and horse-pulled vehicles are on th... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of brewing company and surrounding roads. On the road in front of the buildings are horse-drawn carts carrying barrels, a trolley car, and pe... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The entrance on the left has a small domed tower, and on the right is a chimney. Caption reads: "South Side High School, Milwaukee, Wis." |
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