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| Date: | 1853 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Milwaukee looking east toward Lake Michigan from a bluff, long since graded into a slope, at about 6th Street between Wisconsin Avenue an... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Milwaukee, looking southwest from Mitchell block showing buildings, and the paddle steamer John A. Dix. |
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| Description: | View of buildings from the dome of the Exposition building, including a church and the Best Brewing Company in the distance. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | 2504 Forest Home Avenue. This hotel was situated on what was originally a plank road between Milwaukee and Muskego. It was designed after the Federal style... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | From Judge Smith Addition, 5th Ward, looking north, toward the city. Drawing is an elevated view of field and plank fence in foreground, road to the left a... |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee looking east toward Lake Michigan from a bluff, long since graded into a slope, at about 6th Street between Wisconsin Avenue a... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee in 1853 details building features and city layout from southwest. Important buildings are numbered in a silhouette drawing bel... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the fairgrounds in Milwaukee, the year when Abraham Lincoln spoke. The fairgrounds were located at the Brockway Grounds near Twelfth and S... |
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| Description: | Several men with suitcases are sitting and standing along the road in front of the Soldiers Home. |
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| Description: | Gazebo with a tree in front of it on the grounds of the Soldiers Home. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Old Milwaukee County Court House and adjoining buildings as they appeared from 1836 to 1870. Scene also shows pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles. |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye illustration of Milwaukee. |
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| Description: | Caption on glass plate reads: "Looking east at Janola Apartments, 836 N 14th Street". |
| Date: | 09 01 1921 |
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| Description: | Crowds of people walking, with amusement rides in the backround. Presumably the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 04 07 1945 |
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| Description: | The D.M. Benjamin residence on Prospect Avenue. |
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| Description: | View from the southeast corner of N. 17th and W. Wells Streets. Kops Brokerage Co., The Silver Dollar Food Market and the Wells Grill are on the ground flo... |
| Date: | 07 29 1914 |
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| Description: | Individuals and children sitting on benches in the foreground of the residential park, with others in the middleground laying on the grass near the water f... |
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