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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Part of the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway. Small station, at the bottom of a hill. Behind the station on top of the hill is a line of houses. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of main hospital building on the top of a hill. Two other buildings are on the right, the one in the foreground a large house. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Stereograph. From the northeast (contrary to photographer's description.) A large tree stands in the center of the image along the drive, with the home be... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Main entrance and east facade. This was the third of seven institutions built throughout the country in the decades... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View across grounds toward the Company M Barracks, a two-story building with first and second floor porches. "Caption reads: "Company M Barracks, National ... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Map of home and land, with the roads, lakes, railroad, and buildings. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | The building has a fence around it and the yard is filled with trees. Pedestrians are in the road, as well as a man riding a horse. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across street towards the mansion with large yard containing many trees and a fountain on the right. A smokestack is in the distant backgroun... |
| 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: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Small neighborhood of the city at the west end of the Menomonee River Valley. Overhead is the second Wisconsin Avenue Viaduct, demolished in 1992. Cars a... |
| 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: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Four-story building from the right front. An entrance is on each end, and a flag pole is on the far right roof. Caption reads: "Milwaukee Protestant Home f... |
| Date: | 03 06 1948 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of High School, in the upper half of the image, with fields, trees, and roadways surrounding it. In the lower half is a residential neighborho... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Broadway in Milwaukee. Home has many peaks on the roof, and the drive to the entrance is on the right. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the home of Charles Ray, 88 Prospect Street. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Emil Wallber house with four people standing near the entrance. Wallber was the mayor of Milwaukee from 1884-1888. The location of the... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the city looking north along the shore of Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of city looking west, showing breweries and the center of the city. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking east along West State Street between Eighth and Ninth Streets. Numerous buildings line the road, along which cable cars are travelin... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking east between Second and Third streets. City Hall is visible in the left center background. Signs and billboards dot several buildin... |
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