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| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Standing atop a special vehicle fitted with a body built to resemble a camera, Taylor found the ideal vantage point from which to cover a news event. The c... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the west side of East Water Street. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of Milwaukee City Hall. Caption reads: "City Hall, Milwaukee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | View of bluffs and buildings on the shore of Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee looking southwest toward the county courthouse under construction in the public square west of St. John's Cathedral. |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view over railroad tracks of the Union Depot, erected in 1866 on Reed Street. Horse-drawn wagons and cabs are parked nearby, and pedestr... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Kolmar laboratories, a cosmetic manufacturer, is housed in the six-story building with the white facade. Northwestern Extract Company, supplier of beverage... |
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| Description: | Looking southeast from N. 36th Street and W. Fond du Lac Avenue, Six Point beer garden and bottle house are visible on the right side of the street. Captio... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Looking west on W. Wisconsin Avenue from N. 3rd Street, featuring Woolworth's, Boston Store, and the Schroeder Hotel. An Edgewood-bound bus is stopped in f... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the building. Image has several cars and two people in front. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Axtell House, located at Walker's point on the corner of S. Water and Ferry Streets. There are pedestrians on the bridge over the river. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Souvenir Booklet made for the opening night of August 19, 1889. Half of the image is the opera house, and the other half is a brief summary and descriptio... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Broadway with several buildings lining the paved road, including A.W. Rich & Co. Drygoods, Millinery, and a Law Office on the right. Larg... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Elevated view taken from the Miller Building, which is the original site of the old Milwaukee House. In the center of the foreground is what used to be ca... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of depot from the street. Taken about a block from the building, the image has a trolley, pedestrians, carriages, and signs for the Davison Theatre a... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of old City Hall building at right center facing the camera. Electric power poles are along the street, along which horse-drawn carriages and... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | The Milwaukee Sentinel Semi-Centennial Souvenir. City Hall and street in front with horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Street view; City Hall is in background. Taken on the edge of a street with horse-drawn carriages, and buildings lining the street, and a man wearing a ha... |
| Date: | 1839 |
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| Description: | Courthouse and surrounding buildings. There are also two horse-drawn carriages, people on horseback, and a few pedestrians. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Front view of the courthouse, with several trees. People are sitting at various benches and tables in the space in front of the courthouse, and pigeons ar... |
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