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| Date: | 03 19 1940 |
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| Description: | View across Milwaukee River of workers of the Herman M. Hettler Lumber Company unloading lumber off a shipping boat to the Shroeder Lumber Yards and Troste... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | City Hall near the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of city, river and harbor. Two smokestacks are on either side of the river mouth. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge. A building on the left has a large sign for Gimbel's on its roof. Beyond the river in the background are two large s... |
| 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: | 11 23 1949 |
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| Description: | View across river of a large crowd of people on a sledding hill, and also gathered around a shelter building. Houses are in the background atop the hill. |
| Date: | 09 20 1945 |
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| Description: | A tugboat in the river is covered in snow and ice. Two men are at the front of the ship on the right wearing hats and heavy coats. |
| Date: | 10 17 1944 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across rooftops towards smoke rising from a burning building in the city. The building on the left has a billboard supporting the Packers. A ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | This map is pen and ink on paper and is 1 map consisting of 12 sheets. This map includes a numbered key labeling each area, all of which are represented ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Shows Milwaukee and Waukesha counties, and parts of Dodge, Washington, Ozaukee, Jefferson, Walworth, and Racine counties. Includes indexes of "Cities, Town... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | This map is ink on tracing paper and shows acreages, wards, streets, rivers, and Lake Michigan. Also included are editorial notes in pencil. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | This map shows the route of the Milwaukee Road, roads, foot trails, resorts, and ranger stations. The map includes text, illustrations, a railroad fare tab... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | This map is pen and ink on paper and is map 2 in a series of 12. The map shows streets, the Milwaukee River, and railroad tracks. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | This map is pen and ink on paper and is map 3 in a series of 12. The map shows streets, the Milwaukee River, and railroad tracks. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | This map is pen and ink on paper and is map 3 in a series of 12. The map shows streets, and the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | This map is pen and ink on paper and is map 5 in a series of 12. The map shows streets, the Milwaukee River, Lake Michigan, and railroad tracks. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | This map is pen and ink on paper and is map 6 in a series of 12. The map shows streets, and the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | This map is pen and ink on paper and is map 7 in a series of 12. The map shows streets and a railroad line. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | This map is pen and ink on paper and is map 12 in a series of 12. The map shows streets, railroad lines, the Kinnickinnic River, and Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | This photostat map shows roads, ferry, impassible marsh land, the Menominee River, the Milwaukee River, and Lake Michigan. |
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