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| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of wagons hauling coal from the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company holding up street car traffic on a busy Milwaukee street. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Color map, hand-drawn with comic figures engaged in various activities throughout map. Bordered by the river on the left and Lake Michigan on the right, in... |
| 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: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Sunbathers relax on the piers at the swimming park on the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 06 30 1917 |
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| Description: | Damaged ship on the Milwaukee River. The Christopher Columbus was a popular cruise vessel launched in 1893 and used to traverse the Great Lakes. On ... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view. As part of Boy Scout Day at the Wisconsin State Fair, a contingent of scout flag bearers marches over the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge over the M... |
| Date: | 10 28 1938 |
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| Description: | Docks and shanties at Jones Island, with smokestacks and cranes in the background. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View looking up Wisconsin Avenue from the bridge. Many pedestrians, streetcars, and horse-drawn vehicles are visible. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Poling ice blocks to the hoist on the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Polyconic projection. Map made from surveys without spirit level control. Henry Gannett, Chief Topographer. Topography by Van H. Manning and Nat. Tyler, Jr... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Colored map in perspective indicates railroad routes. Lake Winnebago and Oshkosh in center, area extends to Shawano (top right corner), Green Bay (bottom r... |
| Date: | 07 13 1915 |
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| Description: | Looking south from Wells Street. A boat travels along the Milwaukee River in the foreground. Landmarks left to right: Manufacturers Home Building, First Na... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from Wisconsin River looking east. The Pabst Building is on the northwest corner of N. Water Street and E. Wisconsin Avenue with the Mack bui... |
| Date: | 06 01 1923 |
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| Description: | Elevated view east from N. Plankinton Avenue, W. Wisconsin Avenue is bustling with automobiles, pedestrians, a cable car, and a double-decker bus. Landmark... |
| Date: | 08 23 1913 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking east from W. Wells street across the Milwaukee River. The E. Wells power plant (with arrow), Pabst Theater, and City Hall are on the ... |
| Date: | 07 19 1914 |
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| Description: | Individuals boating in the Kosciusko Park lagoon, with onlookers sitting on the bank. Caption on glass plate reads: "Boating, Kosciusko Park". |
| Date: | 11 01 1916 |
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| Description: | Pavilion and riverbank. Caption on glass plate reads: "Pavilion Kosciusko Park". |
| Date: | 08 08 1919 |
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| Description: | Elevated view up the Milwaukee River from Wisconsin Avenue bridge. A World War I submarine travels down the Milwaukee River. A crowd is gathered at the riv... |
| Date: | 04 17 1921 |
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| Description: | Workers shoveling grain, possibly corn, onto a lake vessel. Probably on the lower Milwaukee River. |
| 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... |
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