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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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Milwaukee Zoo Grounds

Date: 1964
Description: Aerial view of the Milwaukee County Zoo grounds nearing its completion.
Map or Atlas

View of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1856
Description: View looking west from Lake Michigan with several steam ships and sailing vessels in harbor. There is a lighthouse to left of center, along shoreline.
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Horse-Drawn Trolley

Date: 1890
Description: Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising...
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Blatz Brewery

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Description: Exterior view across road towards the Blatz Brewery. There is a large tree in front of the building.
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World Series Traffic Jam

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view of city traffic of bumper-to-bumper cars leaving Milwaukee County Stadium after the 1957 World Series.
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Layton House

Date: 1880
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...
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Cemetery Workers Using an I-12 Tractor

Date: 1935
Description: Workers tending the grounds of the Forest Home Cemetery using a McCormick-Deering I-12 tractor and wagon.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye Views of Milwaukee, Wis.

Date: 1882
Description: Bird's-eye views of various sections of Milwaukee.
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View of Milwaukee, from Judge Smith Addition, 5th Ward

Date: 1857
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...
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Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1854
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...
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Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee in 1853

Date: 1937
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...
Postcard

Streetcar Viaduct

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view across valley toward a streetcar viaduct on the Waukesha Interurban Line, near Milwaukee. Caption reads: "Street Car Bridge on Waukesha Inter...
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Fairgrounds at Milwaukee

Date: 1859
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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Spire of Soldiers Home

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Description: View through trees of the spire of the Soldiers Home. There is a road or path leading through the trees.
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Partial View of Soldiers Home

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Description: Partial view through trees of the exterior of the Soldiers Home.
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Milwaukee County Buildings

Date: 1870
Description: Old Milwaukee County Court House and adjoining buildings as they appeared from 1836 to 1870. Scene also shows pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles.
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Kunzelmann Esser Co. Parade Car

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Description: Kunzelmann-Esser Furniture Co. parade car parked in Kosciuszko Park at South 9th Street and West Lincoln Avenue.
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Court of Honor

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Description: Court of Honor, W. Wisconsin Avenue, looking west from N. 9th Street. The Midsummer Festival monument (with eagle) and Gesu Church steeples are on the left...
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Russell and Logan Triangle

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Description: Looking southeast on S. Kinnickinnic Avenue at E. Russell Avenue and S. Logan Avenue in the Bay View neighborhood. Trinity (now the Bay View) Methodist Chu...

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