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City Park

Date: 1915
Description: City Park with the soldiers' and sailors' monument, a fountain, gazebo, and several park benches. Caption reads: "Soldiers and Sailors Monument, City Park,...
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Soldiers' Monument

Date: 1907
Description: View down road looking towards Soldiers' Monument and town beyond. Caption reads: "Soldiers' Monument, Darlington, Wis."
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Lincoln-Todd Monument

Date: 1945
Description: Lincoln-Todd Monument in East Park. Caption reads: "Lincoln-Todd Monument, Racine, Wisconsin".
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Marquette Monument

Date: 1910
Description: Marquette monument, in memory of the discovery of the Mississippi River by Father Marquette and Louis Joliet. The monument was unveiled on St. Mary's Colle...
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Schurz Monument

Date: 1912
Description: The Carl Schurz Monument, presented to the city by John Hicks in 1914. Sculpted by Karl Bitter. Caption reads: "Carl Schurz Monument, Oshkosh, Wis." The te...
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Statue of Chief Oshkosh

Date: 1912
Description: Statue of Chief Oshkosh of the Menominee Tribe. Sculpted by Trentanove and located in Menominee Park. The statue honors the man who gave his name to the ci...
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Hick Soldiers' Monument

Date: 1910
Description: Hicks Soldiers' Monument, located in Monument Square. Presented to the city by Col. John Hicks. The monument was unveiled on July 8, 1907. Caption reads: "...
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Hotel Athearn

Date: 1910
Description: View across street towards the Athearn Hotel, located across the street from the Grand Opera House. Designed by the same man who designed the opera house, ...
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Soldier's Monument

Date: 1900
Description: Soldier's Monument on Grand Avenue, with a wreath places at the base. Steeples of a church are in the background. Scroll work has been added to the upper a...
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Civil War Soldiers' Monument

Date: 1910
Description: Grand Avenue (now Wisconsin Avenue). A church building is in the background on the left. Caption reads: "Soldiers' Monument, Grand Avenue, Milwaukee."
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Grand Avenue

Date: 1912
Description: Now called Wisconsin Avenue. Split avenue (strip of land down the center). There are several statues on plinths and/or columns in the median. Caption reads...
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Grand Avenue

Date: 1904
Description: Looking west from Washington Monument. There is a monument on the right, with the view down the street on the left. A church, two other monuments, and seve...
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Grand Avenue

Date: 1904
Description: Elevated view of avenue west of Eight Street. On the left are two churches, a few other buildings, and trees. The road is split with a strip of land that h...
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Goethe-Schiller Monument

Date: 1908
Description: Monument in Washington Park with two male figures side by side on a plinth in the center, with curved walls ending in two small columns surrounding them, w...
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Statue of Leif Ericson

Date: 1910
Description: View along top of hill in the park toward a woman and child sitting on a bench near the monument. At the bottom of the hill on the left are railroad tracks...
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Kosciuszko Monument

Date: 1910
Description: Statue of soldier holding a sword, seated on a horse, erected in 1905. The statue stands on an engraved plinth. Caption reads: "Kosciuszko Monument, Kosciu...
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1905
Description: Church on Grand Avenue. A statue is in the median in the foreground. Caption reads: "Grand Ave. M. E. Church, Milwaukee."
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Milwaukee Public Library and Museum

Date: 1910
Description: Front facade of library building from across the street behind a median strip, which has a statue and a sign that reads "Keep Off the Grass". Caption reads...
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Milwaukee Public Library and Museum

Date: 1904
Description: Front facade of building from across the street behind a median strip, which has a statue surrounded by a small fence. Caption reads: "Public Library & Mus...
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Milwaukee Public Library and Museum

Date: 1909
Description: Front facade of building from across the street. A portion of the dome can be seen on the roof. There is a median strip with a sculpture of a man on top of...

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