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Schooner on the Milwaukee River

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of Milwaukee River with large sailing ship - a two-masted schooner - entering the port.
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Elevator "A"

Date: 1980
Description: Stereograph; elevated view of what was supposedly the largest elevator in the world at the time. Though there is a Peirce & Whaling Company imprint over t...
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Wisconsin Street

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph of Wisconsin Street looking east from Spring Street.
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Newhall House Rotunda

Date: 1881
Description: Interior view of lobby area with several people sitting in chairs. Manuscript notations on the mount makes much of the fact that it was photographed at ni...
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Post Office

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph. Elevated view of corner of Milwaukee and Wisconsin Streets. Three-story white building with several chimneys. A horse and cart are on the rig...
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St. James Church

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph. On Spring Street. Front of church along the road, with trees on each side.
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Elevated View with St. Mary's Convent

Date: 1881
Description: Stereograph. Elevated view of rooftops on the west side, with St. Mary's Convent in the background.
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First Wisconsin Calvary Veterans

Date: 06 10 1880
Description: Elevated group portrait of the veterans of the First Wisconsin Calvary. They are standing in rows in the street. Horses with wagons are behind them, and a ...
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John M. Hoyt

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Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Captain John M. Hoyt, Company K, 7th Wisconsin Infantry.
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Joseph Mabbett Allcott

Date: 1903
Description: Carte-de-visite of Joseph Mabbett Allcott, proprietor of J.M. Allcott & Co. drug store in Milwaukee.

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