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| Date: | 08 1852 |
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| Description: | Pencil drawing of Milwaukee Harbor with large sailboats on the water. In the minimalist depiction the sandy shoreline with short plant growth sweeps aroun... |
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| Description: | A woman driving a two-wheeled carriage pulled by two white horses. |
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| Description: | A car (possible a Model T) parked in the grass with a family sitting inside. There are other people with cars in the background under trees, and people sit... |
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| Description: | Three women wearing large hats ice skating together on a pond. |
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| Description: | Group of people with an iceboat on a frozen lake (possibly Lake Michigan). |
| Date: | 05 02 1882 |
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| Description: | Illustrated invitation to a May Party at Liederkranz Hall given by the Makers and Sawyers of Milwaukee. The invitation is illustrated in color with a hors... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| 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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| Description: | Design for a Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp featuring a wood violet, which is the state flower, as well as a jack-in-the-pulpit and a trillium. |
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| Description: | Design in green for Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp featuring evergreen trees, and an agriculture and industry theme. |
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| Description: | Elaborate gateway, in the shape of an arch, to the National Soldiers Home, with man and boy standing in entrance. The gateway is made of trees, covered wit... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Soldiers Home with trees. |
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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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| Description: | Partial view through trees of the exterior of the Soldiers Home. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Soldiers Home with a flag flying from the spire. |
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| Description: | Elaborate gateway in the shape of an arch to the National Soldiers Home. The gateway is made of trees with a miniature building on top. |
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| Description: | Gazebo with a tree in front of it on the grounds of the Soldiers Home. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Schley home on the corner of North Astor Street and East Juneau Avenue. It was built ca. 1850. |
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