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| Date: | 1854 |
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| 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... |
| 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: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the C.H. & L.J. McCormick Reaper Manufactory (McCormick Reaper Works). The factory was built after the Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed the origin... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of industrial area. The building in the foreground has a sign that reads: "Machine Shop" on it roof. People are working in a large open area,... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across intersection toward the Diamond Match Company. Caption reads: "Diamond Match Co., Oshkosh, Wis. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Milwaukee commercial district looking north over the Milwaukee River from the Michigan Street bridge. Landmarks right to left: Pabst B... |
| Date: | 08 06 1917 |
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| Description: | Overlooking the Chicago and North Western railroad depot from Juneau Park bluff. Caption on glass plate reads: "Extention [sic] of Juneau Park, show... |
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| Description: | Cawker Building and surrounding commercial district at the northeast corner of N. Plankinton and W. Wells Streets. |
| Date: | 08 27 1910 |
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| Description: | Looking south towards the 16th Street viaduct over Menominee Valley from about Clybourn Street. Shows the surrounding industrial area and neighborhoods. Se... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from street of the Chattanooga Plow Works. Lettering on the building reads "Chattanooga Plow Company." The photograph was likely taken around... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Etched print of factory with inset of Bay State Works in lower right corner. Lake with ships in background, with busy, buggy covered roads in foreground. ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Main factory with South Foundry in lower left. Lake Michigan is in the background. Later the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Exterior of factory with a streetcar and parked cars in the background. Streetcar wires crisscross overhead, and in the foreground on the right are a group... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Panoramic print of factory. Six large smokestacks, several small ones, a flag, and a water tower decorate the rooftops. Horse-drawn vehicles are on the roa... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | A car climbs up a dirt and gravel road in an industrial area. The Milwaukee-Western Fuel Co. building is in the background, as well as a building with a si... |
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| Description: | Exterior view from a roof of the Kroening Engineering factory. Cars are parked along the street outside the building. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A man rides a bicycle down a road at International Harvester's Neuss Works, surrounded on either side by rubble and buildings. The factory was heavily dama... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Engraved bird's-eye view of the wood shop, warehouse, machine shop, dry kilns, and foundry of the Manitowoc Seating Company. Several people pass in front o... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Side view of an International truck used as a mobile disaster unit by the Detroit Chapter of the American Red Cross. The truck is parked in what appears to... |
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| Description: | View from across street of Usinger's Sausage Factory and Retail Store on 1030 North Third Street. Note the murals on the left side of the factory. |
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