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Map or Atlas

Milwaukee

Date: 1836
Description: Pencil on tracing paper. Rough sketch of Milwaukee. Left top corner reads: "From Map of northern part of Illinois and the surveyed part of Wisconsin Territ...
Map or Atlas

Milwaukee

Date: 1854
Description: Reproduction printed on glossy, cloth-backed paper. Right side includes "References," or points of interest that correspond to numbers on the map. Running ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1836
Description: Map of Milwaukee including the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan shore.
Drawing

Milwaukee River

Date: 1873
Description: Newspaper reproduction of an etching of the Milwaukee River.
Drawing

Milwaukee Cement Company's Works

Date: 1880
Description: Lithograph of the Milwaukee Cement Company's Works at 154 West Water Street in Milwaukee.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee

Date: 1879
Description: Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee.
Drawing

State Fair Grounds

Date: 1870
Description: The State Fair grounds.
Photograph

Water Tower

Date: 1870
Description: Water tower of the Milwaukee water works, North Point.
Poster

Milwaukee Public School Rules

Date: 1846
Description: "Rules to be observed by the pupils of public schools of Milwaukee."
Photograph

Drawing of Milwaukee

Date: 1850
Description: View of Milwaukee.
Photograph

Milwaukee Exchange

Date: 1883
Description: Women switchboard operators at the sole Milwaukee telephone exchange.
Print

Milwaukee Female College

Date: 1852
Description: First building of Milwaukee College planned by Catherine E. Beecher. Front of building with gothic detailing in the architecture.
Manuscript

Banner of "Milwaukee Sentinel"

Date: 04 15 1865
Description: Banner from newspaper from the day after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1876
Description: Plat map of a section of Milwaukee.
Photograph

Home of John Johnston, Milwaukee

Date: 1896
Description: John Johnston's (1836-1904) first grand home at 1130 Grand Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Johnston was a successful Milwaukee banker, who moved to "The Lio...
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1876
Description: A plat map of a section of Milwaukee.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1894
Description: Sanborn Map of the Illinois Steel Co. Bay View Works in Milwaukee.
Photograph

First Milwaukee Railroad Depot

Date: 1865
Description: Elevated view of the first Milwaukee railroad depot, which was used by the Milwaukee & Waukesha and the Milwaukee & Mississippi railroads. The Milwaukee &...
Print

Native American and View of Milwaukee

Date: 1847
Description: Drawing of a Native American man looking into the Milwaukee settlement.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee

Date: 1881
Description: Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee from the south lakeshore.

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