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| Date: | 1904 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View down street towards the building which has a crowd of people on the sidewalk. On the right is a small line of trees and a man in the Express No. 45 ca... |
| Date: | 03 03 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Public School, Wauwatosa, Wis." The building on the right was the original school, the building on the left was added later. The buil... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view across street towards the building on a corner. Flags are on the roof on either end. A trolley is coming in from the right, and a gr... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across road toward a monument on a median in front of the Milwaukee Public Library and Museum. A portion of the dome can be seen on top of the library... |
| Date: | 02 25 1936 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Public Library, West Allis, Wis." Built in 1914 of brick in the Neoclassical style, the construction was supported by a gift of $15,0... |
| Date: | 08 29 1906 |
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| Description: | Handwritten on front: "Wauwatosa School." A cyanotype postcard of a brick, multistory school, the stone plaque reads: "Public School." Arched doorways, lar... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | There is a dome on top of the building at the entrance. A monument is in a grassy median in the road between the building and the foreground. Caption reads... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the high school. Caption reads: "Washington High School, Milwaukee." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Two flags are on top of the building, and the tower is on the right. Caption reads: "Post-Office, Milwaukee, Wis." |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the government building with a tower on a street corner. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk in front. Caption reads: "Government Building and... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin street looking west, with the Gimbels sign on the building in the background. Text on postcard reads: "Wisconsin St. & Railway Exchange Bldg., Mi... |
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| Description: | Crowd of people in front of the Education Building at the State Fair. Caption reads: "Education Building, Wisconsin State Fair, Milwaukee." |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | The tower of the building is on the right, with flag poles at various peaks on the roof. On the right across the street is a building with classical style ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. office building. Caption reads: "Office Building, Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co., West Allis, Wis." |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Colorized view of a sun parlor at the pavilion for tuberculosis cases at the Milwaukee Hospital for the Insane. |
| Date: | 2013 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of an illustration called "Time and Place" by Jason Van Roo. Caption reads: "Greendale, Wisconsin 1938-2013 Diamond Celebration, Wis." Text... |
| Date: | 04 08 1913 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The New Auditorium, Milwaukee." A large brick building with stone trim, surrounded by a large lawn and sidewalks. Several people are ... |
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