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Photograph

Railroad Workers

Date: 1940
Description: Two men, railroad workers, fixing the wooden railroad ties. In the background are railroad cars on another set of railroad tracks.m
Photograph

Railroad Near Power Plant

Date: 1940
Description: View across empty field towards railroad tracks. In the far background is a water tower next to a power plant.
Photograph

Steam Locomotive

Date: 
Description: View alongside railroad tracks looking towards an approaching steam locomotive. In the background on the right is a power plant with smokestacks.
Drawing

Schematic of Gisholt Plant Layout

Date: 
Description: Line drawing on tissue paper showing the layout of the Gisholt plant buildings over two blocks at East Washington and Baldwin Streets. Shows streets and ra...
Photograph

General Store

Date: 1974
Description: Black watercolor of a single-story store with large wood-framed, plate-glass windows, a false front and a pitched roof. The building's external side wall b...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1880
Description: Map created from original drawing and surveys taken by Silas Chapman. Bottom right corner features a reference key. There is a street guide on the left sid...
Historical Essay

19th-Century Immigration and Growth

A Short History of Wisconsin
Read about immigration and economic growth in 19th-century Wisconsin.

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