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A Part of the City of Milwaukee
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A distant, elevated view of the city of Milwaukee and its shoreline. During the hot summer months, Hölzlhuber, took excursions on the water, many times bringing along others, including small musical bands.
1857
Hölzlhuber, Franz, 1826-1898
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A View of Part of the City of Milwaukee
1858
View from the second story of the Salesianum, the residence of Dr. Salzmann. The view includes Lake Michigan, the Milwaukee shoreline, and some of the numerous ships which came from Chicago, Racine...
On Horicon Lake in the State of Wisconsin
1860
In April of 1860 Hölzlhuber took the railway from Milwaukee to Lake Horicon to visit the small town that was developing on its shore. Since the settlers were isolated, "they were their own house bu...
Forest City in Upper Canada
1858
From Ottawa City Hölzlhuber took a two-day hike with a couple of lumber dealers, staying in an isolated cabin overnight. They met a group of surveyors the next morning, then pushed on to Forest Cit...
A Steamboat Trip on Fox River in Wisconsin
1858
Departing from Lake Winnebago, Hölzlhuber boarded the Plymouth, a high, narrow steamboat that was built specially for navigating the narrow and sometimes overgrown Fox River. The steamer accommodat...
A View of Harper's Ferry
1857
Business with Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper took Hölzlhuber to New York, and from there he also visited Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington. He traveled up the Potomac River to Harper's ...
On the Trip to the Mammoth Cave
1858
Hölzlhuber journeyed from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky, and from there took a train south to Cave City, from which passengers boarded a stagecoach for the ten miles to Mammoth Cave. In the backg...
