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Fishing Huts on Jones Island
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Elevated view of fishing village on Jones Island, Milwaukee. Several fishing boats are docked along the shoreline. Large piles of lumber are in the foreground across from the island.
1892
Art Gravure & Etching Co
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Pfister & Vogel Leather Co.
1892
Engraving of an elevated view of the Pfister and Vogel Leather Company Menomonee Tannery in Milwaukee. A railroad runs along the side of the factory. Pleasant Street (possibly known as Dock Street ...
Jones Island
1912
A fishing settlement. Small buildings and boats line a bay, with sand and a piece of driftwood in the foreground.
Chicago & Northwestern R.R. Depot
1892
View of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad station in Milwaukee. A couple is sitting on a bench under an umbrella in the foreground. The baggage car of a train is under the depot canopy at left.
Boats Docked on Jones Island
1898
View from water of boats docked near houses on Jones Island. To the right two flags are strung up flagpoles near a building with a covered porch, perhaps a boathouse. Along the shoreline are nets n...
Jones Island
1902
Elevated view of island with houses and boathouses and boats along the shoreline. Industrial buildings are in the background, and a sailboat is on the water in foreground. Captions read: "Milwaukee...
Jones Island
1961
Shoreline of Lake Michigan. This is mainly a commercial fishing community, and some of the Lake Michigan ferry boats dock here. A pole with a lifesaving ring is on the left.
