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La Crosse, Wisc. 1873 / George H. Ellsbury, del. ; Milwaukee Lith. & Eng. Co.

La Crosse, Wisc. 1873 / George H. Ellsbury, del. ; Milwaukee Lith. & E...

Print showing La Crosse, Wisconsin from vantage point on the Mississippi River with the "Belle of La Crosse" steamboat at dock and a steam "Transfer Boat" the "Alex. McGregor" with two barges on the river, also... More

Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 1100 North Astor Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 1100 North Astor Street, Milwaukee, Milw...

Significance: This striking edifice, dedicated in 1875, is the city's prime example of the Victorian Gothic style and is a Milwaukee Landmark. Survey number: HABS WI-263 Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Governor's Residence, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Go...

Significance: Governor's Residence is thought to have been built in 1868-69 and designed by prominent Milwaukee architect Edward Townsend Mix, concurrent with construction of the Main Building. It housed the G... More

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Depot, 1104 Sixth Avenue, Marion, Linn County, IA

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Depot, 1104 Sixth Avenue, Mario...

Significance: Served as the terminal for rail passenger and light freight traffic from 1888 to 1971. Dispatching and switching functions continued from this building until 1980. Survey number: HAER IA-28 Bui... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Catholic Chaplain's Quarters, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Ca...

Survey number: HABS WI-360-J National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 05000530

Public Library & Museum, 814 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Public Library & Museum, 814 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwauk...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Wisconsin, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alfred Uihlein House, 1639 North Fifth Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Alfred Uihlein House, 1639 North Fifth Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co...

Significance: This excellent, late nineteenth-century mansion was built for an executive of the nearby Schlitz Brewing Co. and was at the time it was recorded one of the last surviving homes in the once affluen... More

Lake Park Brick Arch Bridge, Lake Park Drive (North entrance to Lake Park), Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Lake Park Brick Arch Bridge, Lake Park Drive (North entrance to Lake P...

Significance: The Lake Park Brick Arch Bridge is located in one of Milwaukee's early public parks designed by the notable Boston landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted. The span is Wisconsin's only remaini... More

Lake Park Brick Arch Bridge, Lake Park Drive (North entrance to Lake Park), Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Lake Park Brick Arch Bridge, Lake Park Drive (North entrance to Lake P...

Significance: The Lake Park Brick Arch Bridge is located in one of Milwaukee's early public parks designed by the notable Boston landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted. The span is Wisconsin's only remaini... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Smoke Stack, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Sm...

Significance: Building 106, Smoke Stack, is a reinforced concrete chimney constructed in 1922 to serve the engine and boiler house of the Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers... More

La dame aux camelias--Sarah Bernhardt Theatre de la Renaissance/ / Mucha.

La dame aux camelias--Sarah Bernhardt Theatre de la Renaissance/ / Muc...

Poster showing Sarah Bernhardt as Camille, full-length, against a background of silver stars, with a hand at lower left holding a branch of camellia blossoms. Purchase; (DLC/PP-2000:097). Exhibited: "Toulouse-... More

Dr. Thomas Robinson Bours House, 2430 East Newberry Boulevard, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Dr. Thomas Robinson Bours House, 2430 East Newberry Boulevard, Milwauk...

Survey number: HABS WI-371 Building/structure dates: 1922 Initial Construction

Paynesville Cemetery Chapel, Rock Creek Vicinity, Oak Creek, Milwaukee County, WI

Paynesville Cemetery Chapel, Rock Creek Vicinity, Oak Creek, Milwaukee...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-24 Survey number: HABS WI-114 Building/structure dates: 1852 Initial Construction

St. Paul's Episcopal Church & Parish House, 904 East Knapp Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

St. Paul's Episcopal Church & Parish House, 904 East Knapp Street, Mil...

Significance: The second church built for Milwaukee's pioneer Episcopal congregation (organized in 1838), St. Paul's is the city's outstanding Richardsonian Romanesque church and is further distinguished by a s... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Duplex Quarters, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Du...

Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Duplex Quarters, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Du...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Wisconsin, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. James Episcopal Church, 833 West Wiconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

St. James Episcopal Church, 833 West Wiconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwa...

Significance: St. James', considered one of Wisconsin's finest Gothic Revival buildings, is reported to be the city's first stone church, and is now the denomination's oldest surviving church edifice in Milwauk... More

North Avenue Viaduct, Spanning Milwaukee River & Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

North Avenue Viaduct, Spanning Milwaukee River & Chicago, Milwaukee & ...

Significance: The North Avenue Viaduct is one of Milwaukee's largest spans. Designed by J.C. Pinney, the reinforced concrete bridge employs a complex open spandrel, ribbed arch support system. The structure o... More

Poletown Historic District, Hupp Motor Car Company, Milwaukee Avenue & Mount Elliott Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Poletown Historic District, Hupp Motor Car Company, Milwaukee Avenue &...

Significance: It served as the major manufacturing plant of the Hupp Motor Car Company from 1915 until 1945, and was one of the largest employers in the Milwaukee Junction industrial district. Survey number: H... More

Poletown Historic District, Hupp Motor Car Company, Milwaukee Avenue & Mount Elliott Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Poletown Historic District, Hupp Motor Car Company, Milwaukee Avenue &...

Significance: It served as the major manufacturing plant of the Hupp Motor Car Company from 1915 until 1945, and was one of the largest employers in the Milwaukee Junction industrial district. Survey number: H... More

Elizabeth Plankinton House, 1492 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Elizabeth Plankinton House, 1492 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Mil...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Wisconsin, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elizabeth Plankinton House, 1492 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Elizabeth Plankinton House, 1492 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Mil...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Elizabeth Plankinton House, 1492 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Elizabeth Plankinton House, 1492 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Mil...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Elizabeth Plankinton House, 1492 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Elizabeth Plankinton House, 1492 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Mil...

Public domain photograph of window, architectural element, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elizabeth Plankinton House, 1492 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Elizabeth Plankinton House, 1492 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Mil...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Ward Memorial Hall, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Wa...

The original drawings transmitted the the Library of Congress in 2010 contained errors and were replaced by corrected drawings in 2013. Significance: Ward Memorial Hall was built in 1881-82 during a period of e... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Ward Memorial Hall, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Wa...

The original drawings transmitted the the Library of Congress in 2010 contained errors and were replaced by corrected drawings in 2013. Significance: Ward Memorial Hall was built in 1881-82 during a period of e... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Ward Memorial Hall, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Wa...

The original drawings transmitted the the Library of Congress in 2010 contained errors and were replaced by corrected drawings in 2013. Significance: Ward Memorial Hall was built in 1881-82 during a period of e... More

View of a monument erected in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, A.D. 18...

View of a monument erected in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, A.D. 18...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sarony & Co. Copyright deposit, southern district of N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, water way, maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain photograph of port, ship docks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The small-pox troubles in Milwaukee, Wisconsin--residents of foreign birth resist the transfer of patients to the isolation hospital / drawn by Miss G.A. Davis ; from a sketch supplied by Fred. Dougherty.

The small-pox troubles in Milwaukee, Wisconsin--residents of foreign b...

Copyright by the Arkell Weekly Company. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated weekly, 1894 Sept. 27, p. 206.

[Battle scene, probably a Civil War diorama at the Milwaukee Public Museum]

[Battle scene, probably a Civil War diorama at the Milwaukee Public Mu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

All off to Milwaukee on the whaleback steamer Columbus

All off to Milwaukee on the whaleback steamer Columbus

Photograph shows the Columbus steamboat offloading at Rush St. in Chicago; dock crowded with people, businesses and activities. Goodrich Dock, Rush St. J. W. Taylor. No. 41056.

Wisconsin Street, Milwaukee view, photochrome print postcard.

Wisconsin Street, Milwaukee view, photochrome print postcard.

Copyright 1900 by Detroit Photographic Co. Caption for similar image (LC-D4-12568) lists title as: Wisconsin St., Milwaukee, Wis. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53681". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection.... More

Henry Harnischfeger House, 3424 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Henry Harnischfeger House, 3424 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Milw...

Survey number: HABS WI-366 Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction

Friend & Marks Company Clothiers, 215 North Water Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Friend & Marks Company Clothiers, 215 North Water Street, Milwaukee, M...

Survey number: HABS WI-365 Building/structure dates: 1906 Initial Construction

Wreck on the CM & PSRY [Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway], May 30, 1911, near Marengo, Wash.

Wreck on the CM & PSRY [Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway], May...

Photograph shows the severe damage and wreckage of tangled passenger cars from the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Company; a man stands on top of one of the overturned passenger cars; a crane is in t... More

Card. Gibbons at Milwaukee - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Card. Gibbons at Milwaukee - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photo shows Cardinal James Gibbons attending a convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and New York Times, August 11, 1913)

Milwaukee Art Museum (originally Milwaukee War Memorial), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1952-69. Courtyard

Milwaukee Art Museum (originally Milwaukee War Memorial), Milwaukee, W...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical landmark building, courtyard, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[...] Committee at White House, Dec. 11. W.G. Fitzwilson, Secy., NYC, [...]dams, Ex-Pres., Richmond, Virginia, J.H. [...]es, Milwaukee, Walter W. Head, Vice Pres., Neb., and F.N. Shepherd, Exec. Mgr.

[...] Committee at White House, Dec. 11. W.G. Fitzwilson, Secy., NYC, ...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Exterior of house at 912 North 8th Street. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Exterior of house at 912 North 8th Street. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Group of fishing shacks. Jones Island. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Group of fishing shacks. Jones Island. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Milwaukee freight yards and industrial plants overshadowed by residential district. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee freight yards and industrial plants overshadowed by resident...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Residential houses crowded in industrial district. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Residential houses crowded in industrial district. Milwaukee, Wisconsi...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A man sitting at a table reading a book, Washington DC. Farm Security Administration photograph

A man sitting at a table reading a book, Washington DC. Farm Security ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

1316 West Walnut Street blight. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1316 West Walnut Street blight. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Public domain photograph - historical image of Wisconsin, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In huddle at rail facts finding hearing. Washington, D.C., Oct. 6. H.A. Scandrett, (left) trustee for Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul R.R., and F.E. Williamson, President of the New York Central, go into a last-minute huddle before Williamson took the stand to describe the railroad's financial troubles to the President's fact finding committee today at the Capitol, 10/6/38

In huddle at rail facts finding hearing. Washington, D.C., Oct. 6. H.A...

A group of men sitting at a table with a briefcase. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Watching parade, Letter Carriers Convention, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Watching parade, Letter Carriers Convention, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

German couple, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

German couple, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Public domain photograph related to Germany, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps, Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age 45, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tan...

12002-22. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

A large group of people standing around in a park. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

A large group of people standing around in a park. Great Depression FS...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service any day, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes used to work in a dep[artmen]t store. Checking of gasoline hose of gasoline trailers before being turned over the Air Force

Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the servi...

Public domain photograph related to army, military forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drawbridge, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Drawbridge, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Milwaukee Western Fuel Company. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The car loading end of a bridge at the Seventeenth Street dock of the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company. The bucket drops coal into the hopper at the top, it is sized over screens, the proper size coal goes down the chute on the left into the car, and the rest goes down the chute on the right back on the coal pile

Milwaukee Western Fuel Company. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The car loading ...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Lillian Goritschnig with two sons in the service, one overseas, and a husband ready to go into the service, inspecting the inside of a 105 mm. howitzer at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain Belt Company, with microbrand and also shot-changing the honing stone for finished inside operation of 105 mm. howitzers

Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Lillian Goritschnig with two sons in th...

Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. A man-sized machine and a man-sized job are effectively handled by 21-year-old Virginia Grochowski of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Employed by a Midwest supercharger plant, this former hosiery mill worker operates these giant drill presses as expertly as any man. Allis Chalmers Manufacture Company

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. A man-sized machine and a ma...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Milwaukee Western Fuel Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Unloading coal from a ship at the Seventeenth Street dock of the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company

Milwaukee Western Fuel Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Unloading coal f...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Milwaukee Western Fuel Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. One of the bridges at the Seventeenth Street dock of the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company with a five-ton coal bucket. The bridge is used for unloading ships, loading cars, keeping coal over the tunnel and loading coal into hoppers

Milwaukee Western Fuel Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. One of the bridg...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Milwaukee Western Fuel Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Trucks picking up coal at the plant of the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company

Milwaukee Western Fuel Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Trucks picking u...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Lucile Mazurek, age twenty-nine, whose husband is in the armed service. She assembles black-out lamps for trainers

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company makin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Terrace Restaurant, Fred Harvey Corp., Capital Ct., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. View to window in grille room

Terrace Restaurant, Fred Harvey Corp., Capital Ct., Milwaukee, Wiscons...

Public domain photograph of restaurant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Terrace Restaurant, Fred Harvey Corp., Capital Ct., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Exterior, to bar

Terrace Restaurant, Fred Harvey Corp., Capital Ct., Milwaukee, Wiscons...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Terrace Restaurant, Fred Harvey Corp., Capital Ct., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Lobby, to mural and dining room

Terrace Restaurant, Fred Harvey Corp., Capital Ct., Milwaukee, Wiscons...

Public domain photograph of living room, apartment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Terrace Restaurant, Fred Harvey Corp., Capital Ct., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dining room, general view, daylight

Terrace Restaurant, Fred Harvey Corp., Capital Ct., Milwaukee, Wiscons...

Picryl description: Public domain image of catering, dinner table arrangement, caterer, restaurant, food, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Railroad Overpass, East Milwaukee & Hastings Avenues, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Railroad Overpass, East Milwaukee & Hastings Avenues, Detroit, Wayne C...

Survey number: HAER MI-346 Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Trading floor of the Milwaukee Grain Exchange, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Trading floor of the Milwaukee Grain Exchange, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The tower of City Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The tower of City Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The building was completed in 1895, at which time it was the tallest habitable building in the United States. The city hall's bell tow... More

Aerial view of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, focusing on the Milwaukee Art Museum's signature Quadracci Pavilion, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Aerial view of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, focusing on the Milwauke...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The building includes a vaulted, 90-foot-high glass ceiling; a moveable sunscreen with a 217-foot wingspan that unfolds and folds twic... More

View of the Milwaukee River in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

View of the Milwaukee River in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More

Steel beam and rubble from the Twin Towers, displayed at the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Steel beam and rubble from the Twin Towers, displayed at the Milwaukee...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The building was designed by modernist architect Eero Saarinen. It was dedicated on Veterans Day in 1957. The Twin Towers were the tal... More

Federal Building and United States Courthouse, 517 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Federal Building and United States Courthouse, 517 East Wisconsin Aven...

Survey number: HABS WI-384 Building/structure dates: 1892-99 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1932 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1940 Subsequent Work

Calvary Cemetery Chapel, 5503 West Blue Mound Road, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Calvary Cemetery Chapel, 5503 West Blue Mound Road, Milwaukee, Milwauk...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Calvary Cemetery Chapel is one of three buildings located in the oldest extant Roman Catholic cemetery in Milwaukee. The chapel, built in 1899 to replace... More

Three Wise Fools - theatrical playbill, public domain image

Three Wise Fools - theatrical playbill, public domain image

A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Hospital, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Ho...

Public domain photograph of apartment building, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Robert P. Fitzgerald House, 1119 North Marshall Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Robert P. Fitzgerald House, 1119 North Marshall Street, Milwaukee, Mil...

Significance: Edward Townsend Mix, a prominent local architect, drew the plans for this Italian Villa, built in 1874 for Milwaukee shipping pioneer, Captain Robert P. Fitzgerald. Since the 1960s, it has been t... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Main Building, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Ma...

Significance: The Main Building was constructed in 1868-69 and designed by prominent Milwaukee architect Edward Townsend Mix. It was the primary purpose-built structure for the Northwestern Branch of the Natio... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Main Building, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Ma...

Significance: The Main Building was constructed in 1868-69 and designed by prominent Milwaukee architect Edward Townsend Mix. It was the primary purpose-built structure for the Northwestern Branch of the Natio... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Main Building, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Ma...

Significance: The Main Building was constructed in 1868-69 and designed by prominent Milwaukee architect Edward Townsend Mix. It was the primary purpose-built structure for the Northwestern Branch of the Natio... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Greenhouse, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Gr...

Significance: Building 40, Greenhouse and Storage, was constructed for the Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in 1924, with two additions in 1928 and 1936. It is significa... More

Lloyd R. Smith House, 2220 North Terrace Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Lloyd R. Smith House, 2220 North Terrace Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee ...

Significance: Inspired by Italian Renaissance villas, this attractive, well-preserved building, for forty years a private residence and now a public museum, is an admirable example of the traditional architectu... More

American System-Built Home, 2714 West Burnham Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

American System-Built Home, 2714 West Burnham Street, Milwaukee, Milwa...

See also HABS WI-372 for additional documentation. 1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: This structure is a product of Wright's passion to provide housing for which a city dweller could afford. ... More

American System-Built Home, 2714 West Burnham Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

American System-Built Home, 2714 West Burnham Street, Milwaukee, Milwa...

See also HABS WI-372 for additional documentation. 1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: This structure is a product of Wright's passion to provide housing for which a city dweller could afford. ... More

Gipfel Brewery, 423-427 West Juneau Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Gipfel Brewery, 423-427 West Juneau Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Count...

Significance: The structure has both architectural and historical importance: an early-day Milwaukee brewery, it is one of the city's older extant buildings, and one of the few remaining examples of the Federal... More

Frederick Bahr Building, 801-809 South Second Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Frederick Bahr Building, 801-809 South Second Street, Milwaukee, Milwa...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: This is one of the most elaborate commercial buildings of its size in the city. The structure is an excellent example of creative eclectic design. Segmental... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Freight Depot, Sixth & White Streets, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railr...

Significance: Predated one year by the Illinois Central Railroad Freight House [HABS No. IA-160-G], the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Freight Depot is significant as a relatively well preserved examp... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Wadsworth Library, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Wa...

Significance: The Wadsworth Library was built in 1891-92 during a period of expansion for the Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Originally the recreational facilities fo... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Wadsworth Library, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Wa...

Significance: The Wadsworth Library was built in 1891-92 during a period of expansion for the Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Originally the recreational facilities fo... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Wadsworth Library, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Wa...

Significance: The Wadsworth Library was built in 1891-92 during a period of expansion for the Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Originally the recreational facilities fo... More

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Roundhouse, Kentucky Avenue, Deer Lodge, Powell County, MT

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Roundhouse, Kentucky A...

Significance: The roundhouse at Deer Lodge is part of one of the largest and earliest electrification projects in the U.S. as well as being the largest wooden structure of its type remaining in the U.S. Survey... More

Poletown Historic District, Fisher Body Company Plant No. 12, 1961 East Milwaukee Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Poletown Historic District, Fisher Body Company Plant No. 12, 1961 Eas...

Significance: It served as a manufacturing plant for several early automobile companies, as well as for the Fisher Body Company. / This brick factory has served as the home for a half dozen firms, with most of ... More

Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Milwaukee River, Grafton, Ozaukee County, WI

Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Milwaukee River, Grafton, Ozaukee Count...

Significance: The Bridge Street Bridge is a single span, single lane Pratt through truss that was erected in 1888. Built by the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company, it was identified in Cultural Resource Managem... More

[Newt Randall, Milwaukee Team, baseball card portrait]

[Newt Randall, Milwaukee Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dance The  newsboy's dance - Public domain musical sheets
Waukesha, Wis. / lith. & published by Kurz & Seifert, Milwaukee ; drawn after nature by L. Kurz.

Waukesha, Wis. / lith. & published by Kurz & Seifert, Milwaukee ; draw...

Bird's-eye view of Waukesha, Wisconsin. Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Robert Machek House, 1305 North Nineteenth Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Robert Machek House, 1305 North Nineteenth Street, Milwaukee, Milwauke...

Significance: Notable for the charming individuality of its design, the intricacy and fine craftsmanship of its ornament, this small, curious, picturesque house was designed, built, and furnished at the turn of... More

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