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The barn of Weston's Antique Apple Orchard, built in 1906, is part of a larger complex in New Berlin that reflects the area's agricultural history.

Weston's Antique Apple Orchard

From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by username M33ganTHEgr8. CC BY-SA 3.0.
Front page of a leaflet announcing a Whig meeting at the Milwaukee County Courthouse on June 26, 1841.

Whig Meeting Announcement

From the Library of Congress Broadsides, Leaflets, and Pamphlets from America and Europe Collection.
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Photograph of the Whistling Straits clubhouse and spectators during the 2010 PGA Championship.

Whistling Straits Clubhouse

From the Wikimedia Commons.
Portrait of William George Bruce sitting at his desk during his tenure as president of the Milwaukee Harbor Board of Commissioners between 1920 and 1949.

William George Bruce

From the Milwaukee Waterways Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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William George Bruce
Source: From the Wikimedia Commons. This photograph is used under fair use to illustrate a three-dimensional work of art for educational purposes.  " > Photograph of the sculpture by Ned Kahn titled "Wind Leaves." This artwork is located in front of Discovery World on Milwaukee's lakefront.

Wind Leaves by Ned Kahn

From the Wikimedia Commons. This photograph is used under fair use to illustrate a three-dimensional work of art for educational purposes.
The Wind Point Lighthouse, north of Racine, remains active due to the combined efforts of the Village of Wind Point, the US Coast Guard, and a local nonprofit organization.

Wind Point Lighthouse

From the Wikimedia Commons.
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Lighthouses
A group of graduates of the Wisconsin Academy of Cosmetic Art, adjacent to the Kletz Beauty Shop in Milwaukee, pose with their certificates in 1932.

Wisconsin Academy of Cosmetic Art Graduates

From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
The old Wisconsin Avenue viaduct in 1988, showing the structures that originally surrounded it.

Wisconsin Avenue Viaduct

Photograph by Alan Magayne-Roshak. Copyright 2013. Reprinted with permission.
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Viaducts
The Wisconsin Avenue viaduct as it was reconstructed and its surroundings torn down.

Wisconsin Avenue Viaduct

Photograph by Alan Magayne-Roshak. Copyright 2013. Reprinted with permission.
The new Wisconsin Avenue viaduct in 1994, with grass growing underneath it.

Wisconsin Avenue Viaduct

Photograph by Alan Magayne-Roshak. Copyright 2013. Reprinted with permission.
A 2012 image of the downtown convention facility that began its life as the Midwest Express Center and is now the Wisconsin Center.

Wisconsin Center

From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by Wikimedia username Royalbroil. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Wisconsin Center
This undated photograph of the Wisconsin Electric Power plant shows coal barges transporting fuel on the Milwaukee River.

Wisconsin Electric Power Plant

From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
The bright blue flame in this photograph predicts the same weather tomorrow.

Wisconsin Gas Company Flame

From the Library of Congress Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
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Gas Company Flame
Postcard of the Milwaukee Gas Light Company Building in 1933. Note that its famous gas flame has not been added yet.

Wisconsin Gas Light Company Building

Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Wisconsin Gas Building
1906 illustration of men cutting ice blocks and loading it onto a conveyor belt at the right.

Wisconsin Lakes Ice and Cartage Company

From the Historic Photo Archive of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Ice Industry
A 1965 photograph of the Wisconsin Telephone Company Main Exchange, designed by Alexander Eschweiler in 1930.

Wisconsin Telephone Company

From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
A 20-year-old woman named Annie Tabor works in a Milwaukee supercharger plant in 1942. Superchargers were commonly used in aircraft engines during World War II.

Women in War Work

From the Library of Congress Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection.
Group photograph of a women's bowling team standing behind a trophy in 1928.

Women's Bowling Team

From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
Postcard from 1906 featuring a panoramic view of the amusement park once located on the Milwaukee River in present-day Shorewood.

Wonderland on the Milwaukee River

Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
This postcard provides an aerial view of the Wonderland amusement park at the beginning of the 20th century, first opened as Lueddemann's-on-the-River in 1872.

Wonderland on the River

Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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