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Portrait of a vertical historic marker entitled "Caroline Quiner 'Ma' Ingalls Birthplace." Written on white paint over the brown surface is a short description of Quiner's biography. The plaque stands on a lawn.

Caroline Quiner Birthplace Marker

Caroline Quiner, later Caroline Ingalls and mother to author Laura Ingalls Wilder, was born in the town of Brookfield. This historical marker at the intersection of Brookfield Road and West Davidson Road commemorates her birthplace.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by username Merenta. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Town of Brookfield
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Murals, Signs, and Statues
Grayscale long shot of the Carrolville Homes residential area showcasing several identical one-story dwellings lining from the left background to the right front. Each house features an entrance flanked by rectangular windows and a front stair connecting the door with the lawn. Some homes have trees in their front yards. A street, road verge, and sidewalk stretch from left to right foreground next to the residential places. A street sign that reads "No Outlet" stands on the road verge at the image's center.

Carrolville Homes

The Lakeside Distillery and the U.S. Glue Company, early industrial leaders in the Oak Creek community, built small, simple homes for their employees. A row of such houses is pictured here in 1980.

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From the Wisconsin Historical Society, WHS-8801. Reprinted with permission.
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City of Oak Creek
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Buildings, Residential Facilities, Streetscapes
Exterior view of Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist against the blue sky. The magnificent three-stage domed tower appears prominently in the surrounding area. A round clock appears on the tower's first tier showing the time at 3:30. The belfry is in the third stage. A cross stands atop the domed roof.

Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist

Photograph of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist as seen from across Cathedral Square Park.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph courtesy of username Sulfur. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
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Buildings, Religious Facilities
A blurry medium shot of Catherine B. Cleary from the chest up smiling in glasses and a checked pattern blazer. A small headshot of Cleary when she was younger appears on the left bottom corner of this image.

Catherine B. Cleary

As a lawyer, philanthropist, and businesswoman, Catherine B. Cleary was a pioneering force in both Milwaukee and the broader United States.

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Photograph courtesy of Zonta Club of Milwaukee. Reprinted with permission.
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Catherine B. Cleary
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Individuals, People
Group photo of thirteen people posing in two rows in grayscale. Seven people in the first row sit next to a dining table, including Catherine B. Cleary, who sits third from right. Six others stand behind them. Three of them wear clergy shirts. Eleven of the people in the photograph are men and two are women.

Catherine Cleary with other Committee Members

Catherine B. Cleary, seated third from the right, is pictured here in 1955 with her fellow members of Marquette University's 75th Anniversary Civic Committee. At the time, she was the vice-president of the First Wisconsin Trust Co.

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Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Marquette University. Reprinted with permission.
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Catherine B. Cleary
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Catherine Conroy sits on the left in glasses and long sleeved blouse showing a necklace she holds with both hands to other women beside her. Their eyes look at the chain while smiling in their formal attire.

Catherine Conroy

In 1978, Catherine Conroy (seated, left) was honored as Woman of the Year by the Milwaukee chapter of NOW. In this photograph with her, from left to right, are Katherine Clarenbach, Mary Jean Collins, and Gene Boyer.

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Copyright Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Reprinted with permission.
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Grayscale elevated shot of a nun teaching nine children in a classroom at St. Francis School. They gather by the blackboard. Three kids stand on the left, three sit on chairs in the middle, and the other three stand on the right. The nun stands behind the kids on the left. She uses a stick to point to a poster hanging on the board. All kids stare at the poster. The text beside the poster reads, "Jesus is God, Jesus loves Mary, Jesus loves Joseph." A set of student desks appear in the foreground.

Catholic School Children

Photograph of a nun teaching a small group of children at St. Francis School in 1945.

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From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Roman Catholics
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Buildings, Educational Facilities, Groups, People
Exterior view of Cedarburg Mill facing left next to a small filling station. This grayscale image shows the five-story building that has one wing on the left. Two cars are parked by the building. The structure stands out in its surrounding area.

Cedarburg Mill

This photograph shows the flour mill built in 1855 in the heart of Cedarburg.

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From the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey Collection.
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Cedarburg
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Buildings, Manufacturing Facilities
A map entitled Cedarburg Public School shows the boundaries of District No. 1 of the schools. A thick red line marks the boundaries. Inside the line is a portion of the Town of Jackson, Washington County, Town of Cedarburg, City of Cedarburg, and Ozaukee County, among others.

Cedarburg Public Schools

This map outlines the boundaries of District No. 1 of Cedarburg Public Schools in 1963. In whole or part, it included the cities of Cedarburg and Mequon, towns of Cedarburg and Grafton, and the town of Jackson.

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From the American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Public Education
Long shot of Central Seventh-day Adventist Church against the blue sky. Green lawns surround the multiple-story building. Some trees grow in the yard. Visible in the background are several buildings in the neighborhood.

Central Seventh-day Adventist Church

Located on Terrace Avenue, the Central Seventh-day Adventist Church is located in a large home Alexander Eschweiler designed in 1913.

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From the Wisconsin Historical Society, WHS-103604. Reprinted with permission.
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Seventh-day Adventists
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Buildings, Religious Facilities
Sepia-colored long shot of a large crowd of people sitting on bleachers at the Centurama Amphitheater. Some empty seating and rear view of people seated are visible in the foreground. The spectators face a stage that appears on the right in the distance. Only a small portion of the stage is visible. Rope fences surround the stage. The bleachers in the distance left, center, and right are packed. Trees grow in the background.

Centurama Celebration

A large crowd of people fills bleachers to celebrate Milwaukee's 100th birthday. Centurama activities lasted an entire month.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Peoples
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Festivals and Celebrations, Groups, People
Elevated view of a deep basin in the area of the Certified Concrete quarry facility. Buildings and equipment appear in the basin and the area above the pit at the image's center and right. Two people stand on a road stretching down toward the pit's bottom. A body of water appears next to the road in the right foreground.

Certified Concrete Quarry

This Certified Concrete quarry facility, pictured here in 1934, was once located on the north side of State Street, east of N. 68th Street. The company used crushed stone to make concrete.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Quarries and Mines
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Grayscale photo of the Chain Belt Company's interior filled with machinery equipment and gears placed on the left and right sides of the room. An aisle is visible along the center of the room between the machines. Some men sit and some stand while working at metal lathes.

Chain Belt Company

Chain Belt Company employees work at metal lathes. Finished parts and gears are stacked behind the men.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Chain Belt Company
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Medium shot of a female employee staring down and inspecting a howitzer component at the Chain Belt Co. plant. She works in a hair cap, a blue collared shirt, and dark overalls. Behind and in front of her is a row of green-colored howitzer barrels.

Chain Belt Company Employee

During World War II, the Chain Belt Company manufactured howitzers. Taken in 1943, this photo shows a female employee inspecting a howitzer component for metal burrs.

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From the Library of Congress Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Color Slides and Transparencies Collection.
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Chain Belt Company
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Buildings, Individuals, Manufacturing Facilities, People
Headshot of Chancellor Carlos Santiago from the chest up against a dark-grey backdrop. He wears a notched lapel suit, a dress shirt, and a tie. He smiles while making eye contact with the camera lens.

Chancellor Carlos Santiago

Carlos Santiago, a Puerto Rican American, served as chancellor and an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 2004 until 2010.

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From the UW-Milwaukee Photographs Collection. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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Puerto Ricans
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Individuals, People
Side view of Chapel of St. Mary the Virgin facing right in grayscale. This image highlights the right side of the building, which consists of multiple sections, and each section features two three-pointed arched windows. A tall tree with few leaves stands in the foreground, next to the church.

Chapel of St. Mary the Virgin

A side view of the Chapel of St. Mary the Virgin, at Nashotah House Theological Seminary, in a 1960 photograph taken by Wisconsin architect Richard W.E. Perrin.

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From the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey Collection.
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Delafield
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Buildings, Religious Facilities
Wide shot of Charles K. Hamilton showing his posture sitting on his vintage airplane called the Hamiltonian parked on flat ground. He wears a long-sleeved jacket and boots. His hands are attached to the plane's circular steering wheel while one of his feet steps on a part of the aircraft. On top of his head and behind his back is the plane's engine. Several blurry figures stand at the rear of the aircraft.

Charles Hamilton in 1910

Aviator Charles K. Hamilton landed the first airplane in Milwaukee at the Wisconsin State Fair in 1906.

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From the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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Airports and Air Transportation
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Individuals, People, Transportation
Sepia-colored medium shot of three people in formal attire smiling while standing next to each other. The one on the right is Charlotte Partridge in glasses carrying a piece of paper. The one on the left is Miriam Frink with eyes looking at the document. A man in a suit and tie stands in the middle while glancing at Partridge.

Charlotte Partridge and Miriam Frink

To honor their "unusual foresight and great courage," Miriam Frink (left) and Charlotte Partridge (right) were presented with illuminated scrolls at the Layton School of Art's 34th commencement in 1954.

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From the Charlotte Russell Partridge and Miriam Frink Papers, 1862-1980. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Reprinted with permission.
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Charlotte Partridge
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People
An advertisement promoting the Chicago and North-Western Railway service. It features a schematic map of the North-Western track lines on the top. Written below is a short description explaining the train's schedule and facilities.

Chicago and North Western Railway Advertisement

This 1898 advertisement highlights the amenities of the railway that provided the "best of everything."

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From the Wikimedia Commons.
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Chicago & North Western Railway
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Book and Newspaper Clippings, Transportation
Grayscale long shot of the Chicago and North Western rail depot. The center portion of this image displays long railroad tracks headed toward a shelter at the center of the photograph. The train depot appears in the background with a tall clock tower on the right.

Chicago and North Western Railway Depot

Constructed in 1889, the Chicago and North Western rail depot on Milwaukee's lakefront served as a city landmark until its demolition in 1968.

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From the Library of Congress Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection.
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Chicago & North Western Railway
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