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A postcard showcases a grayscale image of the Chicago and Northwestern rail depot. The photograph displays the depot building standing in the right background with its tall clock tower. People sit on benches in the area in front of the depot. The train tracks stretch down at the image's left part. The photograph fills most of the postcard and leaves a blank white space on the right part. A handwritten text is inscribed over the white space. A caption beneath the photograph reads "Chicago & Northwestern R. R. Depot. Milwaukee, Wis."

Chicago and Northwestern Rail Depot

A 1906 view of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot that kicked off the historic preservation movement in Milwaukee.

Source:
Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Railroads
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Buildings, Transportation
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Depot is set in this image's center in sepia. The building has an entrance tower that features big analog clocks on its top. The two-and-a-half-story structure has three dormer windows. A long train shed is visible on the left. The foreground shows a driveway toward the front door. A wide lawn and some decorations are on the right.

Chicago and Northwestern Railway Depot

An 1895 photograph of the Chicago & North Western Depot, whose demolition historic preservation activists failed to secure.

Source:
From the Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps 1885-1992 Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Historic Preservation
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Buildings, Transportation
A painted postcard illustrates the elevated view of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad station. The grand building appears prominently in the background with its red exterior walls. It features a tall clock tower in the center. Roadways, lawns, and trees are visible in the foreground. Text in the postcard's top left corner reads "C. M. & St. Paul RY. Passenger Station, Milwaukee."

Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Station

Postcard created between 1907 and 1915 showing the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad station.

Source:
Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Railroads
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Buildings, Transportation
Sepia-colored wide shot of children working with clay on a table covered by newspapers in an indoor space. On the left, a woman bens to the right toward the table and seemes to help a child with his clay.

Children and Their Instructor

A woman works with a small group of children as part of the Milwaukee Handicraft Project, a public works project developed under the WPA during the Great Depression.

Source:
From the Wisconsin Arts Project of the WPA Collection. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Childhood and Youth
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Groups, People
Group photo of children in costumes and nuns in rows at the St. Joseph Orphanage. Children kneeling in the front row wear halos. Children standing at the ends of the top row wear white wings. They pose in an outdoor space with a building's exterior wall as the background.

Children at St. Joseph Orphanage

A group portrait of children in costumes and nuns at the St. Joseph Orphanage in 1921.

Source:
From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Roman Catholics
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Groups, People
Grayscale long shot of dozens of small children sitting in uniforms in a classroom. Boys sit at a dining table on the left. All girls with the same haircut sit at a dining table in the middle. Some of them hold dolls. They face and look straight at the camera lens. An adult holding a child stands behind the boys next to a door in the background's center. Religious decorations hang on the wall.

Children at St. Joseph's Orphanage

Opened in 1908 to care for children in Milwaukee's growing Polish community, St. Joseph's Orphanage housed children between the ages of three and sixteen.

Source:
From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Childhood and Youth
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Groups, People
Grayscale wide shot of two children playing checkers with a nurse standing in the middle. The checkers board is placed on a wooden end table with a drawer. A child on the right sits in a wheelchair and gazes at the board. A child on the left smiles as they move a peon while lying on a bed.

Children in the Hospital

Two children play checkers under the supervision of a nurse at the Milwaukee County General Hospital in 1939.

Source:
From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Health Care Delivery
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Buildings, Healthcare Facilities, People
A grayscale portrait of four small children in dresses posing on a sidewalk. All stand except the second child from the right, who sits on a vintage tricycle. Behind them is a pathway and low staircase separating lawns and rows of laundry hanging on a clothesline.

Children of Greendale

Four girls from Greendale, a community initially developed by the federal government in 1936, smile for the camera in 1939.

Source:
From the Library of Congress Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection.
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Childhood and Youth
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People
Grayscale long shot of three children roller skating down a Milwaukee street. The boy in the middle holds hands with the girls on his left and right. A car appears behind them. Other vehicles parked on the road are visible in the background. Residential places are on the street's left side. A multi-story building is on the street's right side. Tall trees can be seen in the background.

Children on Roller Skates

Three children roller skate down a Milwaukee street in this photograph from October 1943.

Source:
From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Roller Skating
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People, Streetscapes
Grayscale long shot of a group of children playing baseball in the street in the Sherman Park neighborhood. Visible on the image's left are the umpire, the catcher, and the hitter holding the bat. The pitcher is on the image's right side. Several children, adults, and residential places appear in the far background.

Children Playing in Sherman Park

Pictured here in the late 1980s, a group of children play baseball in the street in the Sherman Park neighborhood.

Source:
From the Sherman Park Community Association Records, 1971-2002 Collection. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Sherman Park
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Groups, Outdoor, People, Sports and Recreation, Streetscapes
Long shot of a smiling kid cycling with a small child who sits on the front basket. Their legs float in the air, letting the bike freely ride down the sidewalk. Both wear warm clothes in this grayscale-colored image. Leafless trees, a tall building, and a parked car are visible in the background.

Children Share a Bike

Two children share a bike as they ride down a Milwaukee sidewalk in October 1943.

Source:
From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Getting Around
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Outdoor, People, Sports and Recreation
Grayscale long shot of two small children standing on the rear porch of an apartment building made of bricks. In the yard next to them are pieces of scrap metal from junked cars, bent barrels, and other assorted trash. The alley's surface is covered with dirt.

Children Stand on a Back Porch

Two small children stand on the rear porch of an apartment building once located on N. 8th Street. The yard is filled with scrap metal from junked cars.

Source:
From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Childhood and Youth
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Buildings, People, Residential Facilities
Long shot of the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin's facade. The image shows its new eleven-story structure. The hospital's logo and name sign sit on the building's top front.

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

Photograph of the modern Children's Hospital of Wisconsin building. It is part of the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center.

Source:
Photograph courtesy of Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. Reprinted with permission.
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Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
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Buildings, Healthcare Facilities
Small children petting goats, accompanied by adults. Some are seated and some stand on the concrete ground under the shade of trees .

Children's Petting Zoo

The Milwaukee County Zoo features a number of interactive exhibits for children, including this petting zoo with goats.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Mark Baylor. CC BY 2.0.
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Milwaukee County Zoo
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Animals, People
Exterior view of Christ Evangelical Church against a clear blue sky. The entry tower stands out with its steeply pitched octagonal roof and a cross atop. Above the entrance is inscribed "EV. Christus Kirche." A sign that reads "Christ Church Museum of Local History" stands on the front left corner. On the right corner is a historic marker describing the church's history.

Christ Evangelical Church

The Christ Evangelical Church stood as the focal point for Germantown's historic Dheinsville settlement and conducted its services in German until the 1920s. Today the building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is maintained by the Germantown Historical Society.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by Shawn Conrad. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Germantown
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Buildings, Religious Facilities
The frontage of the Christ Polish Baptist Church located on a streetcorner adjacent to residential buildings. The church has a broad gabled roof and a cross erected on top of it. A gabled entry porch and tall, narrow arched windows are some of the main features of the building's exterior. Snow surrounds the church and covers some parts of the street. A deciduous tree, bare of foliage, stands near the sidewalks in front of the property.

Christ Polish Baptist Church

Many of Milwaukee's early Baptist churches were established within specific ethnic communities. The Polish Baptist Church, pictured here in 1930, was located in Milwaukee's Polish neighborhood on the city's south side.

Source:
From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Baptists
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Buildings, Religious Facilities
Exterior shot of the Christian Turck House in grayscale. The tiny log farmhouse has an awning covering one of its sides. Small leafless trees stand in the front yard.

Christian Turck House

The Christian Turck House, in unincorporated Kirchhayn in the Town of Jackson, was built around 1830 by German immigrant Christian Turck and is now exhibited at Old World Wisconsin.

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From the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey Collection.
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Jackson
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Buildings, Residential Facilities
Grayscale photograph of a long float featuring Santa Claus, his reindeer, and the character Me-Tik. Santa in the left back waves his right hand while standing on a sleigh. Rows of reindeer stand in the front as if pulling the sleigh. Me-Tik wears winter clothes and boots, making eye contact with the camera lens.

Christmas Parade Float

This float from Schuster's Christmas parade in 1943 features Santa Claus, his reindeer, and the character Me-Tik.

Source:
From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Parades
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Festivals and Celebrations
A painted postcard illustrates the "Christopher Columbus" whaleback steamer traversing an open water body. The ship's bow is on the far left. The stern is on the far right. Groups of people fill the deck. Several flags flap atop the decks. A chimney appears near the back of the ship. The twilight-colored sky is above. Text at the top left reads "Whaleback Steamer 'Christopher Columbus,' En Route between Chicago and Milwaukee."

Christopher Columbus Steamer

The "Christopher Columbus" whaleback steamer was built for the 1893 World's Fair and made trips between Milwaukee and Chicago.

Source:
"Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. "
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Water Transportation
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Transportation
High-angle shot of a group of pairs dancing in Chrysanthemum Ball. The couples stand in suits and gowns in a dance position on the floor. An array of dining tables flanks them. The lights are on under the vaulted ceiling.

Chrysanthemum Ball

Overview of the 1942 Chrysanthemum Ball held at the Wisconsin Club.

Source:
From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Recreational Dance
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Groups, People
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