This early twentieth century campaign poster encourages people to elect Peter Kaminski as a Milwaukee alderman and promises a "Clean Non-Partisan Administration."
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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. Link to Image Source URL
Postcard published in 1916 featuring a view of the North Avenue Dam on the Milwaukee River.
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Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. Link to Image Source URL
These homes along E. Belleview Place form part of the North Point Historic District. The red brick house furthest to the left was designed by Alexander C. Eschweiler.
The North Point Water Tower, pictured here in 1911, provided Milwaukee's residents with millions of gallons of clean water after opening in 1873. It still stands today as iconic city landmark.
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Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. Link to Image Source URL
The North Point Water Works, shown around 1885, including the standpipe at the top of the hill on the right.
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From the Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps 1885-1992 Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. Link to Image Source URL
The homes and buildings along N. Sherman Boulevard between W. Lloyd Street and W. Keefe Avenue, like those pictured here, form a historic district that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1985 photograph of the 1979 Northwestern Mutual Insurance Building as seen from O'Donnell Park. This building was demolished to make room for Northwestern's newest building.
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From the Harold Mayer Collection, American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. Link to Image Source URL
Bird's-eye view of the Norway-Muskego Church and parsonage near Wind Lake in Racine County. The church was dedicated in 1870 and still stands, now known as the Norway Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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From the State of Wisconsin Collection of the UW Digital Collections Library. Image ID WI.wpl00217.bib. Photograph courtesy of Waterford Public Library's Local History Digital Collection. Fair use for nonprofit educational purposes. Link to Image Source URL
The first Norwegian Lutheran church was built in Muskego in 1843. The original structure, pictured here, was purchased and relocated to the Luther Theological Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1904, where it still stands.