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Long shot of the corner view of T.A. Chapman's department store by a street corner in grayscale. The facade is on the left. Another side of the building is on the right. The front section consists of a four-story structure featuring the main entrance, two marquee awnings, a vertical store sign, and several display windows on the ground floor. The store name is also painted on the exterior wall of an adjacent building's top side on the left. People walk the sidewalk around the department store. A bus and cars traverse the street. Some vehicles are parked next to the store.

T.A. Chapman Company

T.A. Chapman's department store, pictured here in 1955, was a prominent structure along Wisconsin Avenue from 1885 until it was torn down in 1982.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Missing Milwaukee
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities, Streetscapes
Grayscale long shot of four pairs of people playing table tennis in an indoor basketball court. The tables are set in a row and appear from the left foreground to the right background. A ceiling light hangs over each table. All players are men except the people in position two from the left. A group of male spectators watch the game as they stand in the background. Another group predominantly women sits on the right background. Walls and windows are visible in the back.

Table Tennis Tournament

Four pairs of competitors take part in a table tennis tournament held in a Milwaukee gymnasium.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Indoor Recreation
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Groups, Indoor, People, Sports and Recreation
A tilted photo of a crowd of people gathering outdoors in daylight. A group stand in the foreground. Behind them are several people sitting on tailgate chairs. Some carry food or beverages. More people appear in the background, standing among parked buses and cars. The stadium is visible on the far left back. Blue sky is above.

Tailgating at Miller Park

A crowd of people gather between buses to tailgate prior to a Brewers game in 2011.

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From Flickr. Photograph by username tyle_r. CC BY-NC 2.0.
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Tailgating
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Groups, Outdoor, People, Sports and Recreation
An elevated view of tanneries near the bank of the Milwaukee River in sepia. Billowing steam appears from the tanneries' roof. The water body spans the foreground. Several tall chimneys stand among the buildings.

Tanneries along the Milwaukee River

A view of tanneries on the Milwaukee River looking southeast on what will become Commerce Street, which was originally a canal along the river.

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From Milwaukee Illustrated, Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Leather Industry
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Buildings, Manufacturing Facilities, Rivers
An elevated view of tanneries sitting near the bank of the Milwaukee River in sepia. Billowing steam appear from the tanneries' roof. The water body spans the foreground. Several tall chimneys stand among the buildings.

Tanneries on the Milwaukee River

The numerous tanneries and other industrial facilities located on the banks of the Milwaukee River during the 19th and 20th centuries contributed to the water's pollution.

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From Milwaukee Illustrated. Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Pollution
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Buildings, Cityscapes, Commerical Facilities
Grayscale long shot of a tavern's interior with tables and chairs in the left foreground, the bar and stools in the background. A group of people sitting on stools and two people standing behind the bar make eye contact with the camera. Shelves with bottles of liquor are visible in the back. A clock on the wall reads 10:40 and daylight is visible through the window.

Tavern Interior

Photograph taken in 1940 of the interior of a tavern located on South 17th Street.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Taverns
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities
These plans sketch out the facility where activated sludge was turned into Milorganite.

Technical Drawing of Sewage Tanks

These plans sketch out the facility where activated sludge was turned into Milorganite.

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From the Library of Congress Historic American Engineering Record Collection.
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Milorganite
Grayscale long shot of bicycle-riding messengers posing in two rows in front of a building. All the young people in the front row pose in uniforms and bicycles. People in the back row stand in different clothes. Some are also in uniforms and holding bicycles. The building in the background has three bays. Three companies' signs are attached to each bay on the ground floor. The "Chicago Milwaukee Telegraph Co" sign is attached to the left bay. The "Henry Gollusch" sign is on the central bay. The "Western Union Telegraph" sign is on the right bay. Insurance company signs are visible on the second-floor's windows.

Telegram Messengers

As telecommunications networks developed, they depended less and less on humans to complete the system. This 1909 photograph shows bicycle-riding messengers who delivered telegrams to their final destinations.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Telecommunications
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Buildings, Groups, People
An overexposed sepia-colored photo of the four-story Temperance House building. All upper floors have balconies enclosed with balustrades. Several people stand on the balconies. More appear on the porch. Atop the building is inscribed "Wisconsin Seaman's Friend Society." The Temperance House sign is attached to the third's floor's balusters. Another building appears on the left.

Temperance House

Established in the late 1860s, the Wisconsin Seaman's Friend Society aimed to provide sailors with affordable lodgings away from the influences of gambling, drinking, and prostitution. This Temperance House stood on Erie Street.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Buildings, Residential Facilities
Grayscale long shot of Ten Chimneys residential building and its surroundings. The front gate in the image's foreground is open, showcasing the driveway towards the house in the background. Tall trees grow near the dwelling. Landscaping plants grow by the gate and the house.

Ten Chimneys

Photograph of the Ten Chimneys property looking south through the driveway gate.

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From the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey Collection.
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Ten Chimneys
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Buildings, Residential Facilities
Grayscale long shot of two women in tennis dresses playing on the right of the net facing to the left. The net stretches from left to right foreground. The player closest to the net hits the ball. The other one is on the far right. Tall trees are visible in the background.

Tennis Players

Playing Tennis at Milwaukee County Institutions, 1926

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From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Archives.
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Tennis
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Individuals, Outdoor, People, Sports and Recreation
Grayscale long shot of a tennis team in Victorian sportswears posing in an outdoor court. Some carry tennis racquets. People in the front sit on the ground. A line of buildings is visible in the far background.

Tennis Team

Playing tennis in Bay View in 1893.

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From they Milwaukee County Historical Society
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Facade of Tenor High School in daylight. The image shows the three-story building's exterior wall composed of bricks. The facade consists of three bays. Groups of rectangular windows are set on the left and right bays. The center bay has an entrance below a tall arched window. Atop the door is inscribed "gymnasium." On top of it is the building's sign that reads "Tenor High School."

Tenor High School

Constructed in 1955 as the gymnasium for St. John’s Cathedral High School, this building on N. Jackson Street now houses Tenor School, one of Milwaukee’s area charter schools.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by username Dori. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Charter Schools
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Buildings, Educational Facilities
Grayscale photograph of a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources employee squatting by a water body in an illegal dumping site while taking a water sample. Different kinds of garbage appear in the image's foreground. Several barrels and piles of wood debris are visible on the bank of the water body in the background. Unkempt bushes grow behind them.

Testing Water Quality

An employee from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources takes a water sample from an illegal dumping site in Menomonee Falls in 1978.

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From the State of Wisconsin Collection of the UW Digital Collections Library. Image ID WI.drn1079.bib. Photograph courtesy of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. CC BY-ND 4.0.
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Pollution
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Individuals, Landscapes, People
Exterior view of Von Rothenburg Bier Stube in Germantown at night. The two-story building features stone exterior walls composing its ground floor and a yellow-colored wall on the second. The first story has stained glass windows and a wooden entrance. A sign that reads "Biergarten" hangs near the front door. The balcony enclosed by balustrades has American and German flags on it.

The Bier Stube

The Von Rothenburg Bier Stube in Germantown features traditional German food, beer, and decor in its indoor beer hall and outdoor beer garden.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Jim Bauer. CC BY-ND 2.0.
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Germantown
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities
Elevated view of the multi-level spectator seating area in the Cabot Theatre. The blue-colored chairs are lit by classic-style lamps attached to the walls.

The Cabot Theatre at Skylight

Skylight Music Theatre offers two different theaters inside its facilities on N. Broadway. The Cabot Theatre, pictured here, is a replica of a 18th-century European opera house and seats 358.

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Photograph courtesy of the Skylight Music Theatre. Reprinted with permission.
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Skylight Music Theatre
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Buildings, Theaters, Arenas, and Museums
The many lanes of the Marquette Interchange stretch from the left to different directions. In the foreground below are buildings, parked cars, and roadways. MIlwaukee's landscape is in the background, highlighted by a pair of chimneys on the left and the Potawatomi Bingo building toward the right. Sun rays hit the freeway from left.

The Complete Marquette Interchange

The Marquette Interchange, completed in 2008 and shown here from the northeast in 2015, carries 300,000 vehicles to their destinations each day.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by username Royalbroil. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Marquette Interchange
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Cityscapes, Transportation
Grayscale long shot of street signs on a pole at the intersection of Water and Wisconsin. The sign on the left reads "E Wisconsin Av." The other sign reads "N Water St." Below them are a "No Parking" sign and a Milwaukee Sentinel newspaper box. Visible in the background are multiple-story store buildings.

The Corner of Water and Wisconsin

Street signs at the intersection Water and Wisconsin are shown in this 1958 photograph.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Street Naming and Numbering
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Murals, Signs, and Statues, Streetscapes
High-angle view of East Water Street in sepia color. Buildings stand side by side along the long road. Some horse-drawn vehicles and a streetcar pass on the street. Two rail track lines are visible throughout the road.

The Early Third Ward

A view of East Water Street in the 1880s.

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From Milwaukee Illustrated, Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Historic Third Ward
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Streetscapes
Facade of the Fitzgerald House and its front yard against the blue sky. Cream city bricks compose the two-and-a-half-story building. The structure features a flat-roofed portico with double columns, a hanging light, and railings. Arched windows appear on each floor. Ornate cornices embellish the eaves. A stair connects the entryway with the yard. A garden lamp, two benches, trees, landscaping plants, and a green lawn adorn the yard in the foreground.

The Fitzgerald House

The Fitzgerald House was designed by E. Townsend Mix and built in 1874. Robert Patrick Fitzgerald was an Irish immigrant who became a wealthy ship captain and maritime merchant on the Great Lakes.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by James Steakley. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Yankee Hill
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Buildings, Residential Facilities
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