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Grayscale elevated view of the Summerfest grounds. Groups of people walk toward the festival entry point in the left foreground. Booths and tents are here and there around the area that borders Lake Michigan in the far background. A large crowd appears in the center-right. Other people are scattered around the booths. A sign in an unusual font reads "summerfest 72."

View of an Early Summerfest

This photograph shows the Summerfest grounds as seen from on top the double Ferris wheel at the midway, taken in 1972.

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Photograph by Alan Magayne-Roshak. Copyright 2013. Reprinted with permission.
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Summerfest
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Festivals and Celebrations, Lakes
Wide shot of East Water Street showing a rows of commercial buildings ranging from two to four stories. Store signs are displayed in front of each business place. A group of people stands on the porch of the "J.C. Iversen & Co." building. Two horse-drawn vehicles stand by the sidewalk. Two large utility poles also stand in the street next to the sidewalk.

View of East Water Street

Taken in the 1880s, this block of Water Street between Wisconsin and Mason Streets features a wide variety of businesses, including a furniture store, saloon, tailor, printer and bindery, and bookstore.

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From the Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps 1885-1992 Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Commercial Landscapes
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities, Streetscapes
A map features a rectangular painted picture of the bird's eye view of Menomonee Falls, illustrating the buildings, roads, and the green landscape in the village. Some buildings are given a symbol in the form of a letter or number. Letters A to C marks different churches. D is a public school. E is a post office. F is temperance hall. Among the buildings numbered from 1 to 23 are residential places of important figures and industrial places.

View of Menomonee Falls

A view of Menomonee Falls in 1886, highlighting its industrial operations, churches, and both wild and planted trees.

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From the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
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Village of Menomonee Falls
Long shot of boats docked on the left in the Milwaukee River. The water body flows from back to front. A bridge and downtown buildings are visible in the background. A clear blue sky spans above.

View of the Milwaukee River

Photograph featuring a downtown view of the Milwaukee River with a boat docked in the foreground.

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From the Library of Congress Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
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Milwaukee River
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Cityscapes, Rivers
An 1857 bird's eye view map of the city of Waukesha. The map illustrates two women and a child in the foreground. A fence separates them from another area in the back that has rows of buildings, farms, and streets where men on horse and horse-drawn vehicles travel. A railroad is visible in the distance. The map's title is on the bottom center, beneath the illustration. It reads "Waukesha, Wis."

View of Waukesha

This 1857 map provides a bird's-eye view of the city of Waukesha.

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From the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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City of Waukesha
Panoramic view of Pine Lake and the centerpiece of the village of Chenequa in sepia tone. George Brumder's summer house appears in the distance among tall trees next to the large body of water.

View Over Pine Lake

This 1895 photograph looks down over Pine Lake, the centerpiece of the village of Chenequa, and George Brumder's summer home. Brumder was a German-language book and newspaper publisher from Milwaukee known across the United States.

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From the Wisconsin Historical Society, WHS-139626. Reprinted with permission.
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Village of Chenequa
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Lakes, Landscapes
The map of Elm Grove village shows the streets, residential areas, important public facilities, schools, and churches. Institutions visible on the map also include the fire and police departments and St. Mary's church and visitation complex.

Village of Elm Grove Map

The village of Elm Grove first developed around Watertown Plank Road and continues to feature large residential lots, as illustrated by this map from the 1960s.

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From the American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Village of Elm Grove
Hanging metal sign of the Village of Fox Point sits by a street in the foreground. The metal signage in dark green features the figure of a fox flanked by the village's name on its top and bottom, all colored in gold. Trees and lawns appear behind. A portion of a roadway is visible on the left. Different standing signs are set along the streetside a couple feet apart from each other.

Village of Fox Point Sign

The current Fox Point village signage reflects early residents' observations that the area's land resembled the shape of a fox.

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From the Wikimedia Commons.
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Village of Fox Point
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Murals, Signs, and Statues
The 1873 plat map of Summit shows property ownership in the village. The map illustrates the property boundaries by dividing the town area into blocks of different sizes and putting the owners' names on each block. Lines that symbolize rivers and streets are visible. Some contour lines illustrate the existence of lakes. The map's title is in the top center.

Village of Summit Plat Map

This plat map of Summit from 1873 illustrates land distribution in the village. Some of the plats are quite large, which highlights the prominence of agriculture in the community.

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From the American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Village of Summit
Grayscale full shot of Sarah Boyd, the Visiting Nurse Association of Milwaukee founder, and two female nurses posing nearby an automobile. Boyd stands on the left behind the car that faces to the left. The nurses stand next to the car's body. All of them are in uniforms and hats. The exterior wall of a building appears in the background.

Visiting Nurse Association of Milwaukee

Visiting Nurse Association of Milwaukee founder Sarah Boyd (left) is shown with two nurses in this 1922 photograph.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Visiting Nurse Association of Milwaukee
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Organizations, People
High-angle shot of activists standing on the Milwaukee County Courthouse's front steps with their backs to the building. Some hold rectangular protest banners together while facing another crowd of protestors that stand in the opposite direction. One of the signs reads "Mr. President Stop Deportations."

Voces de la Frontera Protest

Members of Voces de la Frontera and other area activist organizations stand on the steps of the Milwaukee County Courthouse during a 2014 protest.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Joe Brusky. CC BY-NC 2.0.
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Community-Based Organizations
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Buildings, Government Facilities, Groups, Organizations, People, Protests
Exterior view of the West Allis Wadhams Gas Station. The small pagoda-style building features a bright-red pagoda roof and glass walls in white-colored frames. The station sits on a green lawn under the blue sky.

Wadhams Gas Station

This West Allis Wadhams Gas Station designed by Alexander Eschweiler is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the Wikimedia Commons.
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Eschweiler Buildings
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Buildings
Grayscale long shot of electric streetcar tracks stretching down in the image's center. Cars, horse-drawn wagons, and utility poles appear on either side of the tracks. The buildings of Globe Seamless Tubes Company line the left side. A tall building and billowing smoke are visible in the far right background.

Wagons and Cars Along Streetcar Tracks

Taken outside the Globe Seamless Tubes Company around 1922, this photograph showcases both horse-drawn wagons and automobiles stationed on either side of electric streetcar tracks.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Transportation
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities, Streetscapes
Visitors browse an art show opening at the Walker's Point Center for the Arts in 2011.

Walker's Point Center for the Arts

Visitors browse an art show opening at the Walker's Point Center for the Arts in 2011.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Daniel Baker. CC BY-ND 2.0.
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Walker’s Point Center for the Arts
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Buildings, Groups, Organizations, People
People of all ages in church attire walk the sidewalk past the Badger Paint shop. The women at the front have sad expressions on their faces. Cars are parked in the foreground of the photo.

Walking Past Badger Paint

A crowd of people walk past the Badger Paint store on Teutonia Avenue where Clifford McKissick was shot and killed during the civil disorder of 1967.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Image courtesy of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Reprinted with permission.
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Civil Disorder of 1967
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities, Groups, People, Protests
A wide shot of Walnut Way Community Garden displays a board that reads "Walnut Way Production Garden #2." It is installed among green grass and flowers. Trees, raised garden beds filled with plants, and roofs of houses in the neighborhood are visible in the background.

Walnut Way Community Garden

The Walnut Way Conservation Corp. transforms vacant lots into community gardens, many of them cared for by area students.

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From Flickr. Photograph by username crfsproject. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
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Community-Based Organizations
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Landscapes, Murals, Signs, and Statues
Exterior view of Warner Theater displaying a large marquee over its entrance. The marquee features signage of the theater, two movie titles and their stars' names, embellished by a series of glowing light bulbs. The lights on the marquee's underside illuminate two entrances beneath. The left entrance promotes "My Little Chickadee" movie with two big caricatures. The right one features "Castle on the Hudson" movie title and the casts' photos. Cars line the street side next to the theater.

Warner Theater

This 1940 photograph showcases the ornate marquee of the Warner Theater on Wisconsin Avenue.

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Photograph courtesy of Alan Magayne-Roshak.
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Movie Theaters
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Buildings, Theaters, Arenas, and Museums
Bird's eye view of a farm in Washington County. Several buildings and a silo surrounded by a green landscape appear in the foreground. Extensive arable land and green areas are visible in the background. Other low buildings and a silo can be seen in the right back.

Washington County Farm

Though numbers have significantly decreased from their peak in the 19th century, Washington County is still home to several hundred farms like this one.

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From the Library of Congress Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
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Washington County
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Buildings, Landscapes
The façade of a coffee shop in Washington Heights with a large and tilted coffee cup-shaped ornament on its steep roof. The building faces slightly to the left against the blue sky. The one-story building's exterior wall is composed of bricks painted green. A tilted-designed name sign that reads "Milwaukee Coffee" is attached above the front windows and entrance. Two women and a young girl sit next to the windows. Two square store signs are set on the farthest left and right of the facade. A potted plant appears in the foreground.

Washington Heights Coffee Shop

Washington Heights is home to several upscale and trendy restaurants and coffee shops. Though the building pictured here now houses a pizzeria, the coffee cup is still fixed upon the roof.

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From the Library of Congress Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
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Washington Heights
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities
Designed by artist Janice Kotowicz, this Washington Park poster is an example of the Milwaukee neighborhoods poster series released by the Milwaukee Department of City Development.

Washington Park Poster

Designed by artist Janice Kotowicz, this Washington Park poster is an example of the Milwaukee neighborhoods poster series released by the Milwaukee Department of City Development.

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Image courtesy of the Milwaukee Department of City Development. Reprinted with permission.
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Neighborhoods
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