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Map of Milwaukee and vicinity.

Description: Map shows street names, parks, cemeteries, public institutions, docks, canals, railroads, select buildings, and the National Soldiers Home. Scale [ca. 1:44,000].
Date: 1905
Creator: Americana Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Colton's Wisconsin.

Description: Map shows township grid, counties, roads, railroads, lakes, cities and towns. Inset: "Vicinity of Milwaukee." Scale [ca. 1:1,690,000].
Date: 1862
Creator: Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
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Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Postcard of a Fire Department]

Description: Postcard of a fire department at their station, lined up with three horse-drawn wagons outside of their respective garage doors. From left to right, the wagons are used for hose, fire engine, and ladder. A single fire fighter is standing on the ladder to the right. On the back of the postcard, the sender has left a handwritten message that says, "Dear Sir, I would like the court house bldg. of Austin in exch. Yours truly, Alvin Krause."
Date: unknown
Creator: Krause, Alvin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard with a Photograph of a Large Building on Fire]

Description: Postcard with a photograph of a large building on fire and firemen attempting to put it out. The firemen are standing on the ground in front of the building using their hoses to try to put out the flames; by this point most of the building has been destroyed, only pieces on the front wall are left standing.
Date: February 13, 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard with a Photograph of the H. W. Johns-Manville Co. Fire in 1909]

Description: Postcard with a photograph of a burning building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The note on the back of the card says that this was the H. W. Johns-Manville Co. fire that killed six people: "1 ass't chief, 1 lieut., 4 pipemen." The photograph shows a number of firemen rushing to the scene with snow falling all around them and at least five high-pressured water streams shooting towards the building.
Date: February 13, 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of a Fire Station Interior]

Description: Postcard of a fire engine house's interior, with several horse-drawn vehicles parked inside. The back corner has a staircase leading up, and a pole in the center of the room runs up to a hole in the ceiling. A handwritten message on the back of the postcard says, "would you like some cards of our zoo?"
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard with a Photo of the Milwaukee Fire Department Testing Equipment]

Description: Postcard with a photograph of some of the fire engines in the Milwaukee Fire Department testing their hoses. The caption on the photograph reads: "Testing grounds Milwaukee." There are four fire trucks in the photograph yet only the one on the far right is testing its hose and spraying water into a river; the others have their hoses in the water but do not have their hoses spraying water into the river.
Date: [1909..1912]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard with a Photograph of a Milwaukee Fire Boat]

Description: Postcard with a photograph of a fire boat belonging to the Milwaukee Fire Department in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In this picture the boat is traveling down a body of water with smoke coming out of the smokestack in the center of the boat. The boat has three flags mounted, one at the front, middle, and back, and has a large water cannon mounted towards the front.
Date: [1909..1912]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas
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