Old tenement building on Wisconsin and 8th
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- Created Date
- 1893
- Description
This photograph of a photograph shows the tenement building that was located on the northwest corner of W Wisconsin Ave and N 8th St, prior to the construction of the current Central branch of the Milwaukee Public Library.
Old tenement bldg, or row of houses, built around the year 1856, and location at that time known as the nw cor of Spring & 8th str's, after year of 1876 as Grand ave & 8th str, after 1930 as W. Wisc Ave & N. 8th str. from photo of which the orig is of year 1893, and bldg was razed same year. Built by Harvey B. Birchard, an early Milwaukeean. With the exception of a residence on the Wells str side, the entire block, according to Laphams map, was vacant around year of 1855. / Negatives available / Wudtke Collection
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Milwaukee Public Library
- Subjects
- West Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.)
North 8th Street (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Apartments -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Dwellings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee - Type
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- Format
- Black and white photograph
- Language
- English
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- No Copyright - In the United States:The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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- Old tenement building on Wisconsin and 8th. 1893. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/HstoricPho/id/8286. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- (1893) Old tenement building on Wisconsin and 8th. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/HstoricPho/id/8286
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/HstoricPho/id/8286>.