Northwest Corner of Wisconsin and Broadway
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- Created Date
- 1869
- Description
Three quarter view of the former Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. building with mansard roof, before it was replaced. The intersection is filled with streetcar rails which head in all four directions. Pedestrians, bicyclists and horsedrawn carriages are visible, especially on Broadway.
N. Broadway Street and E. Wisconsin Avenue. Northwest corner. Around 1895. The building on the corner, erected in 1868 was the home office of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company until 1886. In 1940 it was cut down to a two story level and finally demolished in 1965. This corner is now occupied by the 19 story First Federal Plaza.
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Milwaukee Public Library
- Subjects
- Insurance Building
Free Press Building
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Home Office
Commercial buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Pedestrians -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Stone buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Street-railroads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
North Broadway (Milwaukee, Wis.)
East Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.) - Location
- 405 Broadway;
707 N Broadway - Type
- image
- 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.
- Chicago citation style
- Northwest Corner of Wisconsin and Broadway. 1869. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/HstoricPho/id/1152. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1869) Northwest Corner of Wisconsin and Broadway. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/HstoricPho/id/1152
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/HstoricPho/id/1152>.