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That is a lovely image. Colour prints of that period tend to have very bright colours, but this one uses the bright colours well, unlike some I've seen (I'm afraid I can't provide an example of what I refer to, because I don't grab copies of things I dislike unless they're historically significant).
207:, being familiar with the typical quality of such panoramas in physical form (yellowed, dirty, cracked paper, smudged ink, etc.) this is fantastic. Thanks for finding it, the LOC does good work. It could probably be used to illustrate articles like 291: 281: 62: 61:
in front center. By the mid-19th century, Wisconsin and the Milwaukee area had become the final destination of many German immigrants fleeing the
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Anyway, I babble a bit, but seeing such a good image produced by a technique that's difficult to get really good images from doubles the value.
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Panorama of Milwaukee, from the Library of Congress archives. Proposed caption:
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breweries, all established by German immigrants between 1840 and 1855.
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as well; there's nothing in there from this important genre. --
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It's remarkably hard to find fault in an image like this.
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industry in Milwaukee, such as the establishment of the
8: 57:shows the German Renaissance Revival style 152:. Nice find, fulfils all the criteria.-- 292:Featured picture nominations/July 2007 164:per above, high encyclopedic value. -- 18:Knowledge:Featured picture candidates 7: 262:Promoted Image:Milwaukee_05741u.jpg 282:Ended featured picture nominations 24: 28:Panoramic view of Milwaukee, Wis. 33: 100:History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin 92:Articles this image appears in 1: 127:- very nice and encyclopedic 287:Featured picture nominations 107:The Gugler Lithographic Co. 308: 268:02:47, 22 July 2007 (UTC) 256:15:13, 19 July 2007 (UTC) 244:21:20, 17 July 2007 (UTC) 232:19:58, 17 July 2007 (UTC) 220:09:33, 17 July 2007 (UTC) 200:17:23, 16 July 2007 (UTC) 188:14:21, 16 July 2007 (UTC) 176:18:06, 15 July 2007 (UTC) 157:19:20, 14 July 2007 (UTC) 145:15:13, 14 July 2007 (UTC) 132:15:08, 14 July 2007 (UTC) 120:08:51, 14 July 2007 (UTC) 113:Support as nominator 96:Milwaukee, Wisconsin 54:Milwaukee, Wisconsin 63:Revolution of 1848 49:chromolithographic 299: 172: 171: 37: 307: 306: 302: 301: 300: 298: 297: 296: 272: 271: 253:Chris Buttigieg 169: 167: 117:trialsanderrors 31: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 305: 303: 295: 294: 289: 284: 274: 273: 259: 258: 246: 234: 222: 202: 190: 178: 159: 147: 137:Strong Support 134: 122: 109: 108: 105: 102: 93: 89: 88: 87: 86: 42: 30: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 304: 293: 290: 288: 285: 283: 280: 279: 277: 270: 269: 266: 263: 257: 254: 250: 247: 245: 242: 238: 235: 233: 230: 227:per above. -- 226: 223: 221: 218: 214: 210: 206: 203: 201: 198: 194: 191: 189: 186: 182: 179: 177: 174: 173: 163: 160: 158: 155: 151: 148: 146: 143: 138: 135: 133: 130: 126: 123: 121: 118: 114: 111: 110: 106: 103: 101: 97: 94: 91: 90: 84: 80: 76: 72: 68: 64: 60: 56: 55: 50: 46: 45: 43: 40: 39: 38: 36: 29: 26: 19: 261: 260: 248: 236: 224: 204: 192: 185:Spikebrennan 180: 166: 161: 149: 142:Adam Cuerden 136: 124: 112: 52: 51:panorama of 32: 27: 239:per above-- 197:Zakolantern 183:per above. 276:Categories 47:This 1898 59:City Hall 229:AutoGyro 213:Dhartung 209:panorama 154:Svetovid 249:Support 241:Mad Max 237:Support 225:Support 205:Support 193:Support 181:Support 168:snowolf 162:Support 150:Support 129:Bleh999 125:Support 104:Creator 75:Schlitz 67:brewing 83:Miller 41:Reason 265:MER-C 79:Blatz 71:Pabst 16:< 217:Talk 81:and 278:: 215:| 170:D4 115:— 98:; 77:, 73:,

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Knowledge:Featured picture candidates
Panoramic view of Milwaukee, Wis.
Original
chromolithographic
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
City Hall
Revolution of 1848
brewing
Pabst
Schlitz
Blatz
Miller
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
trialsanderrors
08:51, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Bleh999
15:08, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Adam Cuerden
15:13, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Svetovid
19:20, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
snowolfD4
18:06, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
Spikebrennan
14:21, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
Zakolantern
17:23, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
panorama
Dhartung

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