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Lake Front Water Tower, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1905 / E.C. Kropp

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A colorized photographic postcard of a stone tower surrounded by trees, which appears to be in a park. Text on the front reads "Lake Front Water Tower, Milwaukee." A handwritten note on the front reads "Birthday greetings on the 14th, love and heaps of good wishes for the season's work - Alice L. Webb" The postcard is addressed to Henry Clay Barnabee, Hotel Touraine, Boston, Mass with 225 Riverside Drive, New York, N.Y. crossed out, and is postmarked November 12, 1905 from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

~ E.C. Kropp, “Lake Front Water Tower, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed March 10, 2025, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/3854.

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Title

Lake Front Water Tower, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Subject

Milwaukee (Wis.)

Description

A colorized photographic postcard of a stone tower surrounded by trees, which appears to be in a park. Text on the front reads "Lake Front Water Tower, Milwaukee." A handwritten note on the front reads "Birthday greetings on the 14th, love and heaps of good wishes for the season's work - Alice L. Webb" The postcard is addressed to Henry Clay Barnabee, Hotel Touraine, Boston, Mass with 225 Riverside Drive, New York, N.Y. crossed out, and is postmarked November 12, 1905 from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Creator

E.C. Kropp

Source

Henry Clay Barnabee Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections

Date

1905

Format

JPG derived from TIF

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1995.1.IX.143