Lake Front Water Tower, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1905 / E.C. Kropp
Collection: Henry Clay Barnabee Collection
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 11, 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
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Format
JPG derived from TIF
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PPL-MS: 1995.1.IX.143