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Yesterday’s Milwaukee: Milwaukee and Wisconsin Streets, Late 1860s
Yesterday’s Milwaukee

Milwaukee and Wisconsin Streets, Late 1860s

These buildings still stand today, except (at left) the original steeple of St. John's Cathedral.

Yesterday’s Milwaukee: Wisconsin Ave. and Northwestern Mutual, 1870s
Yesterday’s Milwaukee

Wisconsin Ave. and Northwestern Mutual, 1870s

The company's new headquarters was proof of the city's increasingly cosmopolitan style.