Summary Information
Town of Milwaukee Records
1835-1955
- Milwaukee (Milwaukee County, Wis.: Town)
Milwaukee Series 5; Milwaukee Micro Series 5; Milwaukee Series 9; Milwaukee Series 30; Milwaukee Series 31; Milwaukee Series 34; Milwaukee Micro Series 6
20.1 cubic feet (47 archives boxes, 48 volumes, and 6 folders) and 3 reels of microfilm (35 mm)
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Records maintained by the Town Clerk, Treasurer, Assessor, and other officers for the Town of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. The town was created in 1838 and disappeared as a legal entity in 1955. Records document both the evolving forms and functions of town government and the transition of this local area from a sparsely settled agricultural frontier to a distinctly urban and suburban region.
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Biography/History
In 1838 the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature organized the four northeasterly townships of Milwaukee County into the Town of Milwaukee. In the following decade the Legislature split off from the town two western townships to create the Towns of Wauwatosa and Granville and sliced off the southern sections of another township for the newly incorporated City of Milwaukee. Until the 1890s the Town of Milwaukee governed the remaining territory except for a few areas annexed by the expanding city on the south.
During this half century the town's population grew gradually. German immigrants comprised a substantial proportion of the farmers attracted to the fertile soils and to the location on the Milwaukee River. Town government in these years carried out the basic functions of tax collection, support of elementary schools, construction and maintenance of bridges and unpaved roads, conduct of elections, and enforcement of town ordinances.
In 1892 citizens of the more densely populated southeastern portion of the town incorporated two square miles of land as the Village of Whitefish Bay, the Milwaukee region's first suburban incorporation. Eight years later residents of the area between the new village and the city limits created another municipality, the fashionable Village of Shorewood, out of the Town of Milwaukee's territory.
Following these two incorporations the town's boundaries once again stabilized. Although the City continued to inch northward, no new villages or cities were created between 1900 and 1926. Like fringe areas surrounding other major American cities, however, the Town of Milwaukee did experience increasing urbanization and suburbanization during these years, especially during the 1920s. Despite the city's annexations, a large industrial area grew along the Town's southern borders while in other areas new subdivisions increased the density of population. A resolution passed at the Town's 1927 annual meeting expressed the problems created by these developments:
...there are continually arising conditions and situations, relief and remedy for which is demanded and required by the residents and taxpayers of these communities within the town which are thickly populated, which relief cannot be granted by the Town Board under the Town Law...
Although legal action halted a 1926 attempt to incorporate the town as a city, the 1929 annual meeting did vote to adopt the powers of a village government as permitted by State Statute. Acting on this new power the same meeting called for establishment of a police and fire service for the Town. In the late 1920s and 1930s the town also created sanitation and utility districts to cope with problems of sewage and water supply and in-creased its efforts to regulate dumps, trailer camps, and similar problems associated with urban fringe areas. The Citizen's Governmental Research Bureau's 1954 study of the Town of Milwaukee estimated that between 1928 and 1937 the total number of activities or functions undertaken by the town government increased from 51 to 91.
In the late 1920s a second wave of incorporation removed 3.5 square miles of prime residential land from the Town of Milwaukee. The creation of the Villages of Fox Point (1926) and River Hills (1930) gave the town the awkward physical shape which it retained until the 1950s. A narrow strip of land along the Port Washington Road linked the developing southern portion of the town with the still slightly settled areas in the extreme northern part of the County. Sentiment for maintaining even this remnant of the earlier Town, and for avoiding annexation by the city, expressed itself in the continuing consideration given to incorporation. State law, however, blocked this approach. As a 1941 citizen's study committee concluded, the town as a whole lacked “any compact center or nucleus,” lacked continuous development, and was predominantly agricultural, although its southern portions might qualify as a village.
The Depression of the 1930s and the World War temporarily halted the pace of development in the Milwaukee north shore area but by the late 1940s the forces of urbanization and suburbanization had reappeared with unprecedented strength and swiftness. The relatively light tax burden in the Town of Milwaukee made it especially attractive to industrial and residential development. The creation of the City of Glendale in 1950 from the southern half of the town was the decisive blow to its vitality, although the town did struggle on for several years. The new city not only took the bulk of the town's population and its industrial tax base, it acquired many of the town's former officials and employees. In the words of the Town of Milwaukee News, July 1954, these years saw “the town slashed to shreds by its incorporated neighbors.” From the viewpoint of the News what was “lauded by some as intercommunal planning” was in fact a case of “these neighbors snatch[ing] the choice bits they could use without asking townspeople where they would prefer to hang their hats.” In 1953 and 1954 the remaining northern portions of the Town of Milwaukee incorporated as the Village of Bayside reducing the town to less than a square mile and fewer than one hundred residents. After a final round of annexations the town ceased to exist in May 1955, although a court struggle over dissolution required a 1957 Wisconsin Supreme Court decision to affirm that action.
Scope and Content Note
The records of the Town of Milwaukee span the years 1835 to 1955 and are organized into 24 series. Most series are relatively small. Five series have contents lists as part of this finding aid.
The Proceedings of the Town Board and Minutes of the Annual Meeting, 1846-1955 (Milwaukee Series 5 and Milwaukee Micro Series 5) record the policies and actions adopted by these governing bodies. These volumes also contain a wealth of additional information including election results, petitions, and minutes of the Town Board sitting as a Board of Review and a Board of Health. A Clerk's series titled just Records dates 1835-1838 and consists of an 18-page record of very early town activities. Only three other record series exist for these early years: Justice of the Peace Dockets, 1856-1903 (Milwaukee Series 10), Assessment Rolls, 1846-1950 (Milwaukee Series 34 and Milwaukee Micro Series 6) and Highway Tax Rolls, 1870-1879 (Milwaukee Series 29). The Justice Dockets illustrate the operations of the legal system at the primary level in mediating conflicts and maintaining order. The tax and assessment rolls offer valuable information on geographic mobility, land holdings, and wealth accumulation.
Allocation of the town's financial resources is documented in several record series. Detailed information is available in the Annual Report of the Board of Audit, 1881-1954 (Milwaukee Series 27) together with summary statements of town finances. Other series which summarize the Town's financial activities on an annual basis are the Town Clerk's Accounts with the Town Treasurer, 1888-1920 (Milwaukee Small Series 12), the Special Audit Reports, 1925-1955 (Milwaukee Series 28) and copies of the following reports to the State filed in the Clerk's General File, [1875-], 1920-1955 (Milwaukee Series 9): “Tax and Indebtedness Statements,” 1887-1953; “Reports of Receipts and Disbursements to the Wisconsin Tax Commission,” 1910-1952. A variety of papers relating to finances and taxes is found in the Treasurer's General File, 1932-1954 (Milwaukee Small Series 10).
The growing size and complexity of town government in the twentieth century is reflected in the proliferation of records created or filed by the Town Clerk. Of special importance is the Clerk's General File (Milwaukee Series 9). These records indicate that the Town Clerk, relying heavily on the Town Attorney, increasingly served an executive and administrative function in town government. The Clerk's General File provides information on virtually every area of concern to the town government during these years. During the twentieth century the Town Clerk also began to maintain separate files of printed and original Ordinances, 1910-1955 (Milwaukee Series 24) and Resolutions, 1903, 1926-1955 (Milwaukee Series 25).
Social and physical conditions in the Town of Milwaukee and the expanding efforts of town government to improve these conditions and provide additional services to town residents are documented in several series of town records. Even before 1900 the Town Board acted as a Town Board of Health (see Proceedings of the Town Board, Milwaukee Series 5), and as the town developed and as health and living standards rose, the Board became increasingly active.
The Board of Health Records, 1905-1955 (Milwaukee Series 6) include minutes of the Board's meetings and, after 1930, reports by the part-time professional staff. The Building Inspector's Records, 1935-1951 (Milwaukee Series 23) document another effort to improve the physical environment of the town and to regulate town growth. Through the provision of streets, sewers, and other public improvements, the town acted positively to shape its growth. The Clerk's Improvements File, 1913-1954 (Milwaukee Series 31), together with papers in the Clerk's General File (Milwaukee Series 9), detail the Town's response to citizen demands, to requirements of the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission, and to other forces for public projects. Finally, the provision of police and fire services within the town is documented in the Police and Fire Commission Correspondence, 1942, 1944-1950 (Milwaukee Small Series 1), the Records of Fire Department Calls, 1927-1952 (Milwaukee Series 7), and the daily Police Reports, 1942-1945 (Milwaukee Series 8).
Three series of records from the Town Assessor's office detail real estate transactions, land development, and residential housing in the Town of Milwaukee after 1930. The hundreds of Property Appraisal Cards, 1935-1955? (Milwaukee Series 30) prepared by federal relief workers are a virtual census of physical structures within the Town. The Assessor's Real Estate Blotter, 1930-1937 (Milwaukee Series 32) provides data on the assessed valuation of both lands and improvements on an annual basis. Property Transfer Records, 1932-1955 (Milwaukee Series 26), compiled to permit more accurate assessment of properties and proper tax billing, also document the process of real estate development and sales.
In addition to the records mentioned above, the town records include three small miscellaneous series: Improvements Projects Ledger, 1927-1954 (Milwaukee Small Series 9), Chattel Mortgage and Conditional Sales Records, 1897-1931 (Milwaukee Small Series 11), and Assessment of the Edward Bradley Estate, 1913 (Milwaukee Small Series 8).
Fourteen maps dated between 1928 and 1951 have been transferred to the map collection of the State Historical Society's Division of Archives and Manuscripts and are permanently located at Madison. These maps portray population patterns within the Town, changing town boundaries, sewage and lighting systems, subdivision layouts and similar information. More specialized maps have been retained with several record series.
List of Series
| I. Records of the Town Clerk |
| Proceedings of the Town Board and Minutes of the Annual Meeting, 1846-1955 |
18 volumes in 6 archives boxes and 2 reels of microfilm |
Milwaukee Series 5 and Milwaukee Micro Series 5 |
| Ordinances, 1910-1955 |
2 archives boxes |
Milwaukee Series 24 |
| Resolutions, 1903, 1926-1955 |
1 archives box |
Milwaukee Series 25 |
| Records, 1835-1837 |
1 folder |
Milwaukee Series 51 |
| Clerk's General File, 1875-1955 |
12 archives boxes |
Milwaukee Series 9 |
| Town Clerk's Accounts With the Town Treasurer, 1888-1920 |
1 volume |
Milwaukee Small Series 12 |
| Annual Report of the Board of Audit, 1881-1954 |
1 archives box |
Milwaukee Series 27 |
| Audit Reports, 1925-1955 |
2 archives boxes |
Milwaukee Series 28 |
| Improvement Files, 1913-1954 |
8 archives boxes |
Milwaukee Series 31 |
| Improvement Projects Ledger, 1927-1954 |
1 folder |
Milwaukee Small Series 9 |
| Assessment Rolls, 1846-1950 |
3 archives boxes and 41 volumes and 1 reel of microfilm |
Milwaukee Series 34 and Milwaukee Micro Series 6 |
| Highway Tax Rolls, 1870-1879 |
1 archives box including 20 volumes |
Milwaukee Series 29 |
| Assessment of the Edward Bradley Estate, 1913 |
1 folder |
Milwaukee Small Series 8 |
| Chattel Mortgages and Conditional Sales Records, 1897-1931 |
2 volumes |
Milwaukee Small Series 11 |
| II. Records of the Town Treasurer |
| Treasurer's General File, 1932-1954 |
1 folder |
Milwaukee Small Series 10 |
| III. Records of the Town Assessor (see also Town Clerk's records) |
| Real Estate Blotter, 1930-1937 |
1 volume |
Milwaukee Series 32 |
| Property Appraisal Cards, 1935-1955 [?] |
3 archives boxes |
Milwaukee Series 30 |
| Property Transfer Records, 1932-1955 |
3 volumes in 1 archives box |
Milwaukee Series 26 |
| IV. Other records of the Town of Milwaukee |
| Board of Health Records, 1905-1955 |
3 archives boxes including 5 volumes |
Milwaukee Series 6 |
| Building Inspector's Records, 1935-1951 |
1 archives box |
Milwaukee Series 23 |
| Justice Dockets, 1856-1903 |
4 volumes |
Milwaukee Series 10 |
| Police and Fire Commission Correspondence, 1942, 1944-1950 |
2 folders |
Milwaukee Small Series 1 |
| Record of Fire Department Calls, 1927-1952 |
2 archives boxes |
Milwaukee Series 7 |
| Daily Police Reports, 1924-1935 |
1 archives box |
Milwaukee Series 8 |
The remainder of this finding aid consists of contents lists for five of the series included: Milwaukee Series 5/Milwaukee Micro Series 5, Proceedings of the Town Board...; Milwaukee Series 9, Clerk's General File; Milwaukee Series 30, Property Appraisal Cards; Milwaukee Series 31, Improvement Files; and Milwaukee Series 34/Milwaukee Micro Series 6, Assessment Rolls.
Contents List
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Milwaukee Series 5/Milwaukee Micro Series 5
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Series: Proceedings of the Town Board and Minutes of the Annual Meeting, 1846-19552.4 cubic feet (18 volumes in 6 archives boxes) and 2 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Minutes of annual town meetings, special town meetings, and of committees appointed by the town meetings including record of monies raised, officials elected, and resolutions and ordinances adopted; and proceedings of the Town Board of Supervisors including record of expenditures authorized, licenses granted, actions taken for road and bridge surveying and construction, orders and resolutions passed, and examinations of town road district affairs. The Board also met as a Board of Review of tax assessments and as a Board of Audit of town finances. Early volumes also include petitions to the Board, reports of fence viewers, copies of chattel mortgages, official oaths and bonds, and returns for state and national elections. There is no volume for 1951 September-1954 January but loose copies of minutes for many of these meetings have been preserved. This series is available both in the original volumes and on microfilm.
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1846 April 7-1865 April 4
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Volume
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1
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1865 April 8-1872 April 2
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Volume
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1
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1872 April 19-1886 April 4
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Volume
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1886 April 6-1888 April 4
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Volume
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1888 April 21-1898 April 5
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Volume
6
Reel
1
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1898 April 15-1905 March 31
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Volume
7
Reel
1
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1905 April 1-1915 March 30
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Volume
8
Reel
2
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1915 April 1-1923 November 1
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Volume
9
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2
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1923 November 27-1924 October 2
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Volume
10
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2
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1923 November 27-1929 May 16
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Volume
11
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2
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1929 May 17-1933 May 18
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Volume
12
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2
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1933 June 1-1936 July 24
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Volume
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2
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1936 August 6-1939 December 7
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Volume
14
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2
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1940 January 4-1942 July 16
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Volume
15
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2
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1942 July 23-1945 October 4
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Volume
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2
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1945 October 18-1948 October 13
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Volume
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2
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1948 October 21-1951 August 15
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Volume
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2
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1954 February 18-1955 June 1
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Milwaukee Series 9
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Series: Clerk's General File, 1875-1955
4.4 cubic feet (12 archives boxes)
: Correspondence, reports, petitions, and other papers created by or filed with the clerk relating to annexation, elections, schools, finances, and public services. Of special interest are files on the Special Committee Reports and Studies (1931-1951); and the Citizen's Governmental Research Bureau Town of Milwaukee Study (1954). Also contains correspondence with the town attorney and other officials.
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1
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Agreements, 1875-1955
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Annexations
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Box
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2
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Minutes, Agreements, and related materials, Joint Apportionment Boards, 1954-1955
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Box
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3
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Minutes of Joint meetings and related materials, Bayside, 1953-1954
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Box
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4
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Fox Point, 1954
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Annexations and Apportionment of Assets, City of Glendale
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Box
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5
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1951
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Box
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6
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1952-1954
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Box
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City of Milwaukee, 1947-1949
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Box
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8
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River Hills, 1930, 1948, 1954
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Box
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9
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Assessments-Equalization of, 1932-1950
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Attorney's Correspondence
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Box
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1926-1944
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Box
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2
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1945-1955
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Box
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Attorney's Opinions, 1928; 1951-1952
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Box
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Auditor, 1952-1955
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Box
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Bayside, Incorporation, 1953-1954
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Box
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Bayside, Village of, 1953-1954
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Box
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Board of Health, 1952-1955
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Box
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8
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Board of Review, 1952-1954
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Box
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9
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Budget Proposals and Hearing Notices, 1941-1951, 1954
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Box
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10
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Building Board, (Building Committee), 1946, 1952-1955
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Box
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11
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Citizen's Governmental Research Bureau, Town of Milwaukee Study, 1954
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Box
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12
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Civilian Defense, 1952-1955
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Box
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13
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Constable, 1952-1954
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Box
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14
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County Clerk's Apportionment of State and County Property Taxes and Charges, 1922-1953
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Elections
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Box
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15
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Miscellaneous Materials, 1944-1954
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Nomination Papers, Town Elections
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Box
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1944
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Box
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1946
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Box
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3
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1948
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Box
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1950
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Box
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5
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1952
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Box
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6
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1954
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Box
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Register of Electors, 1908, 1910, 1951-1954
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Box
3
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8
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Fire Department, 1928-1949
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Box
3
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9
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Fire Service Agreements, 1928-1945
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General Correspondence
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Box
11
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1-8
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1926 April-1947 March
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Box
12
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1-4
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1947 April-1951
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Box
10
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1-5
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1952 -1955; undated
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Box
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10
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Glendale, City of, 1954-1955
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Box
3
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11
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Glendale, City of, Service Contract, 1951
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Box
3
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12
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High School Districts, 1952-1954
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High Schools
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Box
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Transportation, 1951-1954
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Box
4
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Tuition Lists, 1916-1952
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Box
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4
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Tuition, 1951-1955
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Box
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5-6
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Highway Department, 1932-1954
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Box
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Income Tax Claims against the City of Milwaukee, 1947, and the City of Glendale, , 1955
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Box
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8
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Incorporation Issue and Special Census, 1926
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Box
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Incorporation Petition, 1946-1947
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Box
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10
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Justice of the Peace Reports, 1929-1937
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Box
4
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11
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Justice of the Peace, 1952-1955
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Box
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12
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Lake Michigan Water Supply Study, 1954
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Legal Materials
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Box
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13
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Notices, 1932-1950
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Box
5
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Summons and Complaints, 1932-1935
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Box
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Letters of Information regarding Town Dissolution, 1955
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Box
5
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Library, 1930-1952
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Box
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Licenses and Permits, 1937-1953
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Box
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Liquor License Materials, 1937-1954
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Box
5
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Maps - Town Highways, Roads and Streets, 1940-1955
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Box
5
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Margraff Dump - Nuisance abatement, land purchase, sale, 1930-1949
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Box
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8-11
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Metropolitan Sewerage Commission, 1924-1954
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Box
5
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12
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Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, 1897-1898
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Box
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13
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Milwaukee Ordnance Plant, 1946-1948
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Box
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Milwaukee Public Library, 1947-1949
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Box
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15
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Miscellaneous Papers, circa 1930-1955
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Box
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Notices, 1904-1952
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Box
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Petitions, 1913-1954 and undated
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Box
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Petitions and Resolutions relating to Highways and Bridges, 1898, 1930
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Box
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Planning Agencies, 1953-1955
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Box
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Plumbing Inspector, 1951-1954
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Box
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Police and Fire Commission, 1943-1952
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Box
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Police Matters, 1929-1951
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Report of Receipts and Disbursements: to the Tax Commission, 1910-1952
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Box
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Rubbish Removal District No. 1, 1950-1954
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Box
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Sand and Gravel Pits, 1950-1952
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Box
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Sanitary District No. 1, 1935-1936
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School Districts
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Box
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General Correspondence, 1916-1954
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Box
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Officers, 1937-1945
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Box
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Reorganization and Consolidation, 1927-1952
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Box
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Statistics, 1926-1943
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Box
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Detachment Issue, 1952
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Box
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5-6
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Tax Levies, 1929-1950
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Box
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School Nurse Reports, 1932-1936
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Box
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Services, Fire and Police, 1951-1954
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Box
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Special Committee Reports and Studies, 1930-1950
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Box
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Stream Pollution Report, 1954
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Box
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Supervisor of Assessments Reports, 1952-1954
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Box
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Taxes and Assessments - Correspondence, 1929-1951
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Box
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Tax and Assessment Summaries, 1886-1935
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Box
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Taxes and Indebtedness Statements, 1887-1953
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Utilities
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Box
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Bus Service, 1925-1953
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Box
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Miscellaneous
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Box
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Street Lighting, 1929-1942
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Box
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Telephone Company, 1930-1948
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Box
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Utility District No. 2, 1928, 1952
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Box
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Utility Taxes, 1932-1941
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Box
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Water Supply, 1935-1954
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Box
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Wisconsin Humane Society, 1935-1939
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Box
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Work Relief Programs, 1932-1939
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Box
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Zoning, 1927-1955
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Milwaukee Series 30
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Series: Property Appraisal Cards, 1935-1955?
1.2 cubic feet (3 archives boxes)
: Information probably compiled by federal relief workers during the 1930s for use in improving assessments of residential and mercantile property. Cards show description of land, name of owner, type of dwelling, ground plan of structures including dimensions, date of construction, and details of heating, plumbing, and other fixtures and facilities. There are cards for Township sections 4-9, 17-20, and 29-32.
: Cards in Box 1 and 2 arranged in a numerical order which roughly follows geographic lines; cards in Box 3, folders 1-3, in another numerical series; cards in Box 3, folder 4, have no numbers and are arranged roughly by township section.
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Section 4
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NW Quarter
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NW Quarter
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NE Quarter
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SW Quarter
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SW Quarter
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SE Quarter
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SE Quarter
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Section 5
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6
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7
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7
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7
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8
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8
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9
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9
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9
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9
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9
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9
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9
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Section 29
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3
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3
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Section 30
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6
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4
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Section 31
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2
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6
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4, 5, 6
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6, 7
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Section 32
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7
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1
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7
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Miscellaneous, unnumbered cards
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Milwaukee Series 31
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Series: Improvements File, 1913-1954
3.2 cubic feet (8 archives boxes)
: Project files for sewers, roads, streets, sidewalks, and other public improvements undertaken by the town. Included are petitions from property owners requesting improvements; Town Board resolutions on planning, construction, and payment; some correspondence with citizens, developers, the town attorney, the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission, and various state government agencies; records of bids, copies of contracts, and project maps and plans; and record of assessments levied on property owners to pay for projects.
: Chronological by date of project.
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1
Folder
1
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Dean Road, laying out of, 1913-1914
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Richard Road, laying out, 1918
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Miscellaneous Projects, 1924-1930
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Crestwood Subdivision, Sanitary Sewers, 1926-1928
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Lincoln Park Subdivision, Glendale Avenue, 6th Street, Sanitary Sewers, 1926-1930
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Highway in N1/2 sec 17, Petition to lay out (denied), 1927
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Crestwood Subdivision, Sewer, 1927
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Crestwood Subdivision Streets and Sidewalks, 1927-1930
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Fourth Street, 1927
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Oakwood Avenue, 18th Street, Sanitary Sewers, 1927-1929
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Port Hampton Subdivision, Sanitary Sewers, Streets and Sidewalks, 1927-1931
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Box
2
Folder
4
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River Park Boulevard, Sanitary Sewers, House Drains, Street Improvements, 1927-1928
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Box
2
Folder
5
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“Bayside” and “continuation of Bayside,” Sanitary Sewers, 1928-1930
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Bay Shore Manor, Street Improvements, 1928-1944
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Bend Road, Bridge, 1928-1930
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Box
2
Folder
8
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Bradley Road, Road Closing, 1928
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Savings and Investment Subdivision #24, Sanitary Sewers, 1928-1929
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Box
3
Folder
2
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Fairy Chasm Road, Application to Vacate, 1929-1930
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Box
3
Folder
3
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Green Bay Road, Oakwood Avenue, Sanitary Sewers, 1929
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Box
3
Folder
4
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“Northway,” Sanitary Sewers, 1929-1948
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Richards Street, Sanitary Service, 1929
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Eula Place (Highland Avenue), Sanitary Sewers, 1930-1931
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Greenvale Avenue from Brown Deer Road N, Road Construction, 1930
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Port Washington Road from Bender Road, Sanitary Sewers, 1930
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Port Washington Road, Olive Street and other Streets Sanitary Sewers, 1931
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Greenbay Road, Lawn Avenue, North 13 Street, Belle Isle Road, Sanitary Sewers, 1931-1934
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Greenbay Road at Silver Spring Road, Sanitary Sewer, 1934
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Evergreen Lane, Laying Out of, 1936
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Clovernook Estates, Sanitary Sewers, 1937-1952
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Box
4
Folder
7
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Greenbay Road, Sanitary Sewer (WPA Project 9812-6), 1937-1940
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Box
4
Folder
8
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North 26th Street, Sanitary Sewer, 1937
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Alpine Lane, Laying Out of, 1938-1940
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Box
5
Folder
1
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Greenbay Road and North 13th Street, Water Mains, 1938
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Box
5
Folder
2
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Highway Equipment Building Construction, 1938
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Box
5
Folder
3
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Laramie Lane (Krause Road) Dedication of Land for, 1938
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Box
5
Folder
4
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North Kent Avenue, Laying Out of, 1938
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Box
5
Folder
5
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Greene Fairways, Sanitary Sewers, 1939-1941
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Box
5
Folder
6
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River Forest Drive, Sanitary Sewers, 1939
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Box
5
Folder
7
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River Forest Drive, Riverview Drive, Silver Springs Road, Sanitary Sewer, 1939-1941
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Box
5
Folder
8
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White Springs Terrace, Sanitary Sewers, 1939-1941
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Box
5
Folder
9
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Clovernook Estates, Streets, and Drainage Improvements (proposed), 1940
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Box
5
Folder
10
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Greendale Avenue, from Port Washington Road west to alley; Sidewalk repair, 1940-1941
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Box
5
Folder
11
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Lake Drive, Evergreen Lane, Alpine Lane, East Donges Road, Sanitary Sewers, 1940-1941
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Box
5
Folder
12
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Navajo Avenue, Streets, 1940-1951
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Box
5
Folder
13
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North Riverside Subdivisions, Sewers, 1941
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Box
5
Folder
14
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River Forest Subdivision, Sewers, 1940
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Box
6
Folder
1
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West Appletree Road, Sanitary Sewer, 1940-1953
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Box
6
Folder
2
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Greentree Valley, Sanitary Sewer, 1941-1948
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Box
6
Folder
3
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East Donges Lane, Street Improvement, 1942
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Box
6
Folder
4
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Green Fairways, Alley Improvement, 1942-1943
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Box
6
Folder
5
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North Lydell Avenue, Street Improvement, 1942-1943
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Box
6
Folder
6
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West Daphne Lane, Laying Out of, 1942
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Box
6
Folder
7
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West Glendale Avenue, West Eula Court, North 6th Street, Sanitary Connections, 1942-1944
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Box
6
Folder
8
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Lot 11, Bk 2, Assessment Subdivision #77, Sanitary Sewer, 1943-1944
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Box
6
Folder
9
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North Senecca Avenue in Calumet Downs Subdivision, Sanitary Sewer, 1947
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Box
6
Folder
10
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County Line Road, East of Port Road; Laying Out of, 1945
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Box
6
Folder
11
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West County Line Road, Laying Out of, 1945-1949
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Box
6
Folder
12
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White Springs Terrace, Sanitary Sewers, 1945-1946
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Box
6
Folder
13
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Stolper Steel Corporation, Storm Sewer, 1946
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Box
6
Folder
14
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North Greenvale Avenue, Street Improvements, 1947
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Box
6
Folder
15
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North Port Washington, East Side, North of Bender Road, Sanitary Sewers, 1947-1948
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Box
6
Folder
16
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Easement, 1038 feet North of Fairy Chasm Road, Sanitary Sewers, 1948
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Box
7
Folder
1
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Fitterer's Tract, Sanitary Sewers, 1948-1950
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Box
7
Folder
2
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North Park Road, Sidewalk, 1948
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Box
7
Folder
3
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West Lexington Boulevard, Moreland Subdivision, Street Improvements, 1948-1950
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Box
7
Folder
4
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Mount Royal Estates, Sanitary Sewers, 1949-1950
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Box
7
Folder
5
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East Standish Road, Extension of, 1949
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Box
7
Folder
6
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West Bender and North Park Roads, Sanitary Sewers, 1949-1955
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Box
7
Folder
7
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East Brown Deer Road, Improvement, 1950
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Box
7
Folder
8
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North Fifth Street in Greene Fairways, Sidewalk and Curbs, 1950
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Box
7
Folder
9
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North Navajo Avenue, Improvement, 1950
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Box
7
Folder
10
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North Navajo Avenue, Sewer, 1950-1951
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Box
7
Folder
11
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North Lake Drive, Sewers, 1952-1953
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Box
7
Folder
12
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North Mohawk Avenue, Laying Out, Grading, Gravelling, 1952-1955
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Box
7
Folder
13
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North Pelham Parkway, Improvement, 1952-1953
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Box
7
Folder
14
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North Senecca Road, Calumet Street to Hemlock, laying Out of, 1952-1953
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Box
7
Folder
15
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Buttles, Fielding and Greenvale Avenues, Improvement, 1953
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Box
7
Folder
16
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North Fielding Avenue, East of Greenvale, Laying Out of, 1953
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Box
7
Folder
17
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North Senecca Road, North of Mall, Grading and Gravelling, 1953
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Box
7
Folder
18
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East Standish Road, Vacation of, 1953
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Box
7
Folder
19
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North King Avenue, Laying Out of, 1954
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Box
7
Folder
20
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North Iroquais Avenue, Improvement, 1954-1955
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Box
8
Folder
1
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East Fiebrantz and North Hubbard, Sanitary and Storm Sewer, 1950
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Box
8
Folder
2
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N. River Forest Drive, Sanitary Sewer, 1945
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Box
8
Folder
3
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W. LaSalle, Sanitary Sewer, 1946
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Box
8
Folder
4
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N. Sievers Place, Sanitary Sewer, 1951
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Box
8
Folder
5
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Clovernook Estates, Sanitary Sewer, 1945-1946
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Box
8
Folder
6
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N. Port Washington Road and West Sugar Lane, Sanitary Sewer, 1953-1954
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Box
8
Folder
7
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N. Port Washington Road and West Silver Spring Road, Sanitary Sewer, 1945-1946
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Box
8
Folder
8
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W. Green Tree Road, Sanitary Sewer, 1946-1947
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Box
8
Folder
9
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W. Silver Spring Drive, Sanitary Sewer, 1952
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Milwaukee Series 34/Milwaukee Micro Series 6
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Series: Assessment Rolls, 1846-1950
9.8 cubic feet (3 archives boxes and 41 volumes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm)
: A record of lands assessed for taxation showing names of resident and nonresident owners, location of property, legal description of land, number of acres, value of real estate established by the assessor and equalized value of land, and amounts of the several taxes levied on each parcel. The volumes of 1849 and 1850 were filmed because of their fragile physical condition.
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1
Volume
1
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1846
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Box
3
Folder
1
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1849-1850
: Also available on Milwaukee Micro Series 6.
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Box
3
Volume
5
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1851
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Box
3
Volume
6
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1853
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Box
3
Volume
7
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1854
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Box
3
Volume
8
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1855
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Box
1
Volume
9
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1856
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Box
3
Volume
10
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1857
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Box
2
Volume
11
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1858
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Box
2
Volume
12
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1860
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Box
2
Volume
13
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1861
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Box
2
Volume
14
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1862
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Box
2
Volume
15
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1863
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Box
2
Volume
16
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1864
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Box
1
Volume
17
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1865
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Box
1
Volume
18
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1866
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Box
1
Volume
19
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1867
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Box
1
Volume
20
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1868
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Box
1
Volume
21
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1869
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Box
3
Volume
22
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1870
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Volume
23
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1871
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Volume
24
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1872
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Volume
25
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1874
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Volume
26
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1875
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Volume
27
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1876
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Volume
28a
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1877
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Volume
28
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1877
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Volume
29
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1878
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Volume
30
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1879
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Volume
31
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1880
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Volume
32
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1881
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Volume
33
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1882
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Volume
34
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1883
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Volume
35
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1884
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Volume
36
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1885
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Volume
37
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1886
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Volume
38
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1888
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Volume
39
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1889
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Volume
40
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1889
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Volume
41
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1890
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Volume
42
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1890
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Volume
43
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1891
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Volume
44
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1891
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Volume
45
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1892
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Volume
46
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1893
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Volume
47
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1893
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Volume
48
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1894
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Volume
49
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1895
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Volume
50
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1896
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Volume
51
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1897
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Volume
52
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1898
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Volume
53
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1899
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Volume
54
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1900
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Volume
55
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1905
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Volume
56
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1910
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Volume
57
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1920
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Volume
58
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1930
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Volume
59
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1930
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Volume
60
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1940
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Volume
61
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1940
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Volume
62
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1950
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