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Title	Exposition Building
Alternate Title/Photographer's Note	Exposition Building
Date of Photograph	[ca 1885]
Description	The Milwaukee Exposition Building was built in 1881 and was the first home of the Milwaukee Public Museum. Located between 5th and 6th Streets and Cedar Street (Kilbourn AV) and State Street. It burned down in 1905 and the Milwaukee Auditorium was built on the site in 1909.
Architect/Builder	Mix, Edward Townsend
Date of Construction	1881
Neighborhood	Downtown--Milwaukee Kilbourn Town--Milwaukee
Address	Between 5th and 6th Streets, Cedar and State (pre-1930); 500 W Kilbourn AV
Subject	Exhibition facilities--Wisconsin--Milwaukee Exhibition buildings--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Business/Place	Milwaukee Exposition Building--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Type	Image
Collection	Milwaukee. Book, 100 leaves.
Original Item Medium	Photographic prints
Original Item Size	11 x 13 in.
Original Item ID	p. 21
Repository	Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Rights	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Digital Publisher	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Digital ID	mi000021
Date. Digitized	2003/05/21
Digital Collection	Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps 1885 - 1992