Meyer, Christian Hinrich
Christian Hinrich Meyer (March 1843 - July 21, 1910) was a well-known 'pioneer' of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and a long-time government employee. Born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Meyer emigrated to Milwaukee in 1846, as a child of 3. At the time, Milwaukee was still an assemblage of three competing towns - Milwaukee, Juneautown, and Kilbourntown - Meyer was a Milwaukee lifer. After completing school, he worked as a clerk for the county and city in multiple offices, including the Milwaukee Board of Public Works and Board of Supervisors, leading to his signature being ubiquitous on city records of the time. He later, c. 1881, went into the private sector, acting as an executor of estates and working for a lumber company, before heading the real estate and tax department of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. for some twenty years.
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This is William Schmidt and H. V. Kuhlmann's large-format c. 1875 wall map of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is the finest map of Milwaukee during the late 19th century, when it underwent a period of fast-paced immigration-fueled development. The map is invaluable as a snapshot of Milwaukee’s emergence as an industrial and immigrant metropolis, documenting neighborhoods, infrastructure, and development patterns. (more details)