This is a picture of downtown Milwaukee at the end of the 19th century(photographer unknown). This picture really grabs my attention because I'm a big fan of old pictures of towns. I come from a mining town and I've always loved looking at pictures of the area from years ago, how it all looked back then and comparing it to what that same "picture" would look like today.I especially like how it's a snapshot of downtown Milwaukee and yet it captures so much. I like how it looks as though time has been frozen for a moment. You can tell the streets are full of people and everyone has somewhere to be, but yet it's as though everyone stopped for a split second. I think the vantage point played a key role in this picture. It looks as though the it was taken from a few stories up and shooting straight across the street. At first my eyes go straight to the front building and then follows the buildings back towards the right. It feels like the two streets have framed in those buildings, like they're the focal point of the picture.
