Wisconsin Avenue | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

Photograph

Wisconsin Avenue

Wisconsin Avenue | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin Avenue at Sixth Street, looking east from near the front of the Milwaukee Public Library (left foreground). Taken at night; lighted clocks read 9:30. Lighted  signs advertise Carpenter's Old Country Rye Bread, Schenley (liquor), Calvert (liquor), and Miller High Life (beer). A distant street car is heading away from the camera, and light is being reflected from the tracks and the wet street.
DESCRIPTION
Wisconsin Avenue at Sixth Street, looking east from near the front of the Milwaukee Public Library (left foreground). Taken at night; lighted clocks read 9:30. Lighted signs advertise Carpenter's Old Country Rye Bread, Schenley (liquor), Calvert (liquor), and Miller High Life (beer). A distant street car is heading away from the camera, and light is being reflected from the tracks and the wet street.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:53851
Creation Date:circa 1951
Creator Name:Boyd, Vernon
City:Milwaukee
County:Milwaukee
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Place File******
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:PH 3-3538
Original Dimensions:16 x 14 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
See Image ID: 53970 for approximately the same view in the daytime.

WHS 2nd Annual Photo Exhibition, Wisconsin Today, 1951.

SUBJECTS
Clocks and watches
Signs and signboards
Electric signs
Outdoor photography
Advertising
Alcoholic beverages
Cities and towns
Rain
Library buildings
Commercial buildings
Streets
Street-railroads

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