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| Description: | The screw passenger and freight vessel, Manitou, steaming between Mackinac, Michigan and intermediate points. Caption reads: "S. S. Manitou, between... |
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| Description: | Colorized view depicting the passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," approaching the East Water Street Bridge. Caption reads: "Whaleback Steame... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Passengers seated on the upper level of a Milwaukee Railroad superdome coach. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Interior view of people seated in the Hiawatha's observation parlor with sky-top solar lounge. The Hiawatha was signature high-speed passenger train for th... |
| Date: | 09 26 1984 |
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| Description: | A woman uses an early commercial computer network that allows travel agents to book their own flights without the use of a telephone. |
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| Description: | A billboard advertising the opening of a particular McDonald's restaurant. Express highways promoted the emergence of large signs that could be read at a d... |
| Date: | 06 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Control tower and entrance to the new Howell Street passenger terminal at General Mitchell Field shortly before its formal opening in July 1955. The Milwau... |
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| Description: | Smoking and games in the lounge of a commercial airliner. The original caption for this unidentified photograph reads: "Delicious lunches, even six course ... |
| Date: | 12 29 1987 |
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| Description: | Bored travelers at General Mitchell International Airport, apparently taking their cue from a droopy travel poster advertising vacations in the sunny Carib... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of passengers arriving on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad train at the Williams Bay station. Many automobiles are parked near the depot, ... |
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| Description: | A group of women, probably wearing their best dresses and hats, meeting a Green Bay & Western train. The photograph was probably taken near Black River Fal... |
| Date: | 01 1874 |
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| Description: | Interior of a coach on an emigration train to the west. |
| Date: | 02 02 1967 |
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| Description: | Winter scene of a snowstorm that hit Milwaukee just at rush hour creating a traffic headache for homebound commuters (seen here at Wisconsin and Milwaukee ... |
| Date: | 05 1965 |
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| Description: | A Greyhound bus driver collects tickets while standing in front of his bus en route to Traverse City. There are several pieces of luggage in front of the b... |
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| Description: | Two women boarding the Slumbercoach car on a B&O Railroad passenger train. A Pullman porter carries two suitcases as a stewardess greets customers. ... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Schlitz advertisement copied from the "Milwaukee Press Club Annual." The image features an African man holding a Schlitz advertising sign. Underneath the i... |
| Date: | 08 10 1970 |
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| Description: | Heinz Stücke on his bicycle in front of the Milwaukee Journal building at 333 W. State Street. Stücke carries his belongings in bags attached to his bike w... |
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| Description: | An illustration of a two-berth cabin on a sailing ship, including a wash basin, long coats on coat hooks and a large traveling trunk. |
| Date: | 1835 |
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| Description: | An illustration of three men sitting at a table in a saloon on a steamboat. |
| Date: | 09 08 1961 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of 22 men with their matching carry-on bags. The men are posed on the gangway and the tarmac in front of an airliner. The airplane i... |
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