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St. Josaphat's Church under Construction

Date: 1910
Description: St. Josaphat's Church in Milwaukee under construction.
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St. Josaphat's Church Construction Workers

Date: 1910
Description: Construction workers are posed in front of the partially-built St. Josaphat's Church on scaffolding and wooden steps near large columns. There are two chil...
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African American Road Crew

Date: 08 1912
Description: Two African American men unloading the cement chute during paving of Janesville Plank Road.
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Highway Commission Truck

Date: 1921
Description: Highway Commission dump truck photographed outside the Heil Company factory in Milwaukee. The truck was a Nash four-wheel drive model with the body built ...
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Anti-Tuberculosis Railway Exhibit

Date: 1906
Description: 1904 Exhibit of the Maryland Association for the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis, in a railway coach. Photograph taken in Milwaukee.
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County Stadium Interchange

Date: 1975
Description: Aerial view of Milwaukee County Stadium and the intersection of US 41 and I-94. County Stadium was built in 1953 and demolished in 2001. Although undated...
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Marquette Interchange

Date: 1965
Description: Aerial view of early construction at the Marquette Interchange in Milwaukee, the junction of Interstate Highways I94 and I43. Construction began in 1964, ...
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Marquette Interchange

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Description: Aerial view of the first Marquette Interchange, photographed some time after its completion in 1968.
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Wisconsin Avenue Bridge

Date: 1900
Description: View looking up Wisconsin Avenue from the bridge. Many pedestrians, streetcars, and horse-drawn vehicles are visible.
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Interstate I-43

Date: 1981
Description: Fond du Lac Avenue (State Highway 145) exit from Interstate I-43 in Milwaukee. As originally conceived, the interstate system in Wisconsin was to consist ...
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Hoan Bridge to Nowhere

Date: 04 01 1975
Description: The bridge over the Milwaukee Harbor named in honor of former Mayor Daniel Hoan. The bridge was constructed between 1970 and 1972, but during the period de...
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Father Groppi at School Boycott

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Description: Father James Groppi and students from Boniface School join the public school boycott. They're clapping their hands and appear to be chanting.
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Hilton Guest Room

Date: 1982
Description: Typical room at the Milwaukee River Hilton Inn in MIlwaukee.
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Welding a Milk Truck

Date: 1949
Description: Welding a milk truck at the Heil Corporation in Milwaukee. The Heil company was founded by German-born Julius P. Heil in 1901. As the Heil Rail Joint Wel...
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Milwaukee Street Repair

Date: 1952
Description: Milwaukee streets department employees repair the intersection of Meinecke Avenue and 12th Street. Behind them, a Blatz truck is making a delivery to the ...
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Enola the Welder

Date: 02 1943
Description: Enola O'Connell, the only woman welder at the Heil Company during World War II, working on gasoline trailer tanks. A 32-year-old widow and the mother of o...
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Southgate Shopping Center

Date: 1966
Description: Entrance to the Southgate Shopping Center, Theatre, and parking lot. The proximity of parking to the stores in suburban shopping centers was one of the pr...
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Milwaukee Auditorium

Date: 1909
Description: Interior view of the Milwaukee Auditorium during an event.
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Dousman Warehouse

Date: 1870
Description: Dousman Warehouse, East Water Street. Originally located on the wharf parallel with the river. Built and used by George and Talbot, brothers of Hercules Do...
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Entrance to the Wisconsin State Fair

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Description: People milling about between a trolley car and the main entrance to the State Fair Park.

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