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| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | Typical room at the Milwaukee River Hilton Inn in MIlwaukee. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 02 1943 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee's first mail truck, here referred to as an "auto car." The date comes from a similar postcard that is postmarked. Caption reads: "Auto Car in Ma... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Milwaukee Auditorium during an event. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Governor Emmanuel L. Philipp with U.S. President William Howard Taft. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Humorous cartoon postcard showing a man flying an airplane constructed primarily of beer bottles, pretzels and sausages, and powered by Miller beer over th... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Five young women in a dance-like pose for a gymnastics class in one of Milwaukee's Social Centers. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of the interior of the bar room in the Schlitz Hotel. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the home of Increase A. Lapham at 321-325 Poplar Street, which was built by J.A. Messenger in 1848. |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | During a speech at an agricultural conference in Milwaukee, Senator Gaylord Nelson acknowledges applause from the audience. |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota was a featured speaker at an agricultural conference in Milwaukee. Here he leans across the head table to speak with s... |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | Senator Gaylord Nelson signs an autograph for an admiring voter at an agricultural conference. |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota was a featured speaker at an agricultural conference in Milwaukee in 1974. At the time he was exploring the feasibilit... |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | Senator Gaylord Nelson chats with Wisconsin constituents at a political event. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | The corner of N. 5th Street and W. Wisconsin Avenue. Landmarks from left to right: Wisconsin Roof (dancing), Strand Theater, Miller High Life Spa, and the ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of N. 3rd Street, south of W. Wisconsin Avenue. Landmarks left to right: Schlitz Palm Garden, Hotel Charlotte, Randolph Garden and Hotel Rand... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The northeast corner of the Cawker Building at W. Wells Street and N. Plankinton Avenue. |
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