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First Streetcars in Wisconsin

Date: 1886
Description: First electric street railway service in Wisconsin.
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Trolley Car Pulling Flat Car Carrying McCormick Binder and Mower

Date: 1899
Description: Group of people posing on a trolley car, which is pulling a flat car loaded with a McCormick grain binder and mower as part of an event culminating the "Cr...
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Streetcar — Automobile Accident

Date: 05 15 1931
Description: A streetcar was knocked off the tracks in an accident with an automobile at the corner of Mills and Drake Streets.
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Corner of State Street and Capitol Square

Date: 09 27 1930
Description: The corner of State Street and Capitol Square from the roof of the Leath Furniture Store, with a view of the 100 block of State Street, the Wisconsin State...
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Streetcar with Advertisement for the Film "Animal Crackers"

Date: 09 06 1930
Description: Streetcar advertising the Marx Brothers in "Animal Crackers" at the RKO Capitol Theatre.
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Streetcar with Advertisement for the Film "Animal Crackers"

Date: 09 06 1930
Description: Banners and caricatures of the Marx Brothers adorn a streetcar advertising the film "Animal Crackers" at the RKO Capitol Theatre.
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Circus Elephants on Parade

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Description: A long string of circus elephants parades single file down a metropolitan street lined on both sides by huge crowds of people.
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Buses Replace Streetcars

Date: 09 20 1953
Description: A posed photograph taken for the Milwaukee & Suburban Transport Corp. to mark the substitution of buses for streetcars on the West Burnham Street line.
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Laundry Building at Indian Industrial School

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Description: Exterior view of a laundry building at the Indian Industrial School. An Indian School cable car is next to the building.
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Milwaukee Auditorium

Date: 09 19 1915
Description: Milwaukee Auditorium at N. 6th Street and W. Kilbourn Avenue.
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Court of Honor

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Description: Court of Honor, W. Wisconsin Avenue, looking west from N. 9th Street. The Midsummer Festival monument (with eagle) and Gesu Church steeples are on the left...
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Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 03 29 1913
Description: East Wisconsin Avenue commercial district looking west from V. Van Buren Street. Landmarks left to right: Federal Building, Northwestern National Insurance...
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Milwaukee Commercial District

Date: 1903
Description: Elevated view from Wisconsin River looking east. The Pabst Building is on the northwest corner of N. Water Street and E. Wisconsin Avenue with the Mack bui...
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Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Headquarters

Date: 02 26 1919
Description: The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance home office on the northeast corner of E. Wisconsin Avenue and N. Van Buren Street.
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Wisconsin Street East

Date: 03 19 1914
Description: Commercial district looking towards East Wisconsin Avenue from the roof of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurace home office at Van Buren Street. The Feder...
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National Avenue Parade

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view looking west on W. National Avenue from about S. 6th Street, towards a parade marching down National Avenue with a crowd of people watching, ...
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Pabst Theater Building

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Description: Elevated view of the Pabst Theater Building at E. Wells and N. Water Street. The Hotel Blatz is on the left.
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View Southeast from Courthouse

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Description: Elevated view southeast from the courthouse at E. Kilbourn Avenue and N. Jackson Street. The Northwestern Mutual home office building and Chicago and North...
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Caswell Block Building

Date: 06 19 1909
Description: Elevated view of the Caswell Block building at W. Wisconsin and N. Plankinton Avenues.
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Plan of Gimbels Expansion

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Description: Photograph of an illustration. The image is of Gimbels Department Store at the corner of W. Wisconsin and N. Plankinton Avenues. Possibly a drawing of a pl...

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