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Parade Troopers

Date: 08 1958
Description: A group of people watching a parade along a sidewalk in the rain.
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Kids on Roller Skates

Date: 06 26 1986
Description: Kids make a "train," with the bicyclist in the front pulling three girls on roller skates along a sidewalk.
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Postal Employees Demand Higher Wages

Date: 08 1919
Description: View down long line of workers from the United States Postal Service demonstrating for an increase in salary to meet war-time cost of living increases.
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Delivering Milk from an International C-300 Truck

Date: 10 13 1936
Description: Milkman delivering milk to the Hotel Juneau. The International C-300 truck was owned by Golden Guernsey Dairy Co. A sign above the hotel awning advertises ...
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Kroger Grocery and Baking Co., Warehouse

Date: 12 23 1931
Description: Kroger Grocery and Baking Co. warehouse, 634 W. Main Street, view from W. Main Street.
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West Allis Fair Grounds

Date: 07 24 1952
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Fair grounds, showing the GMC trucks tent and the residential neighborhood that bordered the grounds.
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Buick Jitney Bus

Date: 1915
Description: A 1915 Buick Jitney Bus for the Milwaukee City Bus Line. Its body was produced by the W.S Seaman Company. The building in the background has a sign that r...
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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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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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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Depot

Date: 1915
Description: The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad depot at W. Everett Street between N. 3rd and N. 4th Streets. Caption on glass plate reads: "C. M. & St. P. De...
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Milwaukee Journal Building

Date: 05 13 1914
Description: The Milwaukee Journal building at N. 4th Street, north of W. Wisconsin Avenue.
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Robert A. Johnston Company Cookie Factory

Date: 1910
Description: The northwest corner of the Robert A. Johnston Company cookie factory at S. 1st and W. Florida Streets.
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Courthouse Square

Date: 08 20 1914
Description: Courthouse Square (now Cathedral Square) showing Milwaukee County Courthouse from E. Wells and N. Jackson Streets. Caption on glass plate reads: "Court hou...
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Milwaukee Public Library

Date: 05 16 1902
Description: Milwaukee Public Library building (Central Library) at W. Wisconsin Avenue and N. 9th Street.
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Boston Store

Date: 05 11 1914
Description: Elevated view of the Boston Store department building at W. Wisconsin Avenue and N. 4th Street.
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Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee

Date: 1854
Description: Bird's-eye illustration of Milwaukee.
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Friend Brothers Clothing Company Building

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Description: The southeast corner of the Friend Brothers Clothing Company at N. Broadway and E. Michigan Street.
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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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Crystal Theater

Date: 1912
Description: The Crystal Theater at N. 2nd Street between W. Wisconsin Avenue and W. Wells Street.
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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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