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| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol and surrounding area. The view is looking northwest, with King Street on the bottom right, and S. Hamilton Stree... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | A woman in business attire walking with an open umbrella on a rainy day in downtown Milwaukee. To her left is the Civil War monument, "The Victorious Charg... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Post Office, with boy and horse in front. |
| Date: | 11 01 1896 |
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| Description: | Canal Street less than a year before a fire swept through and destroyed many of these buildings on March 22, 1897, resulting in a loss of about $45,000. Pr... |
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| Description: | New Orleans street scene. Pedestrians can be seen on the sidewalks, and a streetcar can be seen in the distance. "Moskau Cabinet Works, door and window scr... |
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| Description: | Royal Street view toward an intersection of the French Quarter. Store signs displayed read: "The Model Store"; "Hats"; and "Peretti". |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Canal Street scene. Automobiles, streetcars and pedestrians are moving along the busy street. Store sign reads: "Stein-Block LAZARD'S Smar... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View down Canal Street in New Orleans. View is toward the lake from Camp/Chartres Streets. The first building on the right reads "May's Drug Store". The tw... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | View of downtown Madison and the Wisconsin State Capitol building from Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin campus. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking west down State Street towards the University of Wisconsin. Caption reads: "General View of the State University of Wisconsin, at Mad... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking southeast, possibly from the chimney of the University of Wisconsin Power Plant. |
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| Description: | A group of men with a horse-drawn vehicle are standing outside of the Wisconsin Telephone Company Building, located at 16-18 S. Carroll Street. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | A large float decorated with a farm scene and blanketed with flowers moves down a city street (possibly Michigan Avenue in Chicago). The float is part of t... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | A group of men wave American flags while riding in an International Harvester truck as part of the Meat Packers Parade. The parade is moving down a city st... |
| Date: | 10 01 1932 |
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| Description: | Franklin D. Roosevelt campaigning for the presidency in Milwaukee in 1932. FDR is riding in a flag-draped open car and escorted by police on motorcycles. |
| Date: | 04 05 1852 |
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| Description: | Whole plate daguerreotype of view along the east bank of the Galena River (also known as the Fevre River). From a full plate daguerreotype by Alexander Hes... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Professor Perry G. Holden demonstrates the benefits of growing alfalfa to a group of men, women, and children standing in a crossroads in a commercial area... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Group of men gathered with automobiles across the street from a hotel, small cafe and other town buildings. The men are gathering for an event associated w... |
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