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Wading Woman with Hat

Date: 1900
Description: Woman in wide brimmed hat wading in water.
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Railroad Yard Bridge

Date: 1895
Description: Men walking across a bridge over railroad tracks.
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Dadd's Drugstore

Date: 1910
Description: View of the intersection of Second Street and Grand Avenue (later renamed Wisconsin Avenue). Pictured on this corner is Dadd's Drug Store, 137 Grand Avenue...
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The Latest Fashion

Date: 1915
Description: A woman models a chic outfit with split-leg skirt and stylish coat and hat.
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Fish's Wright Flyer

Date: 1912
Description: The Wright Flyer of Farnum Fish being pushed into position for a demonstration flight at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.
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Wright Model B from Below

Date: 1912
Description: The Wright Model B owned by Farnum Fish flying at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in 1912.
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Lincoln Beachey

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Description: Lincoln Beachey is considered by many to be the greatest aviator of his era. He is pictured here about to take off in his Curtiss pusher, wearing his signa...
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Balloon Ascension

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Description: An unidentified balloon ascension photographed by Milwaukee Journal news photographer J. Robert Taylor.
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Fish About to Fly

Date: 1912
Description: Farnum Fish, the California-born "boy aviator," about to take off in his two-seat Wright Model B during a flying exhibition at the Wisconsin State Fairgrou...
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Milwaukee Streetcar

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Description: View down snow-covered streetcar tracks towards a streetcar traveling up an unidentified residential street in Milwaukee.
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Turn of the Century Milwaukee Traffic

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of busy street scene in downtown Milwaukee at the turn of the century showing a trolley, horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians near an interse...
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Group on the Grass

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Description: A group of well-dressed people at repose on the grass, possibly having a picnic. Second from left is Alma Reinhardt Taylor.
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President Taft and Senator La Follette at the Fair

Date: 1909
Description: President William Howard Taft at the Wisconsin State Fair (front row, in the dark bowler hat) in 1909. Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., (in the back ro...
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St. John Chrysostom Church

Date: 1900
Description: View of St. John Chrysostom Church.
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St. John Chrysostom Church

Date: 1900
Description: View of St. John Chrysostom Church and the surrounding cemetery.
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St. John Chrysostom Church

Date: 1900
Description: View of St. John Chrysostom Church and the surrounding cemetery, with a woman standing near the church's right side.
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Hops Field with Men

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Description: Four men posing in hops field.
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Woman in Horse-Drawn Cart

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Description: A woman driving a two-wheeled carriage pulled by two white horses.
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Man Driving Truck

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Description: A man driving an early truck (ca. 1910). The front is labeled "Sampson".
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Sunbathers on the Lake

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Description: Men, women and children soaking up the sun on the beach of a lake (probably Lake Michigan). The children are digging in the sand in the foreground, and the...

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