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Logs at Sawmill

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester sawmill, with logs stacked on railroad cars on a railroad track.
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International Harvester Sawmill

Date: 1912
Description: Buildings and boats on water at or near an International Harvester logging camp or sawmill. A man is standing on a crane on the right side of the image, an...
Photograph

Buildings at a Logging Camp

Date: 1912
Description: Buildings at a logging camp or sawmill operated by the International Harvester Company. A horse is in the right foreground.
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Elevated View of Men at Sawmill

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of two men with donkeys stand on railroad tracks at an International Harvester sawmill lumberyard.
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Whaleback Steamer "Christopher Columbus"

Date: 1912
Description: Large crowd of passengers on the whaleback excursion steamer "Christopher Columbus".
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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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H.W.B. Shocco Sunday School

Date: 1912
Description: A large group of women, men, young boys and girls in Sunday dress clothes are separated into three wagons pulled by an International tractor. The original ...
Poster

Weber Wagons Advertising Poster

Date: 1912
Description: Advertising poster for Weber wagons, featuring an illustration titled: "The Borrower," depicting men and horses at a blacksmith shop. One man is walking wi...
Postcard

Grand Avenue

Date: 1912
Description: Now called Wisconsin Avenue. Split avenue (strip of land down the center). There are several statues on plinths and/or columns in the median. Caption reads...
Postcard

Grand Avenue

Date: 1912
Description: Now called Wisconsin Avenue. On the left are trees and a trolley in the road. On the right are several church towers, more trees, and another trolley. In t...
Photograph

Jones Island

Date: 1912
Description: A fishing settlement. Small buildings and boats line a bay, with sand and a piece of driftwood in the foreground.
Photograph

Jones Island

Date: 1912
Description: A fishing settlement. Two piers at the shoreline with a sandy beach, one with a ramp next to it. There are several buildings in the background. Two tugbo...
Postcard

Plankinton House

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view looking east on Grand Avenue from the corner of Grand Avenue and 2nd Street. Plankinton Block was located between West Water (now Plankinton ...
Postcard

St. Charles Hotel

Date: 1912
Description: City Hall Square. A statue in a circular area is in the center of the road. Horses and carriages are in the street in front of the hotel. Three flags are o...
Photograph

Sans Souci Hall

Date: 1912
Description: Formally a Universalist Church (under Rev. Augusta Chapin), then a Baptist church, later a club house and eventually a dance hall. Photograph taken after ...
Photograph

Crowd on Street Corner

Date: 1912
Description: A large crowd of women, children, and men standing on sidewalk and curb. They are probably waiting for the trolley. Many of the people are carrying package...
Photograph

Roosevelt Parade

Date: 1912
Description: A group of men are sitting in a car among a crowd of people. Standing on the right are two photographers. Theodore Roosevelt is in the backseat of the car ...
Photograph

Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee Crowd

Date: 1912
Description: Theodore Roosevelt raising his hat amidst a crowd in Milwaukee. He is leaving a building and is heading toward a waiting car.
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Cars on Racetrack

Date: 1912
Description: Early twentieth-century race cars lined up for the beginning of a race. heavy smoke is behind the cars. The grandstand on the left is filled with spectator...
Photograph

Frank Kulick

Date: 1912
Description: The person on the right is Frank Kulick, who worked on and drove some of Henry Ford's early race cars. The individual on the left is unidentified.

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