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Residential Housing

Date: 1936
Description: View down road of mass-produced residential housing with farm in background.
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Bentz Tavern

Date: 1936
Description: The Bentz Tavern, located at 3076 N. 12th Street, photographed for the WPA Writers' Project.
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Carnival Scene at the Fair

Date: 1936
Description: Midway area of the Wisconsin State Fair, showing a truck advertising peanuts at 5 cents in the center background.
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Goodyear Blimp at the Fair

Date: 1936
Description: The blimp of the Goodyear Tire Company hovers above the carnival area of the Wisconsin State Fair, tethered to the ground with ropes. The fairgoers, howev...
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Milwaukee-Downer College

Date: 1936
Description: Merrill Hall and other smaller buildings from across the street.
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J. Robert Taylor with Camera

Date: 1936
Description: J. Robert Taylor standing in the middle of a street, holding a large camera. On the left, a car is driving by, and a person is walking on the sidewalk in t...
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Divers Testing New Breathing Mixture

Date: 1936
Description: Dr. Edgar End, Max Gene Nohl and John Craig (the "human guinea pigs") are shown inside the decompression chamber located at the Milwaukee County Emergency ...
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Residential Street with Children on Tricycles

Date: 1936
Description: View from lawn of curved residential street lined with recently constructed housing and lampposts. A car sits in a driveway of a house on the left, and fur...
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Men Walking on Residential Street

Date: 1936
Description: View up residential street with newly constructed houses, young trees and lampposts. Men in suits and hats walk along the sidewalk. A speed limit sign is o...
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Man Delivering Milk with Truck

Date: 1936
Description: Man getting out of an International M-3 truck owned by the Golden Guernsey Dairy. The truck is parked on a residential street, and the driver is carrying a...
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City Hall from Bridge

Date: 1936
Description: View from bridge of City Hall at North Water, North Market, and East Wells Streets, and East Kilbourn Avenue.
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St. Josephat's Basilica

Date: 1936
Description: View down street of St. Josephat's Basilica and the surrounding streets.
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Sitting on a Sidewalk

Date: 1936
Description: Five people sitting on a sidewalk outside of a building. A woman stands on a stoop in the doorway.
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Milwaukee Harbor

Date: 1936
Description: An elevated view of Milwaukee Harbor with railroad station looking towards Lake Michigan.

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