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| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | The pit crew works on #26, a Ford Fairlane, during an automobile race at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of an automobile race at the state fairgrounds, with the crowd in the foreground. Cars are parked in the infield. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Automobiles drive past the grandstand at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds as they prepare for the beginning of the race. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Passers-by help move a disabled vehicle after an automobile accident on Wisconsin Avenue. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A monument to Milwaukeeans killed in the Second World War and the Korean Conflict. Night view, with building lit internally. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Exterior of building, which was first occupied in June 1885. It stood at the corner of 18th and Wells Streets. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Woman in polka dot dress is looking on as a service station worker checks the oil in her car. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking on downtown street with traffic, in winter. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Uniformed boys' bugle corps passing along a street in a parade. A group of people watch from the sidewalk across the street. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Intended for tourists, this brochure features a map of Milwaukee's central business district as well as general information about parking, beaches and othe... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | This map shows city, suburban, parochial and other types schools, with an explanation of symbols in the right margin. The original caption for the map read... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | This blueline print map shows streets, pedestrian pathways, plans to widen existing streets, and streets and alleys vacated and to be vacated. The upper le... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A man carrying an umbrella is gazing into the display window of Levinger's Antique Shop, Jefferson and East Main Street. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Snow is mounded on top of pilings on the edge of the Milwaukee River. |
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