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Colonial Hall / Kehl School Of Dance

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Description: A group of men stand outside Colonial Hall / Kehl School of Dance, 113 East Mifflin Street. Part of an alley can be seen to the right.
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Young Men's Christian Association Building

Date: 1905
Description: Front view of the Y.M.C.A. building, with an alley on the right. Caption reads: "Y.M.C.A. Bldg, Fond du Lac, Wis."
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Elroy Alley

Date: 08 03 1973
Description: View of an Elroy alley from Cedar Street. The deteriorating garage in the foreground is of an unusual design.
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Hotel Charlotte and Surrounding Buildings

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of N. 3rd Street, south of W. Wisconsin Avenue. Landmarks left to right: Schlitz Palm Garden, Hotel Charlotte, Randolph Garden and Hotel Rand...
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The Milwaukee Sentinel Building

Date: 1911
Description: 89-93 Mason Street. The ten-story Sentinel building stands next to several smaller buildings and an alleyway. The name is on the building over the top floo...
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A Stone Fight

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Description: Children having a stone fight in an unpaved alley or street in an underprivileged neighborhood. Some of the boys are holding trash can lids as protection, ...
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Saint Michael's Alley

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Description: View of Saint Michael's Alley.
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City View

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Description: A city view of a brick building and a cobbled alleyway called Clements Avenue. Two individuals are standing outside the entrance of the building, which be...
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Carriage in Alley

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Description: A man steers a horse-drawn carriage down an alley as two others look on from a doorway. The photograph was taken in Saint George, Bermuda.
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Street Scene

Date: 09 17 1926
Description: Downtown street scene and alley near Commercial and Canal Streets. This image was used in a Circuit Court case.
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Woman on Porch, Golds Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "The 69 year-old woman on the front porch lives alone at the bottom of this unpaved, unlighted, ungraded alley. The building next to her is empty. She hea...
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Houses, Golds Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "The hydrant (blurred right center foreground) is shared by 21 people in 8 families. No streetlights, though the alley is well over 100 yards long. The lan...
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Man on Porch, Golds Alley

Date: 1966
Description: In the foreground, a man with a cane on a porch looks down towards the camera. In the background, a man walks down the alley. "The alley is long, dark and ...
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Woman Outside House, Taylor Alley

Date: 1966
Description: A woman stands next to a home near a woodpile. Behind the trees in the background, more homes are visible. "Houses are built in rows and cover the hill fro...
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Wood Pile near Porch, Taylor Alley

Date: 1966
Description: A wood pile is located near the front porch of a house. Outhouses are in the far background.

80 people live in 21 buildings in the Taylor Alley neighborh...

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View, De Marco Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "A water faucet located at the top of the hill (the upper end of the alley) behind the boy is used by eleven families, 28 people, who live in the buildings...
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Young Man Using Outdoor Faucet, Griffin Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "This hydrant supplies ten families (sixteen persons) with water. Three of these persons are over sixty-five-years-old and live alone."

Griffin Alley hou...

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View, Griffin Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "Overall view of the alley looking toward E. Franklin Street.

Griffin Alley houses 12 families in 6 buildings. All residents share 2 hydrants and 4 toile...

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Walkway, Griffin Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "This path from the alleyway to the outhouse is flooded when it rains — note the 'bridge' from the bottom porch step to the opposite bank."

Griffin Alley...

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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Installation Wagon

Date: 1915
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Company horse-drawn service and installation wagon in front of the Telephone Building. Two men sit in the wagon. A man stands in the do...

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