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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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Bank of Ontario

Date: 1921
Description: View from street of exterior of the Bank of Ontario.
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Gribble Brothers' Imperial Cafe

Date: 
Description: View from unpaved street of the Gribble Brothers Imperial Cafe, which is a two-story wood frame building with a small porch and balcony. Two men are standi...
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View down Alley

Date: 1950
Description: View between buildings downtown.
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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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Elevated View of Central Black River Falls through an Alley

Date: 
Description: Elevated stereograph view of Black River Falls, between First and Second Streets, looking north across Main Street.
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Grandma's Favorite Recipes

Date: 2012
Description: Sign mounted on a painted brick wall next to a doorway in a downtown alley. Features a head and shoulders caricature of a woman wearing glasses perched on ...
Postcard

522 First Avenue

Date: 1908
Description: View from the street of three people standing in front of a small house. There is a small Oeil-de-boeuf window in the upper story. The windows have shutter...
Map or Atlas

Superior, McKenty's Addition, Douglas County, Wis.

Date: 1861
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, piers, streets, monuments, and township section corners. Included is a note on the width of avenues, piers, slips, al...
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Clearing a Path with a Snowblower

Date: 01 12 1963
Description: Winter scene with teenage boy snow blowing the driveway of a house. His letter jacket has "64" on the sleeve. He is also wearing a stocking cap with pom-po...
Map or Atlas

Map of Marquette on Lake Apuckaway, Wisconsin Territory

Date: 
Description: This plat map shows numbered blocks and lots, local streets, and part of Lake Apuckaway. The map also includes references for dimensions of lots, streets, ...
Map or Atlas

Wright’s Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1916
Description: This map shows wards, roads, railroads, parks, cemeteries, select buildings, and Lake Michigan. Also included is a street index and manuscript annotations ...
Photograph

H.R. Thurber, Dealership, McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.

Date: 1900
Description: View from street of the H.R. Thurber dealership. There is an alley on the left. The sign above the door on the left reads: "H.R. Thurber, Gen." and the sig...
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W.R.B. Smyth, Dealership, McCormick Harvester Machine Co.

Date: 1900
Description: View from street of the W.R.B. Smyth dealership building.
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McCormick Harvester Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1900
Description: View from street of the McCormick Harvester Machine Co. dealership building. There is an alley on the right.
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Lumber Storage in Plant Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: View down alley towards lumber storage in plant yard near railroad cars. Brick factory buildings are in the background. Walkways on the upper floors link t...
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Narrow Alley at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of alley between two brick factory buildings at McCormick Works. In the background are four open walkways linking the two buildings. Two wate...
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Men Using Tractor to Pull Trailer with Tank

Date: 1910
Description: Left side profile view of men with 12-25 Horse Power tractor parked in a cobblestone street. The tractor is pulling a trailer with a large tank that has a ...

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