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Downtown Milwaukee

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view down Wisconsin Avenue looking west, with the RKO Riverside Theatre on the right, and a large Christmas sign on the corner of a building on th...
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World Series Traffic Jam

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view of city traffic of bumper-to-bumper cars leaving Milwaukee County Stadium after the 1957 World Series.
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Winter Night Street Scene

Date: 12 01 1955
Description: Neon lights up Wisconsin Avenue on a winter night in Milwaukee.
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Busy Intersection with Billboard

Date: 1918
Description: The intersection of Port Washington Road and Silver Spring Drive near Milwaukee. Even if one did not know that this was the intersection of a major north-s...
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Interstate I-43

Date: 1981
Description: Fond du Lac Avenue (State Highway 145) exit from Interstate I-43 in Milwaukee. As originally conceived, the interstate system in Wisconsin was to consist ...
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Crossing Guard Helping Student

Date: 09 1956
Description: A crossing guard helps a young student to cross the street at a cross walk at Abert and Green Bay streets in Milwaukee. Two cars (one a Chevrolet), have en...
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Rainy Day Traffic

Date: 1941
Description: Automobile traffic, with a street railroad car in the background, on a rainy day.
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Snowy Traffic Jam

Date: 02 02 1967
Description: Winter scene of a snowstorm that hit Milwaukee just at rush hour creating a traffic headache for homebound commuters (seen here at Wisconsin and Milwaukee ...
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Automobile Exhaust

Date: 02 1977
Description: Automobile exhaust on a cold February morning in Milwaukee.
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South Entrance of Lake Park

Date: 1905
Description: South Entrance; in the background is a lighthouse. In the center is a bridge flanked by carved stone lions. A man on a motor car is crossing the bridge.
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Sixth Street Viaduct

Date: 1950
Description: View from the top of a warehouse at the south end of 6th Street. There is a traffic jam on both sides of the viaduct. On the left, one man is walking on th...
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Pathfinder Car Crossing Stream

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Description: A car is crossing a small stream. Four people are in the car, with three in back, and one driving.
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Electric Car on Hill

Date: 1904
Description: A car climbs up a dirt and gravel road in an industrial area. The Milwaukee-Western Fuel Co. building is in the background, as well as a building with a si...
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Wm. Ewig Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wm. Ewig Company, an insurance company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with full-color depictions of a scene with three traffic accidents involv...
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Milwaukee Journal Tour Club Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Milwaukee Journal Tour Club, a national automobile club, with a three-quarter view of the company building surrounded by scenes of a hote...

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