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| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View from street of theatre and main entrance on corner of Wells and Water Streets. To the right is a building with a sign for Quaker Oats. On the left cor... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Down the road and across the bridge from the theatre. Iron work on the bridge obstructs the view of the theatre. Cars are crossing the bridge, and pedestri... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A view east from the corner of South Blair and Williamson Streets. On the left is Joe's News Store (Joseph J. Kuhn) 520 E. Wilson Street and a sign for th... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the First Wisconsin National Bank Building, down Wells Street toward the Milwaukee County Court House. Commerce office on lower left. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | View down road of overhead lighting equipment of the T.M.E.R. and L. Company, which, at the time had a proposal to be replaced by more modern lighting. Th... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Overhead light suspended over a road, hanging from wires. A car is parked at the corner, and billboards are in the distance. Railroad cars and railroad tr... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | The dome is under construction and is just visible over the roof of a commercial building on East Main Street. Signs on the corner building on Main Street ... |
| Date: | 10 05 1912 |
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| Description: | Teddy Tetzlaff drives the Fiat #33 across the finish line. The stands on the right are covered in advertisements. The track later became Burleigh Street go... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | The man in the goggles on the right is Teddy Tetzlaff; possibly at the Vanderbilt Cup Race. The other men are unidentified. In the background is the grands... |
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| Description: | Nine men are lined up along a curb sitting on their motorcycles. Men and boys are on the sidewalk behind them, wtih advertisements filling the wall behind ... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Boats used for fighting fires are docked near a walkway. On the left the walkway is full of men, some gathered near the boats and a fire hose stretched out... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Four young women are walking down a city street across cable car tracks wearing coats and very large hats. Two of the women have fur muffs on their hands, ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Young women carrying purses and wearing very large hats are walking down a sidewalk. A person on the left is holding an umbrella, and one woman is holding ... |
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| Description: | The Trinity M.E. Church Dining Hall set in a tent in a field near other tents. Two banners advertise the dining hall, and a chalkboard on the right lists t... |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Furrier manufacturing building. Nearby is a gas station promoting "Standard Oil Products". A Coca-Cola sign is near the entrance to the sta... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large pile of coal sitting under a tarp, with an empty truck waiting nearby. Industrial buildings and water towers are across the river.... |
| Date: | 10 17 1944 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across rooftops towards smoke rising from a burning building in the city. The building on the left has a billboard supporting the Packers. A ... |
| Date: | 02 02 1946 |
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| Description: | View across intersection towards a line of people formed down and around a street corner at the Uptown Theatre. The marquee advertises showings of "San Ant... |
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| Description: | "James E. McAlpine" in tow of tug "Conrad Starke" on Milwaukee River. There is an open drawbridge in the background. |
| Date: | 10 17 1944 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from a distance of a fire. A large cloud of smoke is billowing out of the burning building and fire fighters are climbing on a ladder. A buil... |
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