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| Date: | 1918 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad locomotive #1100, a class I engine, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1873 and originally numbered #199. Th... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | An elderly man is sitting in the grass by a Windsor Canadian Whiskey billboard. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View of State Street with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the background. Included in the view is Dan's Shoe Repairing, New Place Cafe, Huegel & Hyland Shoe... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of heavy automobile traffic, delivery trucks and pedestrians on State Street at North Carroll Street. View reaches to Bascom Hill of... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View from street of the Princess Cafe on the 400 block of State Street. The storefront advertises a quick and clean service, fresh coffee, 24 hour lunch. T... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Mary Ellen McCabe, the Alice in Dairyland from Ladysmith, views a billboard announcing the stock car races scheduled for the Wisconsin State Fair during Au... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Construction workers erecting a billboard for Hines Lumber using a crane mounted on the back of an International heavy-duty truck. The billboard is sitting... |
| Date: | 04 08 1926 |
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| Description: | McCormick-Deering no. 7 harvester-thresher (combine) in a factory yard. This model features a bagging platform located high on the machine and a single-whe... |
| Date: | 09 05 1954 |
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| Description: | Harp & Kettle Cheese House drive-in restaurant and store, 310 E. Broadway, includes two cars in the parking lot. |
| Date: | 09 05 1954 |
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| Description: | Harp & Kettle Cheese House drive-in restaurant and store, 310 E. Broadway. Two cars are in the parking lot. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Construction site with construction crew working, people walking on the sidewalk, and a billboard advertising Oshkosh B'gosh. |
| Date: | 12 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Highway 12 & 18 (East Broadway, looking east, at the corner of Bridge Road), near Harry V. Herd property (Route 4, Box 20), and Club Hollywood, 6406 Bridge... |
| Date: | 04 23 1926 |
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| Description: | Madison's Automotive Electric Service Company at 122-124 West Main Street. The Loraine Hotel can be seen in the left background. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Green Bay's downtown area with storefronts and billboards, looking south from the corner of Main Street. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Con Edison billboard for the World Trade Center. The sign reads "To meet the needs of the spectacular twin-towered World Trade Center we're strengthening y... |
| Date: | 03 1960 |
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| Description: | Exterior front view of Tony Urso's Westside Palm Tavern located at 730-736 West Washington Avenue in the Greenbush neighborhood. Typewritten sheet with pho... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Front exterior view of Joe's Liquor Store at 702 West Washington Avenue in the Greenbush neighborhood. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Tenth and Fifty-seventh Streets, with early houses, car and barn. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks towards the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad depot. Caption reads: "C.M. & St. P. Depot, Wauwatosa, Wis." |
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