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Grand Avenue

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Description: Elevated view of Grand Avenue. A number of horse-drawn carriages are lined up near a bridge.
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Looking up Grand Avenue

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Description: Elevated view over bridge and river looking up Grand Avenue. Pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles and a street car are in the foreground.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Appleton

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye view of Appleton.
Photograph

22nd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers

Date: 09 22 1862
Description: The 22nd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers under the command of Colonel William L. Utley, crossing the pontoon bridge at Cincinnati.
Print

Landscape View with River and Riverboat

Date: 1858
Description: Lithograph view of river with a riverboat on the river, and a family on a hill above the river. There is a wagon or cart on the road below the hill.
Photograph

Mill's Saloon, Loddis Mill

Date: 1909
Description: A mill, left, and a commercial building with attached residence stand in front of a wooded bluff. A woman crosses a small bridge near the mill.
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Billboards on Water Street

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Description: Billboards with advertising for the "Georgia Up-To-Date Minstrels" at the Opera House on Saturday, April 7. Bridge visible to the left. The J.J. McGillivra...
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Horse and Wagon on Plank Bridge

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Description: Horses and wagons passing over a plank bridge. Woman driving the lead wagon pulled by a single horse, and a man and another obscured person in the second w...
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Four Ho-Chunk People on Bridge

Date: 1911
Description: Four Ho-Chunk people crossing a bridge spanning the Black River. This photograph was taken before the flood of October 1911, when the bridge was completely...
Photograph

View from the West Bank of the Milwaukee River

Date: 07 11 1912
Description: Looking east on E. Wisconsin Avenue from the west bank of the Milwaukee River. The Pabst Building is on the left.
Photograph

Mrs. George Funmaker Sr. on the Black River Bridge

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Description: A Ho-Chunk woman is walking across the Black River Bridge wearing a long shawl over her shoulders and carrying a bundle. Identified as Mrs. George Funmaker...
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Alice Bedard on Bridge

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Description: Alice Bedard at the Lake Park Bridge on Milwaukee's East side.
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Grand Boulevard

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Description: View down grassy median planted with trees in the center of Grand Boulevard. Stone residences are on either side. A man, perhaps a police officer, stands i...
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Downtown Wisconsin Dells

Date: 05 24 1950
Description: A view of downtown, including the official Dells ticket office. In the foreground a man is sitting on a bench reading a newspaper, and other pedestrians ar...
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View down Water Street

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Description: View down Water Street, with billboards advertising for the "Georgia Up-To-Date Minstrels" at the Opera House on Saturday, April 7. There is also a bridge ...
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Shepperd's Dell Bridge On Columbia River Highway

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Description: Elevated view of Shepperd's Dell Bridge on the Columbia River Highway, a historic scenic road. People stand near the railing to look out over the bridge. R...
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World's Fair Transportation Center

Date: 1893
Description: Elevated view of the Illinois Central World's Fair Transportation Center at Van Buren Street. Several pedestrians cross a bridge leading to trains and lake...
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Columbian Exposition View

Date: 1893
Description: View of the canal area of the Columbian Exposition grounds looking north from near the front of the Machinery building (at left). The South canal is in the...
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Street Scene

Date: 1912
Description: View down dirt street. Two women and three children pose at the intersection. Farther down the street is a post office. There is a bridge at the end of the...
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Railroad Bridge

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Description: View from shoreline of railroad bridge across a river. Two girls and a boy are standing on the opposite side of the river near the shoreline.

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