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| Description: | Interior of Kendall Des Jardin's drugstore on Broad Street. Two men are talking with a young boy inside the store. |
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| Description: | There were several businesses in Greendale, including a Co-op grocery store, variety store, post office, movie theater and a doctor and dentist office. The... |
| Date: | 09 06 1957 |
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| Description: | Edward Farber, a prominent Milwaukee druggist, double checks a prescription order on the day before he retired. Farber operated his popular drugstore, loca... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the drugstore of Joseph Mabbett Alcott at 90 Wisconsin Street. Pictured are Charles Alcott (left), his son, and store helpers. |
| Date: | 07 27 1988 |
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| Description: | Cousins set up a road-side stand to sell fruits and vegetables grown by their grandfather. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph; view of store and adjoining buildings, Wisconsin and Milwaukee Streets. A large statue of a bird sits atop the store in the right of the imag... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Interior view with dome visible. A long counter takes up the lower right of the image, and at the left is a white barrier wall, next to a decorated column.... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | West from Third Street. Advertising signs for Schlitz, People's Credit Clothing Co., Peoples Dentist, and other businesses line the buildings along the roa... |
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| Description: | Panoramic view from the top of a building. Home of Merchants and Manufacturers' Association of Milwaukee. Building is in the center of the image, with two ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Four-level building with shorter buildings flanking it on either side. On the road in front two carriages are visible, drawn by horses. A group of men ar... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Awnings stretch over the entrance and windows on the front facade. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | It was in this shop that Christopher Sholes, inventor of the typewriter, did much of his work on various inventions. This photograph may be as early as th... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | The Milwaukee Journal Building located at 734 North 4th Street. To the right of the building in an alley are circulation trucks. Newsboys and customers are... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph; view of store and adjoining buildings, Wisconsin and Milwaukee Streets. A large statue of a bird sits atop the store in the right of the image... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Intended for tourists, this brochure features a map of Milwaukee's central business district as well as general information about parking, beaches and othe... |
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