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Main Street on the Square

Date: 1900
Description: View down Main Street on the Capitol Square. Caption reads: "Main Street, looking West."
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King Street

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized view of King Street, looking east, with a streetcar. Lake Monona is in the background. Caption reads: "King Street, looking East, Madison, Wis."
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Steam Fire Engine with Three Horses

Date: 1900
Description: A steam fire engine of Milwaukee's Fire Company #2 drawn by three white horses racing to a fire. Prior motor driven fire equipment was a greater danger tha...
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First Streetcars in Wisconsin

Date: 1886
Description: First electric street railway service in Wisconsin.
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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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Pinckney Street with a Streetcar

Date: 1910
Description: Pinckney Street view with the edge of the Capitol grounds on the right. A streetcar is in the center of the street. Storefronts with their awnings over the...
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Main Street Streetcar

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a streetcar going down North Main Street. Raiche Drugstore sits on the right corner.
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Main Street, East from Fourth Street

Date: 1905
Description: A view of Main street, looking east from Fourth Street. It is interesting to note that "The Largest Whiskey House" saloon is located next door to a drug st...
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Storefronts on Main Street

Date: 1940
Description: View of a variety of storefronts in bustling downtown. On the left side of the street is Berman's, Cremer's Jewelers, Liggett's Drugs, and Kinney's Shoes. ...
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Pinckney Street at Night

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view at night of streetcars moving along the Capitol Square on Pinckney Street. Walzinger's Drugstore is one of the prominent storefronts on the l...
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Laundry Building at Indian Industrial School

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Description: Exterior view of a laundry building at the Indian Industrial School. An Indian School cable car is next to the building.
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College Avenue Looking West from Oneida Street

Date: 1907
Description: View down College Avenue. Caption reads: "College Ave. looking West from Oneida St., Appleton, Wis."
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Electric Street Railway

Date: 1886
Description: The first electric street railway in Wisconsin.
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South Barstow Street

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Description: Elevated view of a main throughfaire, with buildings lining each side of the street, with many pedestrians, a horse-drawn carriage, a clock hanging from a ...
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Eau Claire House with Flag

Date: 1910
Description: View from street towards the hotel with two people standing under an awning in the entryway at the corner. Cable car tracks are in the foreground. Caption ...
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Main Street Fond du Lac with Trolley

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Description: Caption reads: "Main Street, Fond du Lac, Wis." View down street towards a cable car moving on tracks running down the right side of the street.
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Washington Street Looking North

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Description: Elevated view looking north at Washington Street with cable cars. Caption reads: "Washington Street, Looking North, Green Bay, Wis."
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Washington Street

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view looking down at Washington Street with cable car traffic. Caption reads: "Washington Street, Green Bay, Wis."
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Downtown Hancock

Date: 1910
Description: View of downtown Hancock with a streetcar driving down the street and people walking on the sidewalk and crossing the street. A streetcar has been superimp...
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Street Scene

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Description: Elevated view of Canal Street scene. Automobiles, streetcars and pedestrians are moving along the busy street. Store sign reads: "Stein-Block LAZARD'S Smar...

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