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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Street cars and busy pedestrian traffic mingle in this view of the 200 West Water Street block in downtown Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Schlitz Brewing Company with two men and a boy in suits and hats in the foreground. |
| Date: | 09 20 1953 |
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| Description: | A posed photograph taken for the Milwaukee & Suburban Transport Corp. to mark the substitution of buses for streetcars on the West Burnham Street line. |
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| Description: | Well-dressed pedestrians walking in downtown Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 07 11 1912 |
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| Description: | Looking east on E. Wisconsin Avenue from the west bank of the Milwaukee River. The Pabst Building is on the left. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Several pedestrians cross a city street on a rainy day. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Snow covers a streetcar and pedestrians walk through a snow-covered street. |
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| Description: | A woman carefully steps off a Milwaukee streetcar. Original Falk caption reads, "Photos borrowed from Milwaukee County Transport for use in brochure 850801... |
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| Description: | A street cleaner sweeps the tracks in a residential neighborhood, as the streetcar and its operator and passengers wait. Original Falk caption reads, "Phot... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Exterior of factory with a streetcar and parked cars in the background. Streetcar wires crisscross overhead, and in the foreground on the right are a group... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A large crowd is gathered along a sidewalk, spilling onto the road, in front of the station. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Looking down Grand Avenue to West Wisconsin Åvenue. Cable cars are on the left , and a carriage on right near curb. Pedestrians are crossing the street and... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Grand Avenue at 4th Street looking east. An electric sign for the Alhambra Theatre is in the center. Pedestrians are crossing the road and are on the sidew... |
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| Description: | A small marching band is at the head of the parade with a military group marching behind them. Crowds are standing on the sidewalk. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Men piling into an electric trolley with a sign that reads: "Viaduct". The streetcar has grating on the end, which several men are standing on. A sign on a... |
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| Description: | A group of well-dressed men and women are walking across a street. They are all wearing hats and a couple of the woman are carrying fur muffs. A streetcar ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of building on corner in downtown area. There are horse-drawn vehicles in the street, and pedestrians on the sidewalk and crossing the street... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, with a three-quarter view of a man driving an electric cable car marked "State St." under a... |
| Date: | 09 1900 |
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| Description: | View down Grand Avenue. Near a streetcar is the city's Civil War memorial, erected in 1898 by John Conway. |
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