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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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Downtown Milwaukee

Date: 1912
Description: Street cars and busy pedestrian traffic mingle in this view of the 200 West Water Street block in downtown Milwaukee.
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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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Wisconsin Dells Streetcar

Date: 1910
Description: A streetcar apparently zips along down the center of Broadway, the town's main thoroughfare. The structure with the awning (to the right of the old bank bu...
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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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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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Streetcar Viaduct

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view across valley toward a streetcar viaduct on the Waukesha Interurban Line, near Milwaukee. Caption reads: "Street Car Bridge on Waukesha Inter...
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400 Block of State Street

Date: 1915
Description: View of the 400 block of State Street, south side with the following businesses: 437 Fred R. Eastman Electrical Supplies, 435 M.J. Levin's The Square Tailo...
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Grand Avenue in Beloit

Date: 1915
Description: Trolley car driving along Grand Avenue, with people walking on the sidewalks next to storefronts. Caption reads: "Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis."
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Leinenkugel Brewery

Date: 1910
Description: An engraving of an elevated view of the Leinenkugel brewery, est. 1867, located at 5 Jefferson Avenue.
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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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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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Milwaukee Street

Date: 1911
Description: Milwaukee Street with trolley and horse-drawn vehicles. Caption reads: "Milwaukee Street, Janesville, Wis."
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Business District

Date: 1910
Description: View down center of a street. Caption reads: "Clean, Wide, Business Streets Greet You in Oshkosh". On the left side of the street is a large clock on the s...
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Main Street

Date: 1911
Description: Main Street with superimposed streetcar.
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Milwaukee Auditorium

Date: 09 19 1915
Description: Milwaukee Auditorium at N. 6th Street and W. Kilbourn Avenue.
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Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 03 29 1913
Description: East Wisconsin Avenue commercial district looking west from V. Van Buren Street. Landmarks left to right: Federal Building, Northwestern National Insurance...
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Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Headquarters

Date: 02 26 1919
Description: The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance home office on the northeast corner of E. Wisconsin Avenue and N. Van Buren Street.
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Wisconsin Street East

Date: 03 19 1914
Description: Commercial district looking towards East Wisconsin Avenue from the roof of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurace home office at Van Buren Street. The Feder...

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