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Coaching Party Departing for Scottish Games

Date: 08 31 1909
Description: A coaching party of festively clad men, women, and children departing for the Annual Scottish Games sponsored by the St. Andrews Society. Some participants...
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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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Milwaukee Coal Wagon

Date: 1904
Description: Elevated view of wagons hauling coal from the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company holding up street car traffic on a busy Milwaukee street.
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Sentry's Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Department

Date: 02 14 1985
Description: A display of fruit and vegetables in the East Side Foods Sentry store.
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Child in a Shopping Cart

Date: 01 27 1956
Description: Child in a shopping cart with a frozen Armour smoked ham.
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Electric Streetcar

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Description: An electric streetcar in Milwaukee with a large Gimbels sign in the background.
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Turner Hall

Date: 1900
Description: Turner Hall in Milwaukee with horse-drawn wagon passing.
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Milwaukee, Looking up Broadway

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Description: Elevated view of an intersection in Milwaukee, looking up Broadway. There is a sign for "Dentist" on the left.
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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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Milwaukee, Down East Water Street from Kirby House

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Description: Elevated view of Milwaukee, down East Street from Kirby House.
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Milwaukee, up Broadway from Huron Street

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Description: View up Broadway from Huron Street, with Charles Stein and Company on the left.
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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.
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International Harvester Milwaukee Works Machining Plant

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Description: Grinder room filled with cartloads of parts at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company until 19...
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Worker Transporting Parts at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 1920
Description: Worker using a motorized shop cart ("shop mule") to transport parts between buildings at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The cart was manufactur...
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Mailman

Date: 07 11 1981
Description: A male mail carrier taking a break sitting in a mailbox on the sidewalk in a neighborhood.
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Post Office

Date: 01 13 1968
Description: Post Office workers in mail room.
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Layton House

Date: 1880
Description: 2504 Forest Home Avenue. This hotel was situated on what was originally a plank road between Milwaukee and Muskego. It was designed after the Federal style...
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Self-Service Supermarket

Date: 1953
Description: A cashier checking out a customer's purchases while another customer is filling her grocery cart with items at the D. Kurman company market.
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Harness Racing at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1953
Description: Harness racers are shown in action at the Wisconsin State Fair Park, with an audience watching from the grandstand.
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Harness Racers Neck and Neck

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Description: Five harness racing horses, sulkies, and drivers race around the Wisconsin State Fair track as an audience watches from the grandstand.

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