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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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Downtown Milwaukee

Date: 1910
Description: Grand Avenue at 4th Street looking east. The Alhambra Theatre is on the left. Pedestrians are on the streets and sidewalks, and horse-drawn vehicles are on...
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Horseshoer Building on Snowy Street

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Description: View across road towards a building with a sign on the building that reads: "G. Deising, Horseshoer". A number of horses are standing on the snowy road nea...
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Loading Hard Coal

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Description: Two horses hitched up to a Milwaukee Western Fuel Company cart stopped at a station, with a man standing on the wagon filling the cart with hard coal for h...
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Two Farmers with Cart

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Description: A man and a boy are standing next to a pair of yoked oxen pulling a cart. The boy near the animals has a lash in his hand, and the man behind him is loadin...
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Buggy Race with Fred Pabst

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Description: Two men are racing small horse-drawn buggies on a dirt track at an exhibition at the Pabst Farms. The man on the left is identified as Fred Pabst, Milwauke...
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Dining Tent

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Description: The Trinity M.E. Church Dining Hall set in a tent in a field near other tents. Two banners advertise the dining hall, and a chalkboard on the right lists t...
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Men Pulling Carts

Date: 1897
Description: Men pushing and pulling two carts, one with a barrel, around a street corner.
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Collapsed Horse on Street

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Description: A horse in a harness is lying on its side in the street, while the other horse is standing in the harness on the left. The carriage or cart they are pullin...
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Group of Men with Boat on Land

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Description: A group of men are gathered around a stagecoach which is mounted on a platform in a yard, with buildings in the background. Some men are sitting inside, wh...
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Sulky Driver

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Description: A racer posing on the track with his horse and carriage. The horse appears to be wearing blinders.The man is wearing a coat and hat, and is holding a whip.
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Street Scene near Wisconsin National Bank

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Description: Street and sidewalk outside of the Wisconsin National Bank. Men, women, and children are walking on sidewalks, and crossing in front of streetcars. Horse-d...
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Horses Pulling Coach

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Description: Two horses pulling a carriage with a driver on a dirt road.
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Hay Market

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Description: Elevated view of horse-drawn carts filled with hay and parked in rows at a market. Men stand between the rows, and houses surround the market square.
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Sulky Race Track

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of a horse racing track and spectators. Sulkies, which are two-wheeled, one-person carriages drawn by a single horse, are racing. The race ...
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Plankinton House

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of the street and construction site outside of the Plankinton House hotel and various storefronts. Along the street and sidewalks are horse-d...
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Two Men in Carriage

Date: 1905
Description: Two men wearing hats and coats in a horse-drawn carriage on a residential street.
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Small Buggy with Tandem Horses

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Description: A one-person carriage driven by a woman is led by two tandem horses stepping in rhythm and wearing blinders. A lake (probably Lake Michigan), and shoreline...
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Snowy Downtown Street

Date: 1910
Description: Pedestrians, bicyclists, and horse-drawn carriages on a commercial street. City Hall with its clock tower is in the far background. A sign for Sisson & Sew...
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Man Walking near Building

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Description: View of industrial buildings with a man walking near the building on the right. A large wagon or cart is on the left near a stack of bricks and pipes.

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