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Monthly Market Fair

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of farmer's wagons, teams, and pedestrian traffic crowd Princeton's main street for the monthly market fair. Some snow is on the ground and a...
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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...
Photograph

Plan of Gimbels Expansion

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Description: Photograph of an illustration. The image is of Gimbels Department Store at the corner of W. Wisconsin and N. Plankinton Avenues. Possibly a drawing of a pl...
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Looking West on State Street

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Description: View of State Street from the Wisconsin State Capitol grounds, looking west toward Bascom Hill.
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City Hall Square

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of old City Hall building at right center facing the camera. Electric power poles are along the street, along which horse-drawn carriages and...
Postcard

Grand Avenue

Date: 1909
Description: Looking east from 5th Street. Road lined with buildings, and pedestrians crowd the sidewalks. Horse-drawn vehicles and a trolley are on the road. Caption r...
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Wells Street

Date: 1900
Description: Traffic on Wells Street with the Germania Newspaper weekly building in the background.
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Petticoat Lane

Date: 1920
Description: Urban street view including cars, pedestrians and streetcar. Caption reads: "Pettitcoat Lane."
Photograph

Elevated View of Michigan Boulevard

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Description: Elevated view of Michigan Boulevard looking North, in downtown. In the foreground are the roofs of smaller buildings, street traffic and pedestrians on the...
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Walnut Street

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Description: View looking down Walnut Street in downtown which includes a trolley, pedestrians crossing the road, cars, and numerous buildings. Caption reads: "Looking ...
Postcard

Main Street

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Description: Photographic postcard of Main Street. Businesses line the street, including the Adams Auto Company Dodge-Plymouth, McBride Equipment Company, and McCormick...
Print

Wm. Ewig Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wm. Ewig Company, an insurance company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with full-color depictions of a scene with three traffic accidents involv...
Photograph

"Foreign Correspondent" Premiere

Date: 1940
Description: Slightly elevated view from street corner at Broadway and West 50th Street of the Rivoli Theater in Times Square when it was screening the movie "Foreign C...
Postcard

Main Street Looking South

Date: 1910
Description: View down center of street looking south. Horse-drawn vehicles are along the street, and telephone poles and many pedestrians line the sidewalks. Caption r...
Photograph

State Street Towards Bascom Hill

Date: 1965
Description: View down center of State Street towards Park Street at the bottom of Bascom Hill, with automobile traffic moving up and down the street. On the left are s...
Postcard

Madison St. Bridge

Date: 1909
Description: Color lithograph of elevated view of traffic along the Madison St. bridge. Streetcars, horse-drawn wagons, and pedestrians are on the bridge. Caption reads...
Photograph

Gayle McLaughlin

Date: 1985
Description: A woman is standing on a street corner showing a piece of paper to two people. Across the street are signs for The General Camera Co. Caption reads: "Gayle...

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