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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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Cyclists and Pedestrians

Date: 1890
Description: Two men ride their bicycles past curious on-lookers.
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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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Police Officer with Pedestrian

Date: 1900
Description: Police officer helping a young woman cross the street.
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Men Work on Streetcar Power Lines with International Model H Truck

Date: 1920
Description: Two men working on trolley car electrical wires (catenary) in the middle of a street. The men are standing on a platform in the back of an International Mo...
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Man Carrying Boston Herald Newspapers from International Truck

Date: 1965
Description: Man delivering a stack of Boston Herald newspapers from an International C-series truck parked along the curb in the downtown Boston area at Boston Common....
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Sailors Load Cases of Coca-Cola onto Battleship

Date: 1962
Description: Sailors passing cases of bottled Coca-Cola (soda) from an International truck to a ship docked at Chicago. City skyline in background.
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Picketing Gimbel's

Date: 03 15 1955
Description: Women from Pittsburgh AFL Retail Clerks' Union Local 1365 picket at the Milwaukee store.
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Mrs. Piper in Garden of Piper's Garden Cafeteria

Date: 01 19 1931
Description: View of Mrs. Piper standing in the garden of Piper's Garden Cafeteria, 120 E. Mifflin Street, after a snowstorm.
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Storefront on State Street

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Description: 216 - 216 1/2 State Street, with storefront of T.F. Dresen.
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Main Street in New Glarus

Date: 1877
Description: View from hill down the unpaved main street. There is a man and two women standing in front of a fence and house across the street on the right.
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Main Street

Date: 1881
Description: View down Main Street. On the left a man is driving a wagon with a team of two horses, and on the right a man stands on a wagon pulled by one horse. Houses...
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Rainy Day Traffic

Date: 1941
Description: Automobile traffic, with a street railroad car in the background, on a rainy day.
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Officer Frank Ingraham with School Children

Date: 04 12 1945
Description: Officer Frank B. Ingraham, at his beat on the corners of State, Henry, and Johnson Streets, with young school children from Holy Redeemer School. Ingraham ...
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West Wisconsin Commercial District

Date: 05 28
Description: Street corner with commercial buildings, including Leo Abraham Cigars and Merit, Gargoyle Restaurant, The Peoples Dentists, The Hermit Buffet, and surround...
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Earth Day March

Date: 04 21 1970
Description: View looking down at a crowd of people holding the first Earth Day March as they arrive at the Wisconsin State Capitol at the top of State Street. The marc...
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Spectators at World Trade Center Construction Site

Date: 1969
Description: Spectators on the sidewalk observing the construction of the World Trade Center.
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Businessmen Watch Construction

Date: 1969
Description: Several businessmen converse with each other while observing the World Trade Center construction.
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Bridge Under Construction

Date: 1905
Description: Men at work on a bridge under construction. A sign on a building in the background reads: "Drake Brothers Co." and "Drugs • Oils • Paints."
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Road Crew Repairing Street

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Description: A road crew repairing a street.

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