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Horse-Drawn Trolley

Date: 1890
Description: Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising...
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Diesel Bus

Date: 1951
Description: A group of people boarding a diesel bus on 12th Street.
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Girl in a Mini-Race Car

Date: 05 02 1956
Description: Father demonstrates controls of a mini-race car as his daughter sits in the car.
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Skateboard Handstands

Date: 04 06 1985
Description: Young men performing skateboard handstands on downtown sidewalks.
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Police Officer with Pedestrian

Date: 1900
Description: Police officer helping a young woman cross the street.
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Women in the Rain

Date: 1900
Description: Three women in hats and long skirts walk with umbrellas in the rain.
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Girls Jumping Rope

Date: 1900
Description: Two young girls with bows in their hair jump rope as a boy watches.
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CORE Picketers

Date: 01 14 1964
Description: Civil rights group CORE picketing the Board of Realtors at Coach House Motor Inn for fairness and equality in housing.
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Kids with Calculator

Date: 05 19 1989
Description: Two young boys in a grocery store figuring out prices of food with a calculator.
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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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Crowd of People at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 1905
Description: A large crowd assembled outside International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The crowd is composed mostly of men, but includes a few boys and at least one gi...
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Golf Game

Date: 04 26 1967
Description: Women golfers on the course.
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Children Sledding

Date: 1975
Description: A winter scene with excited children on a toboggan.
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This Happy Breed

Date: 1956
Description: Winter scene with a family and their dog preparing for their descent down the hill on a toboggan. From left to right, Gene Anderson (my uncle), Betsy Marqu...
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The Answer Machine

Date: 11 13 1963
Description: A question is fed into a "computer" created by the mathematics club at John Marshall Junior High School. This was a project in observance of American Educa...
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Department Store

Date: 11 30 1966
Description: Sears Roebuck department store interior.
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Strike!

Date: 02 20 1963
Description: Union members of Local 317 in Milwaukee strike outside the Electric Co.'s N. Edison Street plant. It was a very cold night.
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March of Dimes Contribution

Date: 01 05 1955
Description: A toddler is inserting a dime into a March of Dimes collection board as her mother is holding her in her arms and looking on. The collection is to raise mo...
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Post Office

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