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| Date: | 04 07 1933 |
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| Description: | Schlitz train and group of revelers, celebrating the end of prohibition in Milwaukee. Schlitz Engine #8027 departs to deliver the first Schlitz beer at 12:... |
| Date: | 08 26 1908 |
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| Description: | In a festive mood, Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company employees disembark from flag-decked trolley cars to enjoy a company-sponsored outing. The ... |
| Date: | 07 04 1944 |
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| Description: | People riding decorated bicycles in a 4th of July parade. |
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| Description: | A motorcyclist drives down the middle of the road, possibly in a race, as a crowd looks on. |
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| Description: | A crowd of people in the street, many of them with motorcycles, possibly getting ready to race. |
| Date: | 09 03 1945 |
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| Description: | The 6th Ward Contingent represented a community on the march. Black men, women and children from the CIO and AF of L, from small business, brought a messa... |
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| Description: | Large crowd looking at the damaged Christopher Columbus cruise vessel at dock. Constructed in 1893, the Christopher Columbus was the only pas... |
| Date: | 12 11 1926 |
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| Description: | Fire destroyed the Atlas Flour Mill, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. Thirteen engine companies, six truck companies, and two fire boats fought the... |
| Date: | 10 1912 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of drivers making last minute adjustments to their automobiles at the start of the Milwaukee Grand Prize race (later called the Amer... |
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| Description: | Motorcyclists at the start of the race, probably at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 08 30 1906 |
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| Description: | A screw passenger excursion vessel or whaleback, the Christopher Columbus, passing through the Broadway Bridge. |
| Date: | 08 1958 |
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| Description: | A group of people watching a parade along a sidewalk in the rain. |
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| Description: | An electric streetcar in Milwaukee with a large Gimbels sign in the background. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Police officer helping a young woman cross the street. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view down Wisconsin Avenue looking west, with the RKO Riverside Theatre on the right, and a large Christmas sign on the corner of a building on th... |
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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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| Description: | A boy on a Milwaukee street is driving a goat cart with an advertisement for Silverstone the tailor. Several on-lookers are watching from the left hand sid... |
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| Description: | View up Grand Avenue from bridge. Pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles cross bridge on the left. |
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| Description: | Elevated view down Wisconsin from Broadway of buildings, street traffic and bridge in distance. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of people along a bridge watching a steamboat in difficulty. |
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