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Sun Bathing

Date: 1965
Description: Women sun bathe near an express highway in Milwaukee.
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World Series Traffic Jam

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view of city traffic of bumper-to-bumper cars leaving Milwaukee County Stadium after the 1957 World Series.
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Marquette Interchange

Date: 1965
Description: Aerial view of early construction at the Marquette Interchange in Milwaukee, the junction of Interstate Highways I94 and I43. Construction began in 1964, ...
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Marquette Interchange

Date: 
Description: Aerial view of the first Marquette Interchange, photographed some time after its completion in 1968.
Photograph

Interstate I-43

Date: 1981
Description: Fond du Lac Avenue (State Highway 145) exit from Interstate I-43 in Milwaukee. As originally conceived, the interstate system in Wisconsin was to consist ...
Photograph

Hoan Bridge to Nowhere

Date: 04 01 1975
Description: The bridge over the Milwaukee Harbor named in honor of former Mayor Daniel Hoan. The bridge was constructed between 1970 and 1972, but during the period de...
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Automobile Exhaust

Date: 02 1977
Description: Automobile exhaust on a cold February morning in Milwaukee.
Photograph

Aerial View Looking North

Date: 1950
Description: Divided highway is South Chase Avenue between West Lincoln Avenue (2300) and East Oklahoma Avenue (3100).
Map or Atlas

Map of the Prospective State Highway System for Milwaukee County

Date: 1922
Description: A road map of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin that shows the township and range system, towns, communities, completed roads, a proposed system of roads, steam ...
Map or Atlas

Street Map of Milwaukee County

Date: 1976
Description: A street map of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin that identifies the location of schools, hospitals, parks, beaches, streets, freeways, both planned or under co...
Map or Atlas

Map Showing Utility of Land in Milwaukee Township

Date: 1914
Description: A hand-drawn and colored map of the Milwaukee Township, showing how lands were used, included are parks, cemeteries, private grounds, and speculative land....
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee County Showing System of State & County Trunk Highways

Date: 1960
Description: Color coded map in pink, yellow, blue, and brown of Milwaukee County State and County trunk highways. The map includes a legend of symbols: "STEAM RAIL ROA...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee County Showing System of State and County Trunk Highways

Date: 1938
Description: Color coded map in pink, yellow, blue, and brown of Milwaukee County State and County trunk highways. The map includes a legend of symbols: "STEAM RAIL ROA...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee County Showing System of State & County Trunk Highways

Date: 1936
Description: Color coded map in pink, yellow, blue, and brown of Milwaukee County State and County trunk highways. The map includes a legend of symbols: "STEAM RAIL ROA...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee County Showing System of State & County Trunk Highways

Date: 1937
Description: Color coded map in pink, yellow, blue, and brown of Milwaukee County State and County trunk highways. The map includes a legend of symbols: "STEAM RAIL ROA...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee County Showing System of State & County Trunk Highways

Date: 1941
Description: Color coded map in pink, yellow, green, and brown of Milwaukee County State and County trunk highways. The map includes a legend of symbols: "STEAM RAIL RO...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee County Showing System of State & County Trunk Highways

Date: 1946
Description: Color coded map in pink, yellow, green, and brown of Milwaukee County State and County trunk highways. The map includes a legend of symbols: "STEAM RAIL RO...
Map or Atlas

Milwaukee Map Folder

Date: 1928
Description: This map shows a view of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. It highlights state trunk highways, principal county trunks and other secondary highways and type...
Map or Atlas

City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cordon or By-Pass Route Proposed for Milwaukee

Date: 1932
Description: This map shows a large map on the bottom with marked routes. City blocks are shown but not labeled. Lake Michigan is labeled on the far right. The top of t...
Photograph

Milwaukee Interchange

Date: 
Description: Aerial view of the sprawling Milwaukee interchange at night.

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