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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of yard behind the foundry at the McCormick Reaper Works. Several men and a horse are working among piles of parts and debris. The factory wa... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee in 1853 details building features and city layout from southwest. Important buildings are numbered in a silhouette drawing bel... |
| Date: | 07 24 1933 |
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| Description: | International Model A-4 motor truck with a 185-inch wheel base, and a horse-drawn wagon hauling Famous Beverwyck Beer. The horse-drawn trailer contains bee... |
| Date: | 09 14 1963 |
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| Description: | The Marathon Paper Corporation plant along the historic Fox River canal. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of International Harvester's Wisconsin Steel Works. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | The Island's Edge, Williamsburg Bridge, East River. |
| Date: | 11 29 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of smokestacks on International Harvester's McCormick Works factory buildings. The sky is hazy and appears to be filled with smog or pollutio... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A group of men assisting three men in diving gear on a boat on the Chicago River near the McCormick Works (factory). |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The northwest corner of the Robert A. Johnston Company cookie factory at S. 1st and W. Florida Streets. |
| Date: | 10 23 1913 |
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| Description: | Looking north on the Milwaukee River from approximately E. St. Paul Avenue (Clybourn Street bridge in the foreground). This features an elevated view of th... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Milwaukee River from the east bank at the North Avenue dam. Caption on negative reads: "Milwaukee River at North Ave". |
| Date: | 07 17 1914 |
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| Description: | Steamboat "E.L. Wallace" on the Menominee River looking east from the 16th Street viaduct. Coal yards are on the banks of the harbor. |
| Date: | 08 27 1910 |
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| Description: | Looking south towards the 16th Street viaduct over Menominee Valley from about Clybourn Street. Shows the surrounding industrial area and neighborhoods. Se... |
| Date: | 09 12 1919 |
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| Description: | Looking west from the roof of the Northwestern Mutual home office at E. Wisconsin Avenue and N. Van Buren Street. City Hall is on the right. Caption on gla... |
| Date: | 03 20 1914 |
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| Description: | Looking west from the roof of the Wells Building at E. Wisconsin Avenue and N. Milwaukee Street. The Pabst Building is on the left and the First National B... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | An aerial view of the Milwaukee Works grounds that includes numerous large factory buildings, railways and smaller office buildings. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the Wisconsin State Capitol of State Street looking west, toward the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Bascom Hall. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking east from the Wisconsin State Capitol down East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 11 04 1926 |
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| Description: | Two men wearing hats and overcoats walk along the sidewalk adjacent to a large building, possibly the McCormick Works factory. Signs on the electrical pole... |
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