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| Date: | 10 14 1912 |
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| Description: | President Theodore Roosevelt leaving the Chicago and North Western depot after arriving in Milwaukee on his October 14th, 1912 visit, during which he was s... |
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| Description: | Motorcyclists race, probably at the Wisconsin State Fair Grounds. |
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| Description: | Motorcyclists at the start of the race, probably at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | 2504 Forest Home Avenue. This hotel was situated on what was originally a plank road between Milwaukee and Muskego. It was designed after the Federal style... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A Wright Model B Flyer at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. Although unidentified, this is believed to be the aircraft that Farnum Fish flew at the fairgrou... |
| Date: | 06 1947 |
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| Description: | A family boarding a route #40 streetcar. A sign on the front of the car advertises midget auto racing at the State Fair grounds; the second urges people to... |
| Date: | 08 30 1954 |
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| Description: | Mary Ellen McCabe, 1954 Alice in Dairyland, enters State Fair Park in her official convertible, escorted by police officers on Harley-Davidson motorcycles ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A 1930's coupe sponsored by the Enterprise Transfer Co. stalls out on the racetrack after being disabled by an apparent collision. A crowd of onlookers sta... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a parking lot filled with cars at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A child peddles his tricycle on a sidewalk at the end of a cul de sac in his Greendale neighborhood with houses lining the street. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of intersection of the Janesville Plank Road and North Cape Road at Hales Corners, also showing Schubrino's Saloon. The Janesville road, some... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Intersection of Janesville Plan and North Cape Road, with telephone poles lining North Cape Road and cars parked on the side of Schunbrino's Saloon. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View down road towards the Western Hotel on the left. The original tavern was built in 1834 (?) by William Shields (?). In 1845 it was operated by his son ... |
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| Description: | A woman driving a two-wheeled carriage pulled by two white horses. |
| Date: | 10 05 1912 |
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| Description: | A wrecked automobile, which crashed during the 1912 Milwaukee Grand Prize Race (later called the American Grand Prix); possibly car #35, in which driver Ra... |
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| Description: | The original shop in the Davidson family backyard where the first Harley-Davidson motorcycles were assembled. There is snow on the ground. The sign on the ... |
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| Description: | Court of Honor, W. Wisconsin Avenue, looking west from N. 9th Street. The Midsummer Festival monument (with eagle) and Gesu Church steeples are on the left... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Lake Park streetcar terminal. There is a streetcar in the station with engineers standing in front. |
| Date: | 07 12 1914 |
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| Description: | Crowds at the race course watching harness racing in Washington Park. There are three racers, and a crowd of spectators is sitting in the grandstands, on t... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The brewery was built by George Schweickhart after he came to the city in 1856. He purchased three acres of land on the then Watertown Plank road, now just... |
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