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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Street cars and busy pedestrian traffic mingle in this view of the 200 West Water Street block in downtown Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view toward the Chippewa Shoe Manufacturing Company building, Bay Street & River Street, looking north. Caption reads: "Chippewa Shoe Mfg... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "St. Norbert's College - West De Pere." View across lawn towards buildings on the campus of St. Norbert's College. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View from intersection toward the hotel. Caption reads: "Beaumont Hotel, Green Bay, Wis." |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | The exterior of the Harvester Press building on Adams Street. Original caption reads: "Harvester Print Shop -- Adams Street, Chicago. Relocated to 4829 S.... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Men line up outside on the sidewalk in front of the International Harvester's Weber Works building. The factory produced wagons. Two men are looking down f... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down front walk and lawn toward a street where automobiles are parked along the curb. |
| Date: | 10 01 1912 |
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| Description: | An African American man dressed in work clothes, a long apron, and a hat is standing next to a cart drawn by two horses. The cart is loaded with goods and ... |
| Date: | 09 29 1913 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from flat rooftop towards a wall of a factory building under construction at McCormick Works. Below on the right are railroad cars on tracks ... |
| Date: | 07 23 1912 |
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| Description: | A group of employees is outdoors in front of a plant building. Other men are using the fire escape on the side of the building. A railroad car is in the ba... |
| Date: | 08 08 1912 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the McCormick Works Club House. |
| Date: | 05 12 1913 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view over railroad cars and railroad tracks towards buildings under construction. |
| Date: | 07 29 1913 |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of a man standing in front of a building. The ladder for a fire escape is on the wall behind him. |
| Date: | 07 30 1913 |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of a man standing on a wood platform in front of the brick wall of a factory building. A ladder for a fire escape is on the wall behin... |
| Date: | 08 14 1913 |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of a man standing on a wooden platoform in front of the brick wall of a building. The ladder for a fire escape is on the wall behind h... |
| Date: | 07 25 1914 |
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| Description: | Corn Binder outdoors on the cobblestones in the factory yard cluttered with machines. Two men are working on a machine in the background. Brick factory bu... |
| Date: | 02 18 1915 |
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| Description: | View from elevated railroad platform looking towards a factory building with railroad cars on tracks underneath. Two sets of railroad tracks run along the ... |
| Date: | 11 01 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Post Block, Spring Green, Wis." Erected by George F. Post in 1894, the three-story Post Block consisted of a west half and an east ha... |
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