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Farm Utilities Co.

Date: 02 16 1931
Description: Farm Utilities Company, located at 124 S. Butler Street. (A Trachte building.)
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Safety Zone on W. Mifflin Street

Date: 01 06 1931
Description: A man stands at a safety zone in the middle of West Mifflin Street between lanes of traffic at the corner of State Street and N. Carroll Street, waiting to...
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CM&StP Railroad Locomotive

Date: 1903
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad locomotive #1100, a class I engine, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1873 and originally numbered #199. Th...
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Billboards on Water Street

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Description: Billboards with advertising for the "Georgia Up-To-Date Minstrels" at the Opera House on Saturday, April 7. Bridge visible to the left. The J.J. McGillivra...
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Officer Frank Ingraham with School Children

Date: 04 12 1945
Description: Officer Frank B. Ingraham, at his beat on the corners of State, Henry, and Johnson Streets, with young school children from Holy Redeemer School. Ingraham ...
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Motorboat on Milwaukee River

Date: 1914
Description: View across water of a motorboat with four men going upstream. There is a bicycle in the motorboat. The shoreline in the background has industrial building...
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Janesville's Milwaukee Street looking east from the Bridge

Date: 1919
Description: Street scene with pedestrians near Milwaukee Street bridge. The Hotel Myers is in the background. The Lappin-Hayes Block is seen to the right of the Myer...
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Fire Boats Near Walkway

Date: 1897
Description: Boats used for fighting fires are docked near a walkway. On the left the walkway is full of men, some gathered near the boats and a fire hose stretched out...
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Women Wearing Hats on Street

Date: 1910
Description: Four young women are walking down a city street across cable car tracks wearing coats and very large hats. Two of the women have fur muffs on their hands, ...
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Women Wearing Hats Walking on Sidewalk

Date: 1912
Description: Young women carrying purses and wearing very large hats are walking down a sidewalk. A person on the left is holding an umbrella, and one woman is holding ...
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Snow Removal on City Street

Date: 02 18 1926
Description: A man using a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor to load snow from a city street into a horse-drawn wagon. A group of men are watching from the sidewalk, and ...
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Man Outside Theater

Date: 1946
Description: A man stands near an opera house sign, smoking a pipe and looking at his theater ticket. A poster advertises a show by Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin.
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Street Cleaner

Date: 1914
Description: Street cleaner cleaning a street. A man and boy stand on the opposite sidewalk watching. Another street cleaner is on the left. Perhaps in Milwaukee.
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Korean Student Uprising

Date: 04 1960
Description: The student uprising, in which 112 students were killed by the South Korean police in one day, led to the downfall of President Syngman Rhee. This event wa...
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View down Water Street

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Description: View down Water Street, with billboards advertising for the "Georgia Up-To-Date Minstrels" at the Opera House on Saturday, April 7. There is also a bridge ...
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Panoramic Street View

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Description: Panoramic street view, with small groups of people scattered about, and standing on the sidewalks near buildings lining the unpaved street. On the sides of...
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The Court

Date: 1935
Description: View from above of spectators watching men play doubles tennis at a downtown tennis court. There is a water tower in the background.
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Street Scene

Date: 1931
Description: View down middle of street. On the left a man and two children stand near a truck parked in the driveway of a service station.
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United Public Workers Parade/Demonstration

Date: 07 13 1946
Description: Part of a United Public Workers parade/demonstration on a downtown city street. A horse-drawn wagon carries some participants. Parade signs read "No Swivel...
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Gas Station

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Description: View across road of the exterior of a Red Crown Gasoline station and repair shop. A worker poses while holding a push lawn mower. There is a tire display a...

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