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| Description: | Bill Payne driving a herd of large hogs through town on Main Street, possibly on the way to Adam Best's Butcher's Shop. Storefronts identified, from left t... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Yellow Cab Transfer Company located at 643 E. Wilson Street, (housed in the Denison Building) with two cabs with drivers out front. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Union House Tavern, known as Schulkamp's Corner Saloon, 2601 East Washington Avenue at Milwaukee Street. A group of men are standing on the porch holdi... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View down main street with storefronts on both sides, with large power lines along the sidewalks stretching into the distance, and a hill in the background... |
| 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. |
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| Description: | On-lookers observing an accident, in downtown Milwaukee, of the Hamman's Express Line, piano and furniture mover. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Horse-drawn wagons, including a water wagon, stand on a street next to a broad sidewalk in a commercial district. The storefronts of P.L. McQuillan and Con... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A woman and child carry CORE picket signs protesting school segregation. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A steam fire engine of Milwaukee's Fire Company #2 drawn by three white horses racing to a fire. Prior motor driven fire equipment was a greater danger tha... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Charles Pfeifer's Drugstore, founded in 1858. From left to right are Charles Pfeifer, Fred Pfeifer, Mrs. Adam Heeb, Fulda Pfeifer, Mrs. Ch... |
| Date: | 11 04 1940 |
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| Description: | James Robinson and E. Newton of the Professional Pharmacy prepare to load a Linde oxygen tank for home delivery. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Grand Avenue. A number of horse-drawn carriages are lined up near a bridge. |
| Date: | 10 1956 |
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| Description: | Glenn Turner is holding the United Nations flag, and his wife is carrying the flag of the state of Wisconsin. A supporter is holding the American flag. One... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Three men sit in an International Auto Buggy parked on an urban cobblestone street while a fourth man looks on from the doorway of a brick building. A smal... |
| Date: | 08 08 1914 |
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| Description: | View from behind fence of large crowd of people getting off railroad cars. Men, women and children are standing on or near a dirt road near a railroad cros... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a parade of farmers in horse-drawn wagons picking up their new McCormick machinery packed in crates. They are parked along a rural dirt ro... |
| Date: | 07 20 1987 |
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| Description: | A little girl offers her place at a fountain to a large Newfoundland-mix dog who takes a drink on a hot day. |
| 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... |
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