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Downtown Milwaukee

Date: 1912
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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Horse-Drawn Trolley

Date: 1890
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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Buses Replace Streetcars

Date: 09 20 1953
Description: A posed photograph taken for the Milwaukee & Suburban Transport Corp. to mark the substitution of buses for streetcars on the West Burnham Street line.
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New Orleans Street Scene

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Description: New Orleans street scene. Pedestrians can be seen on the sidewalks, and a streetcar can be seen in the distance. "Moskau Cabinet Works, door and window scr...
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul East Madison Railroad Station

Date: 1918
Description: A view looking east along East Wilson Street with the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul East Madison railroad station, 501 East Wilson Street, on the right....
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Janesville's East Milwaukee Street

Date: 1919
Description: Looking east down East Milwaukee Street. Commercial intersection in downtown, with pedestrians walking across the street over street-railroad tracks. The ...
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Milwaukee Streetcar Conductors

Date: 1915
Description: Milwaukee streetcar conductors posed in front of streetcars. Edwin Salber shown second row fifth person from the left.
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Milwaukee Streetcar Conductors

Date: 1915
Description: Milwaukee streetcar conductors posing in front of streetcars. On the left is Edwin Salber.
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Bike and Car Road Scene

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Description: View toward a boy with his bicycle at the entrance to Putnam Hill Park on the left. There are telephone poles and trees in the center, street railroad trac...
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State Street in Chicago

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Description: Elevated view down State Street, north from Madison. There is a horse-drawn trolley in the street and a crowd of people on the sidewalks.
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Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: Main street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Electric lights hang over the street. Business signs read: "J.H. Kreiling Tailor" "J...
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Fifth Avenue Street Scene

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Description: Fifth Avenue with horse-drawn carts, automobiles and pedestrians crowding the broad street. Grill of vehicle in center reads: "Buick." Sign on left side of...
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Stevenson Street Business District

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Stevenson Street business district. Automobiles and horse-drawn carts line both sides of the street. Business signs read: "Dr. R.J. Burns Physi...
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Street Scene

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Description: View down street of an intersection with railroad tracks and a streetlamp hanging from wires. There are storefronts on both sides of the street, and numero...

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