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Description: | View across water towards fire fighters in a boat on the river putting out a fire in a large building. Water sprays from fire hoses from two directions, wi... |
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Description: | Two horses hitched up to a Milwaukee Western Fuel Company cart stopped at a station, with a man standing on the wagon filling the cart with hard coal for h... |
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Description: | Men walking near the railroad Crossing Store. Above the store is a bridge providing a walkway over the railroad tracks. |
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Description: | Waves create a turbulent lake, with water spraying in the air. Part of the city skyline with three smokestacks is in the far distance. |
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Description: | Demolition of a smokestack. The stack is falling into a pile of rubble not far from the road. |
Date: | 1904 |
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Description: | A car climbs up a dirt and gravel road in an industrial area. The Milwaukee-Western Fuel Co. building is in the background, as well as a building with a si... |
Date: | 1940 |
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Description: | Elevated view of West Milwaukee shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. Railroad train cars are stopped on the tracks and smoke is rising fr... |
Date: | 1940 |
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Description: | Elevated view of railroad yards with trains sitting on many of the tracks, though other tracks are sitting empty. Steam is rising from trains in the backgr... |
Date: | 1940 |
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Description: | Elevated view of railroad yards with trains sitting on many of the tracks, with other tracks sitting empty. Steam is rising from trains in the background, ... |
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Description: | Exterior of the Furrier manufacturing building. Nearby is a gas station promoting "Standard Oil Products". A Coca-Cola sign is near the entrance to the sta... |
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Description: | Elevated view of a large pile of coal sitting under a tarp, with an empty truck waiting nearby. Industrial buildings and water towers are across the river.... |
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Description: | Exterior view of the Kroening Engineering factory. Cars are parked along the street outside the building. |
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Description: | Exterior view from a roof of the Kroening Engineering factory. Cars are parked along the street outside the building. |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | Three men standing in a junkyard with piles of wheels, chairs, and other wooden items in the background near the side of a building. The ground is littered... |
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Description: | Fire at the elevator of the Atlas Flour Mill. Two men are working a water hose tower in the center, and fire fighters are aiming jets of water at the buil... |
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Description: | Elevated view of tugboat pulling a steamer caked in ice in a canal. Steam is rising from the water and an open drawbridge can be seen in the background. On... |
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Description: | Aerial view of lake, in the upper left. A town with dwellings and other buildings are along the shoreline. Part of the airplane is on the right. |
Date: | 01 18 1940 |
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Description: | Elevated view of railroad yard, with engines and cars on some of the tracks. Smoke is billowing out from many of the engines, covering much of the yard. Bu... |
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Description: | Elevated view of the Milwaukee Electric Rapid Transit at 20-23rd Streets and St. Paul, looking southeast from a hillside. Snow is on the ground, the buildi... |
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Description: | View from shoreline of a grain ship on the Kinnickinnic River. There are industrial buildings in the background. |
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