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Sun Bathing

Date: 1965
Description: Women sun bathe near an express highway in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee Railroad Yards

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of the Milwaukee rail yards.
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Chicago & Northwestern Locomotive

Date: 1938
Description: A Chicago & Northwestern train crossing a railroad bridge.
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Milwaukee Road Shops

Date: 10 1983
Description: The Milwaukee Road Shops, formerly the foundery, at 3301 West Canal Street.
Postcard

Streetcar Viaduct

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view across valley toward a streetcar viaduct on the Waukesha Interurban Line, near Milwaukee. Caption reads: "Street Car Bridge on Waukesha Inter...
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Worker Driving Dump Truck

Date: 11 20 1925
Description: A man driving a Heil dump truck.
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Schlei-Nelson Co. Tow Truck

Date: 01 20 1926
Description: A parked tow truck of the Schlei-Nelson Company of 3026 North Avenue.
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Unloading Lumber

Date: 03 19 1940
Description: View across Milwaukee River of workers of the Herman M. Hettler Lumber Company unloading lumber off a shipping boat to the Shroeder Lumber Yards and Troste...
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Milwaukee Lumberyards

Date: 09 10 1903
Description: Elevated view looking north on the Milwaukee River from the Holton Street viaduct towards the Milwaukee lumberyards.
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Humboldt Avenue Bridge

Date: 05 11 1902
Description: Looking up the Milwaukee River to the Humboldt Avenue bridge, with the North Avenue dam in the background.
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Holton Street Viaduct

Date: 06 08 1902
Description: Looking up the Milwaukee River to the Holton Street viaduct. In the center is the Gallun tannery. There is also a steamboat in the harbor, several lumber y...
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Tractors and Railroad Tracks at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of rows of finished tractors cover a yard outside Milwaukee Works. On the left is a water tower, and in the foreground are railroad tracks wi...
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Communist Party Rally

Date: 1943
Description: A Milwaukee billboard advertising a lecture by Earl Browder, general secretary of the Communist Party-USA. The sign reads "Win the War Rally! Earl Browder,...
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Milwaukee Works

Date: 1920
Description: Rows of tractors lined up in the snow outside International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory.
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Canal Ending at Lumberyard

Date: 1900
Description: Two ships at the end of the canal, several buildings, a small lumberyard, and snow. Three other ships are visible down the canal.
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Elevated View of Canal

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from a building of a canal in the city, with a boat on the canal. A bridge is also visible.
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Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad

Date: 1940
Description: Located in West Milwaukee. Trains, cars, tracks, and railroad buildings. The view is taken from the top of a building.
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Elevator "A"

Date: 1980
Description: Stereograph; elevated view of what was supposedly the largest elevator in the world at the time. Though there is a Peirce & Whaling Company imprint over t...
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Garbage Disposal Plant

Date: 1924
Description: The smokestack is several inches out of plumb, which was the reason the photographer took the photograph. Located on a waterfront.
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Milwaukee Harbor

Date: 1940
Description: Aerial view of city, river and harbor. Two smokestacks are on either side of the river mouth.

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