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Elevated View of Alley in City

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view from a hill of an alley connecting Park Hill Avenue and Mount Vernon Avenue, looking west from the Interurban Line. There is a person on top ...
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Family on Porch

Date: 1900
Description: The Dodge family standing on the front porch of their house on East Montello Street. Frank Dodge lost his right leg in an accident while working in the gra...
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West State Street

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking east along West State Street between Eighth and Ninth Streets. Numerous buildings line the road, along which cable cars are travelin...
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Twenty-First Street

Date: 1924
Description: Near Chestnut Street. View looking down a wet and icy sidewalk with melting snowbanks. Houses line the street.
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Journalism House

Date: 1940
Description: View from street of the porch of the house at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A group of women are gathered on the fron porch. Snow covers the ground.
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Kappa Alpha Theta

Date: 1921
Description: Sorority House at 823 Irving Place. After the sorority moved to its new house on Lakelawn Place, the University of Wisconsin-Madison took over this buildin...
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Gagliano Florist Shop

Date: 1938
Description: A sidewalk view down 318 North Jefferson Street with Sebatian Gagliano's Florist Shop in the foreground. Several people stroll on the sidewalk.
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Children with Schoolbuses

Date: 1935
Description: Two International buses owned by Monongalia County Schools parked in a street. Children and adults stand on the sidewalks surrounding the buses. A commerci...
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Manure Spreaders on Display in Town

Date: 03 15 1911
Description: View down street of large group of men in small town with over 15 manure spreaders on display. On the left near an intersection is a firehouse with a tower...
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Man in Screen Company Truck

Date: 1913
Description: Man seated in an International Model M truck parked along curb in a urban area. The truck was operated by the "Lake View Screen Company," whose merchandise...
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Home of John Johnston

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Description: Stereograph of John Johnston's (1836-1904) first grand home, 1130 Grand Avenue. Johnston was a successful Milwaukee banker, who moved to "The Lion House" a...
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Willms Home, Milwaukee

Date: 1918
Description: View from street of Willms home, 2025 S. 31st Street, Milwaukee. Home of Kunigunde (Dorn) Willms (1857-1941) and her daughters Anna (b. 1881) and Emma (189...
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A Neighborhood Gathering

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Description: Group portrait of neighborhood children and adults gathered on a street in the S. Sixth Street neighborhood of Walker's Point that is being re-paved. Many ...

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