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Milwaukee Streetcar

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Description: View down snow-covered streetcar tracks towards a streetcar traveling up an unidentified residential street in Milwaukee.
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Docks at Jones Island

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Docks and shanties at Jones Island, with smokestacks and cranes in the background.
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Horse-Drawn Cart Crossing Railroad Tracks

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Description: A man in a horse-drawn vehicle crosses railroad tracks.
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Flooded Neighborhood

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Description: Severely flooded neighborhood. Two men are looking at the flood from a back porch.
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South Third Street

Date: 1937
Description: Exterior view of the 800 block of South Third Street, with three large houses lining the road.
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Car Racing

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Description: Elevated view of a race car on the track moving past a stationary vehicle in the foreground. Behind a second fence is a large crowd of people observing the...
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Men on Bridge During Flood

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Description: A river has overflown its banks and is flooding a road on a bridge. Some men are on the bridge are using sticks to move ice floes. Crowds of people are wa...
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Children on Sidewalk

Date: 07 22 1910
Description: Four children are out for a walk. One is pushing a baby (the youngest of the four) in a stroller while the other two are walking on either side.
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Automobile Parked in Snow

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Description: An early twentieth-century automobile parked on a road in snow, with a large house in the background. The back tires have chains around them.
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Ice Chunks on Water

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Description: Ice chunks floating on the water near houses. People are standing watching nearby.
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Ice Floes on River

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Description: Large ice floes are floating down the river near houses on the shore.
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Four Men Around a Campfire

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Description: In a field with houses in the background, four men are gathered around what appears to be a campfire, from which smoke is visible. Two men are sitting, two...
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Flooded River near Houses

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Description: Blocks of snow and ice are piled up in a river at a bridge. A large group of people are standing on the bridge in the background. A person on the left has ...
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Family on Sidewalk

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Description: A group of fourteen people dressed for cold weather and wearing hats and scarves are standing on a sidewalk in front of a picket fence. A car is parked on ...
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Man Driving Automobile on Rocky Road

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Description: A man is driving an automobile through a neighborhood on a dirt and rock road.
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Corner of Grove and Mineral Street

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Description: Corner of Grove and Mineral Streets with cars parked along the road. Storefronts line the streets. The Goodwill store, a used car dealership and a water to...
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Detroit and Jefferson Streets

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Description: Intersection of Detroit and Jefferson Streets. At the corner is a business with a sign on the front promoting spaghetti and ravioli. On the side of the sam...
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Demolition on Kilbourn Avenue

Date: 04 10 1941
Description: View across street towards men working among stripped trees in a demolition area on Kilbourn Avenue.
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Demolition on Kilbourn Avenue

Date: 04 10 1941
Description: A structure is being demolished on Kilbourn Avenue.
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Aerial View of Jones Island

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Elevated view of Jones Island, with some houses near the water and an industrial area across the river. On the right are a number of railroad tracks next t...

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