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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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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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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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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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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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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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Portrait of J. Robert Taylor Family

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Description: The J. Robert Taylor family. J. Robert Taylor, his wife Alma Reinhardt Taylor, and their three children, Donna, Frederick, and Ellen. They are dressed in c...
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Alma Reinhardt Taylor with Her Children

Date: 02 02 1913
Description: Alma Reinhardt Taylor with her three children, Donna, Ellen, and Fred, standing outdoors in the winter weather. All but the smallest child have furry hand ...
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Donna and Ellen Taylor

Date: 1913
Description: Outdoor portrait of Donna and Ellen Taylor posing in matching gloves, hats and coats.
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Donna, Ellen, and Fred Taylor

Date: 1913
Description: Group portrait taken in a neighborhood yard of J. Robert Taylor's children.
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Hay Market

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Description: Elevated view of horse-drawn carts filled with hay and parked in rows at a market. Men stand between the rows, and houses surround the market square.
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Group Riding in Automobile

Date: 1910
Description: Two men are sitting in the front, and two women are sitting in the back seats of an early automobile riding on a residential street. The car's roof is retr...
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Two Men in Carriage

Date: 1905
Description: Two men wearing hats and coats in a horse-drawn carriage on a residential street.
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Omnibus

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Description: A group of two women and four men and one boy are sitting in an omnibus parked on a residential street. The front of the vehicle has a sign that appears to...
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Baseball Scene

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Description: Runner reaching first base with coach signaling for him to stop. Defensive players and the umpire look on. A portion of the crowd in the stands is visible ...
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Man Kicking Ball

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Description: Side view of a man presumably kicking a football. He is in a lot, and houses are in the background.

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