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| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the headquarters of the International Harvester Company at 180 North Michigan Avenue. The building was completed in 1937 and was located a... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Construction workers and bulldozer on the street next to the construction site of the World Trade Center. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Schroeder Hotel, with automobiles parked on street and pedestrians in front of entrance. Caption reads: "Hotel • Shroeder • Milwaukee • Wis." |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Looking down Grand Avenue to the east. The road is lined with automobiles, and cable car tracks are on the snow-covered street. A sign for Gimbel's is on t... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Numerous cars driving on what appears to be the Michigan Avenue Bridge (later renamed DuSable Bridge) in front of the Wrigley and Tribune buildings. There ... |
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| Description: | An unidentified cityscape as viewed from an open window in a skyscraper. Cars, buses, and other skyscrapers are visible below. |
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| Description: | Looking east on Wisconsin Avenue at Water Steet with cars and pedestrians. Streetcars are running up and down the middle of the wide street. Skyscrapers an... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A man parks an International L-130 truck owned by the General Tire Company next to the Motor Supply Company building. Two large tires are loaded onto the b... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting Fifth Avenue in New York as "The World's Greatest Shopping Street," and to get there by way of the train. The poster depic... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a Gothic revival style Trinity church Wall Street and adjacent cemetery. Modern skyscrapers are in the background. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Michigan Boulevard looking North, in downtown. In the foreground are the roofs of smaller buildings, street traffic and pedestrians on the... |
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| Description: | View of the city skyline from a street corner. Automobiles are being driven down the street, and pedestrians are on the sidewalks. |
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| Description: | View down a pedestrian section of a bridge, looking towards buildings, skyscrapers and a billboard. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a commercial street with skyscrapers. Below are pedestrians, automobiles, and cable cars. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view down Upper Michigan Boulevard. Pedestrians, automobiles, and a double-decker bus can be seen among tall buildings. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | International RD-190 (?) truck with an armored body, operated by the Brinks Express Company on Lake Shore Drive. Parked cars and a pedestrian are in the ba... |
| Date: | 06 1983 |
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| Description: | "This modern sculpture is in Chicago." The photograph features an untitled sculpture by Pablo Picasso, completed in 1967 and located in Daley Plaza. |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across North Carroll Street towards the Gay Building, Madison's first skyscraper. Next door on the left is the Grace Episcopal church, and next door o... |
| Date: | 11 06 1914 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "First National Bank, Milwaukee, Wis." An early Milwaukee "skyscraper" built of brick in the Neoclassical style. It was built in 1912.... |
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