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Newspaper Article/Clipping

Downtown Milwaukee Interstates

Date: 03 09 1965
Description: Aerial view and illustration of projected projects, including interstates and interchanges in downtown Milwaukee, for the 1970's.
Photograph

Aerial View of Road Paving

Date: 1935
Description: Aerial view of the paving operation of Joseph D. Bonners, Inc., on St. Martins Road at Hales Corners.
Photograph

Milwaukee Road Pour

Date: 1920
Description: Workers and inspectors of a mechanized concrete pour somewhere in Milwaukee County. By 1920 Milwaukee was famous for its 18-foot wide concrete roads, the c...
Photograph

Marquette Interchange

Date: 1965
Description: Aerial view of early construction at the Marquette Interchange in Milwaukee, the junction of Interstate Highways I94 and I43. Construction began in 1964, ...
Photograph

Robert A. Johnston Company Cookie Factory

Date: 1910
Description: The northwest corner of the Robert A. Johnston Company cookie factory at S. 1st and W. Florida Streets.
Photograph

Dump Truck Pouring Gravel onto Road

Date: 
Description: A dump truck full of loose gravel is emptying its load onto a street. A leveler is following behind to redistribute the gravel evenly across the road. Ther...
Photograph

Rainwater Running through Ditch

Date: 
Description: Rainwater running through a ditch along the side of a paved road. This picture was likely taken as a study of the drainage problems in Greendale.
Photograph

Buffalo Street Construction

Date: 10 1914
Description: Buffalo Street construction showing cuts in the pavement and the inconvenience for traffic. Standing between the excavated holes and piles of dirt is a hor...
Photograph

Buffalo Street Pipe Installation

Date: 10 1914
Description: Buffalo Street construction, showing heating pipes being installed under the cut pavement. A boy is bent over in near a pile of dirt in the background look...
Map or Atlas

Map of Franklin Township, Wisconsin

Date: 1976
Description: An 1876 reprinted map of the Township of Franklin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, that shows the land ownership and sectioning of the town, as well as the ro...
Postcard

Street Construction at J. Ohlenforst Bakery

Date: 1906
Description: Traffic to the J. Ohlenforst Bakery at 529 S. Sixth Street, in the Walker's Point neighborhood, is impeded by street construction. There are piles of grave...
Photograph

Highway Overpass

Date: 
Description: Incompleted overpass highway above a parking lot in Milwaukee.

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