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Electric Street Railway

Date: 1886
Description: The first electric street railway in Wisconsin.
Map or Atlas

Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company

Date: 1916
Description: Southeastern Wisconsin which lies east of Whitewater and south of Port Washington.
Photograph

Oneida Street Power Plant

Date: 
Description: The Oneida Street (East Wells) power plant, on the north side of Wells and east of the Milwaukee River. Presently, the building is the Milwaukee Repertory ...
Photograph

Walnut Street

Date: 
Description: View looking down Walnut Street in downtown which includes a trolley, pedestrians crossing the road, cars, and numerous buildings. Caption reads: "Looking ...
Photograph

Grand Army of the Republic, Men at Encampment

Date: 1914
Description: Outdoor view of Union veterans standing near a war memorial in a square downtown.
Photograph

Wisconsin Centennial Exposition Entrance

Date: 08 1948
Description: View from road of crowd of people walking towards the entrance to the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition on Greenfield Avenue.
Map or Atlas

Street Railway Guide of Milwaukee and Suburbs Including Motor Bus Routes

Date: 1927
Description: Street railway and motor bus map with a legend of "Street Car Line," "Auxiliary Bus Lines," and "Motor Bus Lines." The routes are numbered. The map reads: ...
Map or Atlas

Knell's Guide Map of Milwaukee County

Date: 1903
Description: Map shows railroads, roads, street car lines, schools, churches, cemeteries, town halls, and railroad stations. Includes inset lists of: Population of Milw...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee County Showing System of State & County Trunk Highways

Date: 1960
Description: Color coded map in pink, yellow, blue, and brown of Milwaukee County State and County trunk highways. The map includes a legend of symbols: "STEAM RAIL ROA...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee County Showing System of State and County Trunk Highways

Date: 1938
Description: Color coded map in pink, yellow, blue, and brown of Milwaukee County State and County trunk highways. The map includes a legend of symbols: "STEAM RAIL ROA...
Photograph

View of the City of Archangel

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of Troitsky prospect in Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia, looking south, showing homes, churches, state buildings, and a statue of Peter the G...
Photograph

View of Troitsky Prospect in the City of Archangel

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of Troitsky prospect in Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia, looking south, showing homes, churches, state buildings, as well as the statue of Pe...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee and Vicinity

Date: 1901
Description: This map shows public schools, engine houses, railroads, street railways, city wards, parks, block numbers, and Lake Michigan. Also included are indexes, t...
Map or Atlas

City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1927
Description: This map shows highways, roads, a proposed annexation, street car lines, bus routes, local motor bus lines, a new high speed interurban, railroads, a propo...
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 
Description: View from sidewalk on the right down a street, with horse-drawn wagons parked on the left and right curbs, and a streetcar in the center. A sign on the rig...

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