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| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | A man tips his hat to a passing woman as horse-drawn carts and pedestrians navigate through the dirt and mud of Milwaukee streets, thereby illustrating tha... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of busy street scene in downtown Milwaukee at the turn of the century showing a trolley, horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians near an interse... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company grain elevator at the Milwaukee harbor, with a sailing ship anchored nearby. |
| Date: | 08 26 1953 |
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| Description: | Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks, stands with a cow on a float representing the Golden Guernsey Dairy Co-op in the Dairy Parade at the Wisconsin State ... |
| Date: | 08 29 1946 |
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| Description: | Stasia Pokora, Executive Secretary of the American Relief for Poland, sang Polish songs, many of which she learned from Polish immigrants who roomed at her... |
| Date: | 07 1969 |
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| Description: | Senator William Proxmire hands his cards to constituents outside a Milwaukee grocery store. |
| Date: | 04 27 1976 |
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| Description: | The set of the fundraising auction of Channel 10, Milwaukee's public television station. Senator William Proxmire is standing to the left of the closed B B... |
| Date: | 05 07 1964 |
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| Description: | Americus Kates, 10, surveys the candy case before making his selections. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Five men stand on a city street surrounded by onlookers, perhaps a parade or some other public event. Two of the men in the street are carrying photography... |
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| Description: | A street scape with people holding umbrellas walking on a sidewalk in the rain. The street shows a business section, and there is a horse-drawn vehicle in ... |
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| Description: | Three men in a horse-drawn fire engine racing down a downtown street. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A crowd surrounds a 10-foot mechanical mannequin of Alice in Dairyland at an Alice display for the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. The Alice could raise h... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Alhambra Theater at night. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | 1100 block of South Sixteenth Street with storefronts and automobile traffic. Cable car tracks run down the middle of the street. |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Entrance to the Southgate Shopping Center, Theatre, and parking lot. The proximity of parking to the stores in suburban shopping centers was one of the pr... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee Farmer's Market during the late 1930s. A customer carries produce purchased at the market. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Dousman Warehouse, East Water Street. Originally located on the wharf parallel with the river. Built and used by George and Talbot, brothers of Hercules Do... |
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| Description: | Milwaukee postcard showing a glass of beer, a pretzel, a cow and a milk maid. The card also features a short verse about Milwaukee's congeniality: "A cool ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of the interior of the bar room in the Schlitz Hotel. |
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| Description: | Kunzelmann-Esser furniture store at South 9th and West Mitchell Streets. |
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