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1100 Block of South 16th Street

Date: 1940
Description: 1100 block of South Sixteenth Street with storefronts and automobile traffic. Cable car tracks run down the middle of the street.
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King Kong Car

Date: 10 30 1984
Description: A five-story tall inflatable gorilla attracted potential buyers to a special sale at the Uptown Lincoln-Mercury dealership in Wauwatosa. Although the pres...
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Southgate Shopping Center

Date: 1966
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...
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Milwaukee Farmers Market

Date: 1941
Description: Milwaukee Farmer's Market during the late 1930s. A customer carries produce purchased at the market.
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Dousman Warehouse

Date: 1870
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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Wienermobile at the Fair

Date: 1952
Description: The driver of the wienermobile finds the entrance to the Oscar Mayer tent at the Wisconsin State Fair too low for it to get in.
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Library Booth at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1922
Description: Booth at the Wisconsin State Fair promoting the Wisconsin Free Library Commission.
Postcard

Here's Thinking of You! In Milwaukee

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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 ...
Postcard

Schlitz Hotel Bar Room

Date: 1905
Description: Hand-colored view of the interior of the bar room in the Schlitz Hotel.
Photograph

Kunzelmann-Esser Furniture Co. Building

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Description: Kunzelmann-Esser furniture store at South 9th and West Mitchell Streets.
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Boston Store

Date: 05 11 1914
Description: Elevated view of the Boston Store department building at W. Wisconsin Avenue and N. 4th Street.
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Daily News and Henry Reimer's Photo Materials Buildings

Date: 06 08 1905
Description: The Daily News and Henry Reimer's Photo Materials store, located on the west side of North Plankinton Avenue, between West Wisconsin Avenue and West Wells ...
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Clothing Store

Date: 06 03 1924
Description: The interior of an unidentified clothing store.
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Kramer's Shop

Date: 06 28 1924
Description: Kramer's Clothing shop, located on the north side of W. Wisconsin Avenue between N. 5th and N. 6th streets. Inside, displays of men's clothing merchandise ...
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Center Street Pharmacy

Date: 08 21 1924
Description: The tobacco and cigar counter of the Center Street Pharmacy, located at 2002 W. Center Street.
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Drugstore

Date: 08 22 1924
Description: Interior of an unidentified drugstore.
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H.L. Roehrborn Grocery Store

Date: 08 21 1924
Description: The H.L Roehrborn Grocery Store, located at N. 41st and W. Burleigh Street. The interior of the grocery store contains canned goods and bins of food on dis...
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Kramer's Clothing Shop

Date: 08 24 1924
Description: The interior of Kramer's Clothing Shop on the north side of W. Wisconsin Avenue between N. 5th and 6th streets.
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Interior of the Center Street Pharmacy

Date: 08 24 1924
Description: The interior of the Center Street Pharmacy at 2002 W. Center Street.
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Russell and Logan Triangle

Date: 
Description: Looking southeast on S. Kinnickinnic Avenue at E. Russell Avenue and S. Logan Avenue in the Bay View neighborhood. Trinity (now the Bay View) Methodist Chu...

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