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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Street cars and busy pedestrian traffic mingle in this view of the 200 West Water Street block in downtown Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 03 16 1939 |
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| Description: | Fort Atkinson street corner showing, left to r.ight, a drug store, photography studio, C.B. Hinterschied 5 cent-$1.00 store, The Green Hat Lunches and Hopk... |
| Date: | 10 13 1933 |
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| Description: | Six men with a flag in front of Grand Army Hall, 118 Monona Avenue, (Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard). Taken as publicity for the motion picture "Forgott... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Office of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company at 212 Market St. Two men and a boy are standing outside the office building on left side, while three ... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Fleet of parked International delivery trucks for Oscar Mayer. Included in the line up are the AW-2, AL-3 and A-5. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The square, four-story brick Chippewa Shoe Company building, located at the intersection of Bay Street and River Street looking North. There is a fire esca... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view toward the Chippewa Shoe Manufacturing Company building, Bay Street & River Street, looking north. Caption reads: "Chippewa Shoe Mfg... |
| Date: | 12 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the roof of the Park Hotel. Main Street businesses seen include, from the left: Western Union Telegraph Company at 21 West Main Street, ... |
| Date: | 01 18 1970 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) Memorial Hall, 118 Monona Avenue, (Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard as of January 19, 1987). The bui... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | The front entrance of the G.A.R. Memorial Hall on Monona Avenue. The building was later demolished to make way for a parking lot. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Men line up outside on the sidewalk in front of the International Harvester's Weber Works building. The factory produced wagons. Two men are looking down f... |
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| Description: | The Kunzelmann-Esser Furniture Co. building at S. 9th and W. Mitchell Streets. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Truck on the left is a Model H or Model F, the truck on the right is an International Model G (Later known as a Model G-61) truck. There is a truck driver ... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Former home of the Milwaukee Journal newspaper, at the corner of Michigan and Milwaukee Streets. A fire escape goes up the middle of the building on... |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Furrier manufacturing building. Nearby is a gas station promoting "Standard Oil Products". A Coca-Cola sign is near the entrance to the sta... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of public school. There is a two-story fire escape on the side of the building. The words "High School" are over the arched entry at the fron... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View down street towards a Ford sales and service center on the left, and a canning factory in the background. A man stands near a parked car, and behind h... |
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| Description: | Four men, a dog and a boy sitting on the porch of the general store. Signs in the windows read, "Ferry & Co. Seeds" and "Rape seed for sale." A barn and wi... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view down center of Broadway at Eighth Street. Pedestrians cross the street in front of automobiles and cable cars, while stores, theater... |
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