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| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Streetcar and crew of the Madison City Railways Company. The streetcar number is #50 and the route sign says Wingra Park. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A view from the 200 block of State Street looking toward the Wisconsin State Capitol. This urban scene includes marquees for the Orpheum Theatre and the Ca... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Horse-drawn fire wagon coming down a cobblestone street in Milwaukee. The fact that automobiles are also in the photograph suggests that the transition to ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk along West Washington Avenue, looking toward the Capitol. A man is crossing the street and there is a car at the corner that has the wor... |
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| Description: | View down dirt road towards the Lappley Bros. Lumber Yard. There are houses on the right and in the far background. There are horses and carriages parked a... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Yellow Cab Transfer Company located at 643 E. Wilson Street, (housed in the Denison Building) with two cabs with drivers out front. |
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| Description: | Motorcyclists race, probably at the Wisconsin State Fair Grounds. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Bell Center depot with five men posing on the platform. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View from railroad tracks through covered railroad tunnel in hill. A sign on a telephone pole on the right reads: "Private Property / Thoroughfare / Keep O... |
| Date: | 07 24 1934 |
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| Description: | Pennsylvania oil company gas station at the corner of 2 North Park and Regent Streets in the Greenbush neighborhood. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Union House Tavern, known as Schulkamp's Corner Saloon, 2601 East Washington Avenue at Milwaukee Street. A group of men are standing on the porch holdi... |
| Date: | 08 11 1927 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Strand Theater located at 16 East Mifflin Street near the corner of Wisconsin Avenue. The marquee reads "Babe Ruth and Anna Q. Nilsson... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | "Gen." Wooster Harrison house. Sign in front reads, "Lincolns Abode/West Wing/1835". |
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| Description: | A cross with the inscription "Morts Pour La Patrie." Captioned "Dead for the Country," a familiar sign in the valley of the Marne. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Standing atop a special vehicle fitted with a body built to resemble a camera, Taylor found the ideal vantage point from which to cover a news event. The c... |
| 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. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Buckhorn Cheese Company plant. A sign painted on the exterior of the building reads: "Take One Home." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Two men playing baseball for semi-pro teams in a Milwaukee ballpark. |
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