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| 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 ... |
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| Description: | Motorcyclists race, probably at the Wisconsin State Fair Grounds. |
| Date: | 10 25 1930 |
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| Description: | Pilot O.G. Corben preparing to take off with photographer Aldro Wasley and another passenger on their way to the Wisconsin-Purdue football game in Lafayett... |
| Date: | 02 20 1963 |
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| Description: | Union members of Local 317 in Milwaukee strike outside the Electric Co.'s N. Edison Street plant. It was a very cold night. |
| Date: | 04 12 1966 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of Houston Astrodome groundskeepers dressed in "moon suits" getting the field ready for the 1966 baseball season. An International D-Line ... |
| Date: | 10 09 1931 |
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| Description: | American Optical Co. exhibit of welding goggles, helmets and shields at the 2nd welding conference in the U.W. engineering building. |
| Date: | 05 21 1931 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of five fire fighters after their rescue from the blazing roof of the building that was burned in the fire. From left to right, they are E.A... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Two construction workers and a businessman walk by Nick's Restaurant. The photograph was taken near the construction of the World Trade Center. |
| Date: | 07 24 1955 |
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| Description: | The Soap Box Derby held on East Washington Avenue leading from the Wisconsin State Capitol. Shown are two boys in their racers on the starting ramp. Starte... |
| Date: | 07 24 1955 |
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| Description: | The line-up of racers await their turn to race in the Madison Soap Box Derby. The Derby was on East Washington Avenue leading from the Wisconsin State Capi... |
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| Description: | Men, motorcycles and a car stopped on a rural dirt road. A sign on the back of the car reads "Milwaukee Journal Motorcycle Tour Press Car". |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Automobile traffic, with a street railroad car in the background, on a rainy day. |
| Date: | 05 13 1947 |
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| Description: | Firemen James Fraser and Philip Statz (left to right in the driver's seat) are demonstrating how the old wooden spoke-wheeled 1915 foam fire truck chugged ... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Truck at the construction site of the World Trade Center. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Man with hard hat walking behind a fence, possibly an architect, at the construction site of The World Trade Center. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Three men in hard hats, possibly architects, walking behind a fence at the World Trade Center construction site. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Industrial safety sign or poster warning factory workers of the dangers of wearing poor shoes at work. The sign's text reads: "Bum Shoe Causes Burn; Ed Gab... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Industrial safety sign or poster warning factory workers at Deering Works to wear safety goggles. The sign's text reads: "Men!! Do you realize that your GO... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Deering Works industrial safety poster featuring a photograph of a blind man, reminding employees to use their safety goggles while at work. The sign reads... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Man at the counter of office in Dane County where clerk, Selma Fjelstad, is issuing a hunting license. |
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