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| Date: | 06 14 1927 |
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| Description: | Storefronts of the Wisconsin School of Music, East Side Variety Store and Hess Grocery Market. Owned by the Hess family, this property was located at 154 A... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A steam fire engine of Milwaukee's Fire Company #2 drawn by three white horses racing to a fire. Prior motor driven fire equipment was a greater danger tha... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Two men playing baseball for semi-pro teams in a Milwaukee ballpark. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Filling station sign reading: "smile," purposely put upside down. A young woman is bending over to read it. |
| Date: | 05 18 1919 |
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| Description: | Scene from Poale Zion Chasidim, an Americanization pageant held in the Milwaukee auditorium to welcome Milwaukee's new citizens. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Milwaukee's City Hall. Signs on the building read "Sinfonietta" and "Concert Tonight." |
| Date: | 12 14 1977 |
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| Description: | Man sweeping the walkway and entrance of the Rio Rexall Drugstore. The windows are decorated for the Christmas holiday. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A man poses next to his 1912 model Harley-Davidson motorcycle with a young calf in a crate strapped on the back of the motorcycle. Behind the man is a silo... |
| Date: | 11 04 1940 |
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| Description: | James Robinson and E. Newton of the Professional Pharmacy prepare to load a Linde oxygen tank for home delivery. |
| Date: | 02 01 1947 |
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| Description: | Many toiletries, medicines, and sundries fill the cabinets on both sides of Hieber's Drugstore. Traditional glass label bottles line the back wall behind t... |
| Date: | 02 01 1947 |
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| Description: | Art Deco style storefront of Hieber's Drugstore. |
| Date: | 02 20 1941 |
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| Description: | Interior of Sheehy's Pharmacy. On the left is a lunch counter and soda fountain. Customer tables are to the right, surrounded by displays for toiletries su... |
| Date: | 06 14 1949 |
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| Description: | Eugene Phillips poses in his pharmacy's prescription department. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | An architectural model of a village-type roadside service station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. |
| Date: | 12 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Gerding's Pharmacy. The display on the left is for Squibb's Aspirin. There are also several small signs indicating that the building is "a... |
| Date: | 12 1940 |
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| Description: | Interior view of Gerding's Pharmacy. The soda fountain area is on the left, while both the cigar and dental displays are on the right. |
| Date: | 06 01 1936 |
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| Description: | Bridge and truck trail constructed by Works Progress Administration (WPA) workmen to facilitate forest fire prevention and control. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A movable billboard aimed at passing motorists along State Highway 20 in Illinois. It reads "Relax in Wisconsin, Where Friends and Nature Meet." Although... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Four people outside of the information cabin at Copper Falls State Park. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | People descending a rustic stairway leading down to the trail along the Bad River. |
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