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| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | State Street view looking east from Johnson Street, towards the Wisconsin State Capitol. On the corner on the left is Glasgow Tailers, and further up the b... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A woman and child carry CORE picket signs protesting school segregation. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Daisy Bates and others at Woolworth's boycott. |
| Date: | 09 29 1945 |
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| Description: | Richard Ela Company, 744 Williamson Street, selling industrial and welding equipment and supplies and Hanley Implement Company, 740 Williamson Street, sell... |
| Date: | 01 23 1930 |
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| Description: | Snow-dusted Eastwood Theatre, 2090 Atwood Avenue with "The Viking" and "Skin Deep - Coming Soon" on the marquee. |
| Date: | 01 22 1928 |
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| Description: | The intersection of Atwood Avenue and Winnebago Street known as Schenk's Corners, with the columned Security State Bank building at the center junction of ... |
| 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: | 1919 |
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| Description: | W.F. Trukenbrod posing on the sidewalk underneath the awning of his store for this New Year's postcard. Text on right reads: "We Wish You A Happy New Year ... |
| 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. |
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