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| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A scene from the Greendale Civilian Defense Rally. Mothers and children sit at a picnic table outside of the "Bendfelt House of Fine Ice Cream" stand opera... |
| 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. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | The front of the Eilert Farm Equipment Company, an International Harvester dealership. The image was on the cover of a brochure titled the "McCormick-Deeri... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Interior view from the southeast corner of Eilert's Farm Equipment company showing a floor display of farm machinery. |
| 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: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Nakoma real estate sign at the corner of Breese Terrace and University Avenue. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A man crouches down for a close look at a 1905 model Harley-Davidson motorcycle. |
| Date: | 09 23 1946 |
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| Description: | Public Workers Strike - Milwaukee members of the United Public Workers, tiring of a series of stalls on their legitimate wage demands, take to the street a... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Bell Center depot with five men posing on the platform. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks of a locomotive arriving at the Barnum Depot. |
| 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: | 08 23 1946 |
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| Description: | Crew of the railroad car ferry "City of Milwaukee" demonstrating for a 40-hour week and overtime pay. The "City of Milwaukee" ferried Grand Trunk Western ... |
| Date: | 12 07 1946 |
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| Description: | Striking Allis Chalmbers workers and CIO supporters on parade in 1946. In later years it was common suggested that the Communist-dominated Milwaukee CIO h... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the Malt House at 1603 Sherman Avenue. To the right of the Malt House is the Cafferty Distributing Company, wholesalers for Schlit... |
| 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: | 07 24 1934 |
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| Description: | View looking east from Monroe Street, down the newly widened and paved Regent Street. Businesses include Castle and Doyle building supplies on the left (15... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | The Black Eagle gas station, 907 South Park Street. |
| 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: | 1933 |
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| Description: | The Fauerbach Beer display at the Grocery Convention. The display consists of many bottles of beer, beer cases, die cut cardboard displays, cloth bunting a... |
| 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... |
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