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| Date: | 08 07 1929 |
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| Description: | Bondi & Sachtjen Texaco service station, 1462 E. Washington Avenue at Thornton Avenue, with Fuller & Johnson buildings in the background. Text with print r... |
| 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: | 04 07 1933 |
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| Description: | In an obvious publicity stunt, a Northwest Airways pilot delivers the first case of post-Prohibition Atlas Beer to Madison distributor Ira Chambers. The sh... |
| Date: | 08 22 1927 |
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| Description: | Charles Lindbergh landing the Spirit of St. Louis, a Ryan NYP at Pennco Field (Royal Airport). This stop was one of only two appearances made in Wis... |
| Date: | 07 04 1912 |
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| Description: | Members of the Oshkosh Equal Suffrage League in their 4th of July float made up with a sail boat. Banners read "Votes for Women" and "We are Rudderless, We... |
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| Description: | The steamboat Canada at dock; cargo on lower deck, passengers on upper deck, and crowd waiting on the dock. The Canada was built in 1858, dis... |
| Date: | 09 30 1933 |
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| Description: | A gas station in a Trachte building on the corner of Highway 51 (Monona Drive) and Highway 30 (Cottage Grove Road). "Johnson Gasoline," and "Defiance Spark... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the west side of East Water Street. |
| 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. |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Sheboygan Lake steamboat out on the water, with several passengers visible on the deck. |
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| Description: | East Water Street from near Walker's Point Bridge showing two men in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Charles Pfeifer's Drugstore, founded in 1858. From left to right are Charles Pfeifer, Fred Pfeifer, Mrs. Adam Heeb, Fulda Pfeifer, Mrs. Ch... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Four men harvesting grain in a field with two horse-drawn McCormick binders. (D.R. Robbins?) |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Milwaukee's City Hall. Signs on the building read "Sinfonietta" and "Concert Tonight." |
| 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: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of nine rafters wintering at Reed's Landing. At left is Hiram Price, with L.W. Crane beside her. Third is Annie Girdon w... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Sidewheel rafter, Annie Girdon. The crew is on deck and a raft of logs is in the foreground. Sign on wheel reads Annie Girdon, lightning pack... |
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