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Embarking on an Outing

Date: 08 26 1908
Description: In a festive mood, Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company employees disembark from flag-decked trolley cars to enjoy a company-sponsored outing. The ...
Photograph

Downtown Milwaukee

Date: 1904
Description: Elevated view of City Hall and North Water Street in downtown Milwaukee.
Photograph

Downtown Milwaukee

Date: 1912
Description: Street cars and busy pedestrian traffic mingle in this view of the 200 West Water Street block in downtown Milwaukee.
Photograph

Milwaukee Coal Wagon

Date: 1904
Description: Elevated view of wagons hauling coal from the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company holding up street car traffic on a busy Milwaukee street.
Photograph

Dadd's Drugstore

Date: 1910
Description: View of the intersection of Second Street and Grand Avenue (later renamed Wisconsin Avenue). Pictured on this corner is Dadd's Drug Store, 137 Grand Avenue...
Map or Atlas

Milwaukee-Downer College-Wisconsin

Date: 1927
Description: Color map, hand-drawn with comic figures engaged in various activities throughout map. Bordered by the river on the left and Lake Michigan on the right, in...
Photograph

Muddy Street in Milwaukee

Date: 1901
Description: A man tips his hat to a passing woman as horse-drawn carts and pedestrians navigate through the dirt and mud of Milwaukee streets, thereby illustrating tha...
Print

Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company Pass

Date: 1933
Description: Pass issued by the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company for the week of December 17-23, 1933.
Photograph

St. Francis Streetcar

Date: 06 1947
Description: A family boarding a route #40 streetcar. A sign on the front of the car advertises midget auto racing at the State Fair grounds; the second urges people to...
Photograph

West Allis Streetcar

Date: 05 1948
Description: A street car on Milwaukee Electric's 35th Street line. Flags decorate the street poles for Memorial Day.
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Station

Date: 1939
Description: View from street of the Milwaukee Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway station.
Postcard

Whitefish Bay Street Railroad

Date: 1911
Description: Colorized view of the railroad curve near Whitefish Bay resort. Caption reads: "The Curve near Whitefish Bay Resort."
Photograph

Buses Replace Streetcars

Date: 09 20 1953
Description: A posed photograph taken for the Milwaukee & Suburban Transport Corp. to mark the substitution of buses for streetcars on the West Burnham Street line.
Photograph

Milwaukee Streetcar

Date: 06 10 1906
Description: View of car #466, which was then one of Milwaukee's newest streetcars. The car was put in service by TMERL about 1905 and was rebuilt as a duplex car in 1...
Photograph

Milwaukee Streetcar

Date: 1905
Description: A TMERL streetcar on the Delaware and Oakland line advertising special 1905 rates (25 for a dollar or 6 for 25 cents) and universal transfers.
Photograph

State Fair Entrance

Date: 1909
Description: The main entrance to the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds at 81st Street and Greenfield Avenue, with special gates for pedestrians and teams. A trolley stop was...
Photograph

Wisconsin Avenue Bridge

Date: 1900
Description: View looking up Wisconsin Avenue from the bridge. Many pedestrians, streetcars, and horse-drawn vehicles are visible.
Photograph

Rainy Day Traffic

Date: 1941
Description: Automobile traffic, with a street railroad car in the background, on a rainy day.
Print

Edward P. Allis Reliance Works

Date: 1900
Description: Main factory with South Foundry in lower left. Lake Michigan is in the background. Later the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.
Postcard

Wisconsin Street

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking across Wisconsin Street. The Hotel Pfister is on the corner. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Street looking west from Post Office, Milwauke...

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