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Photograph

Arndt and Doty Street Intersection

Date: 1900
Description: Corner of Arndt and Doty streets, showing one of the early electric street cars in Wisconsin. The tower, the bottom of which shows in the picture, was one ...
Postcard

Second Street, Looking East

Date: 04 30 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Second Street, Looking East, Ashland, Wis." An unpaved street with two sets of streetcar tracks in the center. Buildings, storefronts...
Postcard

Fourth Street North from Pearl Street

Date: 1904
Description: View down street. Horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians are on the street and sidewalks. Streetcars are further down the street. Caption reads: "Fourth St. ...
Postcard

Hotel Racine

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of Hotel Racine. Caption reads: "Hotel Racine, Racing, Wis."
Photograph

Madison Panorama from University Heights

Date: 1908
Description: Panoramic view of Madison taken from Summit Avenue looking East South East toward Lake Monona. Included in the view are the Camp Randall bleachers, St. Rap...
Map or Atlas

Knell's Guide Map of Milwaukee County

Date: 1903
Description: Map shows railroads, roads, street car lines, schools, churches, cemeteries, town halls, and railroad stations. Includes inset lists of: Population of Milw...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee and Vicinity

Date: 1901
Description: This map shows public schools, engine houses, railroads, street railways, city wards, parks, block numbers, and Lake Michigan. Also included are indexes, t...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee and Vicinity

Date: 1904
Description: This map has three inset maps of Whitefish Bay, Cudahy, and South Milwaukee. This map depicts schools, engine houses, railroads, street railways, city ward...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee and Vicinity

Date: 1904
Description: This map shows wards, schools, engine houses, railroads, street railways, block numbers, parks, roads, and Lake Michigan. Also included are indexes: Table ...
Map or Atlas

Caspar’s Handy Pocket Map of the City of Milwaukee : Ready Reference for Citizens, Strangers and Autmobilists

Date: 1907
Description: This map shows ward numbers, streets, railroads, electric car lines, parks, steam railways, section numbers, Lake Michigan and one mile concentric circles ...
Photograph

Northeast Panorama of Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of McCormick Works, with construction of wheel shop. Streetcars are along the street in the foreground.
Postcard

Barstow Street Looking North

Date: 1907
Description: View of the streetcars on Barstow Street, with commercial buildings and pedestrians. There is a boat on the sidewalk on the right. Caption reads: "Barstow ...
Postcard

Cargill Memorial M.E. Church

Date: 1906
Description: View of a stone Gothic-style church. A streetcar is on the left. Caption reads: "Cargill Memorial M.E. Church, Janesville, Wis."
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1907
Description: View down sidewalk towards the businesses along Main Street. A streetcar is coming down tracks running down the center of the street, and there are horse-d...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1906
Description: Hand-colored, elevated view of Main Street, with a bank in the foreground on the right, and a church in the distance. Caption reads: "Main Street, La Cross...
Postcard

West Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View of Main Street along the Capitol Square near the intersection with S. Carroll and S. Hamilton Streets facing west. A streetcar is coming up the street...
Postcard

Madison St. Bridge

Date: 1909
Description: Color lithograph of elevated view of traffic along the Madison St. bridge. Streetcars, horse-drawn wagons, and pedestrians are on the bridge. Caption reads...

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