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Forest Hill Cemetery

Date: 1911
Description: Entrance to the Forest Hill Cemetery, with a streetcar on the right.
Photograph

Olsen and Johnson Posing with Streetcar

Date: 04 15 1932
Description: Comedians Ole Olsen and "Chic" Johnson, called "the mirth provokers of a nation," posing in front of a streetcar that displays an advertisement for their "...
Photograph

Eastern View of Milwaukee

Date: 1930
Description: View down Wisconsin Avenue looking east.
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 ...
Photograph

Panoramic View of East Side of Monona Avenue

Date: 03 27 1931
Description: Panoramic elevated view of the east side of Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard,) showing Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Co. road construction e...
Postcard

College Avenue Looking West

Date: 1910
Description: View down College Avenue. Two streetcars are along tracks in the center of the street. Caption reads: "College Ave. looking West, Appleton, Wis."
Photograph

Electric Street Railway

Date: 1886
Description: The first electric street railway in Wisconsin.
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

Second Street

Date: 1915
Description: Slightly elevated view of Second Street, with an automobile on the street, two sets of streetcar tracks, pedestrians on the sidewalk, and a large brick bui...
Print

Tramway

Date: 
Description: An engraving based on a drawing by Alexander Simplot. The image shows a very detailed aerial view of a hillside with a tramway traversing the side. There a...
Postcard

Public Square and City Hall

Date: 1910
Description: View down street toward the Kenosha City Hall and Public Square. Caption reads: "Public Square and City Hall, Kenosha, Wis."
Postcard

Catholic Church

Date: 1918
Description: A Catholic Church in West Bend. Caption reads: "Catholic Church, Parsonage and Sister Home, West Bend, Wis."
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

John Gund Brewing Company

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of the John Gund Brewing Company buildings, with the Mississippi River in the background. Caption reads: "John Gund Brewing Co., La Crosse, W...
Postcard

Main Street Looking West

Date: 1915
Description: View down center of Main Street. Automobiles are parked at the curbs, and streetcar tracks are running up the street. Caption reads: "Main Street Looking W...
Photograph

Public Square

Date: 
Description: Looking west on to Public Square. There are horse-drawn vehicles and a streetcar in the foreground.
Postcard

First National Bank

Date: 1910
Description: The First National Bank on East Main Street. In the distance is the Court House. Caption reads: "First National Bank and East Main Street, Merrill, Wis."
Photograph

Ripon College Map

Date: 1873
Description: The Ripon College street plan.
Postcard

Hotel Racine

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

Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company

Date: 1916
Description: Southeastern Wisconsin which lies east of Whitewater and south of Port Washington.

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