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Petticoat Lane

Date: 1920
Description: Urban street view including cars, pedestrians and streetcar. Caption reads: "Pettitcoat Lane."
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View Down North Main Street

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Description: View of street with cars parked along its side and people walking near storefronts.
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Business District

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of East Broadway, a wide road in the business district. The street has tall stone and brick buildings as well as broad sidewalks. Many horse...
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East of Downtown

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of warehouse district east of downtown. Tall brick buildings including the Alton Mercantile Company stand next to wide streets with sidewalks...
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Falls Brewery

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Description: A view of the Falls Brewery, with painted text on the buildings reading, "John Hohenadel Health Beer," "Rival Porter," and "Falls Brewery John Hohenadel."
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Boy at Festival

Date: 1968
Description: A boy sitting on a bike on the other side of a street barrier. A pallet and a head board block off the street while a sign announces, "Street Closed--Fest...
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Open-Air Market in New York

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Description: An open air market in the streets of New York. Barrels of goods line the sidewalk and behind them fire-escapes can be seen going up the sides of brick tene...
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Hotel Victory

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Hotel Victory. The hotel has an inner courtyard, towers, and flags flying on top of the towers. People are milling around the building and...
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Stout Institute

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Description: A building with an attached clock tower stands on the campus of the Stout Institute (now the University of Wisconsin-Stout). Trees and shrubbery stand on ...
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Manual Training Buildings at Stout Institute

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Description: Exterior view of the manual training buildings at the Stout Institute (now the University of Wisconsin-Stout) seen from across the campus lawn. The two bri...
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Broadway at Eighth Street

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Description: Slightly elevated view down center of Broadway at Eighth Street. Pedestrians cross the street in front of automobiles and cable cars, while stores, theater...
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Street Scene with Trolley Car

Date: 1910
Description: Street scene featuring automobiles and a trolley car. The street is lined with pedestrians and storefronts.
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Business District and Skyline

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Description: Elevated view of the business district and skyline. The Wrigley Building and clock tower stands in the foreground; it was built in 1920 by William Wrigley ...
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Residential Street Scene

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Description: View down a residential street with 'Cape Cod' architecture. The Pilgrim Monument, built between 1907 and 1910, looms in the background.
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Young People on Philadelphia Street

Date: 1976
Description: A group of young people walking down a street. They are all wearing coats. A brick building that may be Carpenters' Hall is in the background.
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View from the Top

Date: 1965
Description: Overhead view looking down from a tall building at passing traffic and workmen on suspended scaffolding near the sidewalk.
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Southwest View of 50 E. Huron Street

Date: 01 1929
Description: Southwest view of 50 E. Huron Street. This house was the residence of Cyrus McCormick Jr. Snow is on the ground. Tall buildings and a water tower are in th...
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Mariner Tower

Date: 1935
Description: Mariner Tower, built in 1930 at 606 West Wisconsin Avenue, standing to the left of the 1927 Schroeder Hotel in this elevated view looking east over lower b...
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Grantshire Block

Date: 1973
Description: View across North Carroll Street, on the corner of West Dayton Street, towards the Grantshire Block. The Grantshire Restaurant is on the ground floor and t...

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