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Horse-Drawn Fire Wagon

Date: 1910
Description: Horse-drawn fire wagon coming down a cobblestone street in Milwaukee. The fact that automobiles are also in the photograph suggests that the transition to ...
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Parade

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Description: Elevated view of a parade featuring children and adults carrying American flags. Spectators can be seen on the sidewalk.
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Theresa Firemen's Picnic Parade

Date: 08 1982
Description: "Theresa Firemen's Picnic Parade."
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The Milwaukee Theater

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View from across street of five policemen walking in front of the Milwaukee Theater. A row of decorative bushes behind them partially blocks the line of pe...
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News Vans Outside the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View down street towards three news vans sitting outside the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, a building adjacent to the Milwaukee Theater which is hosting the ...
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Fire in Milwaukee

Date: 1930
Description: A fireman is climbing a tall ladder supported on the rear wall of a two-story brick building. There are other firemen on the ground and two men observing. ...
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New London Firetruck and Firefighters

Date: 1918
Description: Group portrait of the New London Fire Department posing around their fire engine. They are wearing firefighting gear, coats, boots, helmets and tools in th...
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Racist Graffiti

Date: 1975
Description: View across street towards a man leaning against a street sign near the corner of a fence enclosing the yard of a housing project. On the right is a concre...
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1935 Buick Armored Car and Armed Officers

Date: 1935
Description: Four uniformed police officers holding guns are posing alongside a car, with two other men. A brick building behind them has a sign on the window that read...

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