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Madison City Railways Crew

Date: 1911
Description: Streetcar and crew of the Madison City Railways Company. The streetcar number is #50 and the route sign says Wingra Park.
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Milwaukee Electric Railway Ticket Collector

Date: 1917
Description: A ticket collector for the Milwaukee Electric Railway is sitting at her station.
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Menominee & Marinette Light and Traction Company Streetcar

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Description: Menominee and Marinette Light and Traction Company's 1890s era streetcar drawn by a team of horses.
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Trolley

Date: 02 27 1930
Description: Six men posing with the first trackless trolley. Wisconsin Valley Electric Company #4.
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Streetcar Conductors

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Description: Streetcar conductors pose next to street car #109 on the Oshkosh/Omro line, with the H.C. Roenitz wholesale shoe and rubber company warehouse in the backgr...
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Fair Oaks Streetcar

Date: 1910
Description: An open streetcar labeled Fair Oaks sitting near Forest Hills Cemetery, which was then the end of the line. The motorman has been identified as Jack Schwen...
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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.
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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...
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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.
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Milwaukee Trolley

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Description: Streetcar #254 of the Milwaukee Street Railway Company on the North Avenue line, together with three company employees. Two men sit on the front steps of a...
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Milwaukee Streetcar Conductors

Date: 1915
Description: Milwaukee streetcar conductors posed in front of streetcars. Edwin Salber shown second row fifth person from the left.
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Milwaukee Streetcar Conductors

Date: 1915
Description: Milwaukee streetcar conductors posing in front of streetcars. On the left is Edwin Salber.
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Fire Station No. 4

Date: 1910
Description: A view of two horse-drawn engines sitting in front of the fire station. The engine on the left holds the water tank and is pulled by two horses. Two men ...
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Gatun Lighthouse and Locks

Date: 03 1913
Description: An unidentified man in light-colored uniform, on the far left just behind a column, is standing atop the near side of the Gatun Locks near Colon, Panama. O...

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