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| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Fair employees use a crane to position a version of the Forward statue that was the symbol of the 1948 Wisconsin Centennial Exposition and State Fair. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Designed by Maynard Meyer, architect. The one-story building has a mural near the entrance, and a pierced wall on the other. To the right is a restaurant, ... |
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| Description: | Eleven motorcyclists wearing sashes are standing in between two news service cars in front of the Milwaukee Journal building. Another row of men are... |
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| Description: | Right side view of locomotive engine no. 2861, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company. |
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| Description: | Left side view of locomotive engine no. 2861, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company. |
| Date: | 07 15 1915 |
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| Description: | Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway locomotive engine no. 1248, class I5, built by the company's shop in 1912. From left to right are waymaster Harvey Gi... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Several men pose with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #87, built by Schenectady Locomotive Works. This image was taken near Cherry Street. |
| Date: | 10 08 1914 |
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| Description: | First and last pages of the souvenir menu for a dinner by Mr. Edward A. Uhrig to Mr. Alvin P. Kletzsch, Mr. Emil H. Ott, and Mr. Waldemar Kremer at Republi... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | The front cover features a color illustration of a man and woman relaxing near a lake or river. The woman is sitting on a chair under an umbrella painting ... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Railroad workers posing in front of locomotive Engine No. 1224 at Stowell Station. From left to right are Fireman John F. Fohey, yardmaster John Rice, Waym... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | A camera operator is filming a reporter outside the Milwaukee Theater at the Republican presidential debate. Other television crews are setting up their eq... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | Michael Petyo is shaking hands with a reporter from 12 News, as a camera operator is filming them. Petyo is wearing a suit and a red flower pin. Another ma... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | View down grassy lawn bordered by trees towards two men wearing suits who are walking along a metal barricade blocking the sidewalk and street on the righ... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of two reporters, Veronica Macias from TMJ4, and a man from WFRV-TV Local 5, who are standing on grass behind metal fence barricades... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | A young male reporter for WFRV-TV Local 5 is holding a microphone and talking to the camera, which is operated by a camera operator standing in the foregro... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | Two women are operating cameras recording a reporter who is holding a microphone up to another man, Todd Eiler, dressed as Captain America. Todd holds a si... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | Todd Eiler, dressed as Captain America, kneels and poses on one knee on the ground, next to a small pile of plastic bags. He is holding a sign reading: "Tr... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | Numerous protest groups, including the Overpass Light Brigade, and the Student Union Movement, are forming a ring around young protesters as they are lying... |
| Date: | 05 31 1979 |
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| Description: | Two men in protective suits are using hoses to spray paint onto a bridge grating. Caption reads: "NEW PAINT, SAME COLOR — The State St. bridge over ... |
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