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State Street from 200 Block

Date: 1929
Description: State Street view looking toward the University of Wisconsin, with the 200 block in the foreground. The marquee for the Capitol Theatre reads "'Jealousy,' ...
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Workers Relaxing Outside Milwaukee Works

Date: 1914
Description: Workers relaxing outside International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. One group is crowded around a stage listening to a band while others are playing baseba...
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Parkway Theatre

Date: 09 18 1931
Description: Exterior view of Parkway Theater (formerly Fuller Opera House). 6-10 W. Mifflin Street. McVicar's automobile is parked in front with a sign on the tire cov...
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Movie Advertisement on Truck

Date: 09 19 1930
Description: RKO movie advertisement on an Ed Klief Transfer Line truck. The U.W. Meat Market at 728 University Avenue is in the background.
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Capitol Theatre Marquee

Date: 08 17 1930
Description: Capitol Theatre marquee at 209 State Street reads: "Eric Remarque's World's Best-Seller 'All Quiet on the Western Front,'" with usher and several bystander...
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Capitol Theatre Entrance

Date: 08 15 1930
Description: Capitol Theatre entrance advertising "Joe Cook Rain or Shine." The doorman is standing at the entrance with a child. 209 State Street.
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Men Posing Outside Local Businesses

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Description: Seventeen men and boys are posing in front of the storefronts on a sidewalk on the north side of Main Street, between First and Second Streets, including O...
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International Model F Moving Truck

Date: 1918
Description: Two men standing near an International Model F (or 31) truck operated by Forest Monger Public Transfer and Storage. The truck is parked in front of the Int...
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Maynard Meyer Office Building

Date: 1958
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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Group Posing with Motorcycles and Cars

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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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Reconstruction for a Movie Set

Date: 09 18 1961
Description: View of a downtown area reconstructed for a movie location set. Several contemporary automobiles are seen in the background. Men are working on on two diff...
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The Fountain

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Description: View of a stone fountain with a light fixture, presumably for horses, on a curb in front of a "Clerk's Office" and a "Dentist." A horse's head is carved in...
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Street Scene

Date: 1922
Description: View down road towards three workers standing on the porch of an auto repair shop. The shop offers Red Crown Gasoline, Peerless Motor Oil, and Firestone ti...
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Art Fair

Date: 1955
Description: Prospective buyers examine artwork at an art fair at City Park.
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Ringling Brothers Circus

Date: 08 17 1892
Description: Elevated view of crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a calliope and chariot riders in a circus parade, probably the Ringl...
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Widmer Cheese Factory Interview

Date: 10 1990
Description: "Mike Jacobs of Milwaukee Journal TV4 interviews Ralph Widmer."
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Rosser Reeves and Dwight D. Eisenhower

Date: 1952
Description: Rosser Reeves and Dwight D. Eisenhower leaving the Transfilm Building after filming fifty political spots in one day. (Rosser Reeves wearing glasses.) Eise...
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Truck Moving Statue at Mission San Juan Bautista

Date: 1970
Description: View of an International C-O 4070A Transtar truck parked with the metal statue "St. Francis of the Guns" on a trailer with three flags attached. The statue...
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Truck Towing Motorcycle Daredevil Themed Parade Float

Date: 11 25 1976
Description: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Macy's storefront can be seen in the background. A white and brown International Harvester Scout 4x4 is pulling a float...
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Man Delivering Bread to New York Grocery Store

Date: 1970
Description: View from street of a man delivering Levy and Sons Bakery rye bread to a New York City delicatessen and grocery store. The truck is an International Harves...

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