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| Description: | On-lookers observing an accident, in downtown Milwaukee, of the Hamman's Express Line, piano and furniture mover. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the farmers' market at the base of the water tower (not in view) in front of the Washington Building. There is a Wisconsin State Journal s... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Construction of new streetcar tracks on the Capitol Square. In the background, on the corner of Main and Carroll streets, is the Park Hotel. Behind the hot... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The Eau Claire Lumber Company, later the Cutter shoe factory. It was still standing in 1931. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View down unpaved street with snow along the curbs. The Post office is the first building on the left. Other buildings are occupied by a doctor's office, s... |
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| Description: | Workmen erecting a telephone pole with a horse team. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of team of horses powering a winch for moving a house at the rear of the Jackson County Bank. Men are probably preparing the lot for the hous... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view over sidewalk towards eight horses drawing a circus wagon in parade. The parade is coming from the circus ground at the white pine g... |
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| Description: | Herold Newspaper building and surrounding commercial area at the southwest corner of Broadway and Mason Street. Pedestrians are crossing the street, and ho... |
| Date: | 07 13 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of horses and buggies lining the street in front of the Wisconsin State Journal building during its demolition. There are dark clouds in the ... |
| Date: | 04 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of street scene of a run on the First National Bank. The sidewalk is crowded with people, spilling into the street. A horse-drawn buggy is dr... |
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| Description: | Group of men, women, children and a dog posing standing in front of G.M. Breakey Drugs and Groceries. One man, perhaps the grocer, is standing in front of ... |
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| Description: | View across street towards six men posing, with four of the men wearing aprons and work clothes, and two men in suits holding guns. Beside them on the left... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Langenberger Construction Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with an elevated three-quarter view of the company building and traffic in the... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View down street lined with businesses. There is a surrey or carriage with fringe along the top in the foreground on the left, and two women sit in a horse... |
| Date: | 08 17 1892 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a bell wagon pass in a circus parade, probably the Ringling Brothe... |
| Date: | 10 01 1912 |
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| Description: | An African American man dressed in work clothes, a long apron, and a hat is standing next to a cart drawn by two horses. The cart is loaded with goods and ... |
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| Description: | View from street of the Hotel Lewis and other buildings on along the left. The hotel has a large front porch, with men relaxing in rocking chairs. A mail c... |
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| Description: | View from street of the front of the J.E. Rhodes & Co., Pork and Beef Packers building on Main Street. A group of men, with a cat and a dog, are posing in ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking down at a group of men posing on the sidewalk in front of a dealership. There is a horse-drawn carriage in front. Signs in the window... |
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