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| Description: | Unloading barrels of goods from the "Ogdensburg" in the Milwaukee harbor. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A woman factory worker sorting parts at Globe Union Manufacturing Company, maker of batteries, radio apparatus, and spark plugs. |
| Date: | 04 27 1987 |
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| Description: | A city worker fills in holes in the road in mild spring weather. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the industrial warehouse district. There are horse-drawn wagons lined up along loading docks, with men working in the area. |
| Date: | 04 17 1921 |
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| Description: | Workers shoveling grain, possibly corn, onto a lake vessel. Probably on the lower Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Section of the factory at a crossroads with road construction workers outside. Name of company visible on building. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee River near the Milwaukee settlement. People are depicted doing work in boats along the shore. Original is a pen and ink drawing, presumably made ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of train cars that have fallen off the railroad tracks, with men working nearby. |
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| Description: | Corner of Grove and Mineral Streets with cars parked along the road. Storefronts line the streets. The Goodwill store, a used car dealership and a water to... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Factory workers pack artillery shells into boxes at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. Original caption reads: "75-Millimeter Shell Manufacture. Af... |
| Date: | 04 18 1916 |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger gasoline powered concrete breaker on a residential street with an operator in the cab and men working on the ground. Houses and yar... |
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| Description: | A man in a hat and overalls leans over a trench or ditch digger, looking down into the excavated area. Pipes, an automobile, and a building are in the back... |
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| Description: | A man is standing on a walkway on top of a mechanical conveyor belt machine in a quarry, loading a truck with sand and gravel. A man with a shovel is stand... |
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| Description: | A man is on a walkway on top of a mechanical conveyor belt machine that is loading sand and gravel into the bed of a truck. A steam shovel is visible in th... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Men work to level the ground for foundations to be poured for homes. Exposed brick walls of partially constructed homes are on the left and right, and a di... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Traffic to the J. Ohlenforst Bakery at 529 S. Sixth Street, in the Walker's Point neighborhood, is impeded by street construction. There are piles of grave... |
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| Description: | John Hahn stands in the street near his horse-drawn cart. The side of the cart says 'John Hahn Piano & Furniture Moving'. The cart, John Hahn, and the cart... |
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| Description: | Construction site showing men excavating the foundation and basement of a building. Teams of horses are hitched to wagons. The men are using various implem... |
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| Description: | A construction site with a view of the excavated foundation and the street level. At the street level are buildings, people, and horse-drawn wagons. One ma... |
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