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| Description: | Unloading barrels of goods from the "Ogdensburg" in the Milwaukee harbor. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A Loening Amphibian, one of three such airplanes in which the Kohler Aviation Company provided passenger service from Milwaukee across Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Poling ice blocks to the hoist on the Milwaukee River. |
| 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: | 03 19 1940 |
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| Description: | View across Milwaukee River of workers of the Herman M. Hettler Lumber Company unloading lumber off a shipping boat to the Shroeder Lumber Yards and Troste... |
| Date: | 07 17 1914 |
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| Description: | Menominee River coal yards, west from the 16th Street viaduct. There is a cargo ship called the "John B. Cowle" in the harbor between two coal yards. Worke... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Building from across the river, with construction workers working nearby. Signs for the Boston Store and Diamond tires are on the roof, as well as lettered... |
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| Description: | River, with fence in foreground, reflecting trees and sunlight. On the right is a field with cows, a man near a fence, and a small dog. |
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| Description: | A photographer is setting up for a shot of a man by a river. Across the river are buildings with advertisements and signs. A large log transport is on the ... |
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| Description: | J. Robert Taylor standing on a lake pier with either his son Frederick or Robert. Both of them are wearing swimming suits, and a boat is underneath the pie... |
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| Description: | Stereograph of two workers placing barrels of coal onto wheelbarrows to unload off a ship. Text at right: "Milwaukee and Vicinity, Photographed by H.H. Ben... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | The Frank Braeger is moored on the shore of Jones Island with steam issuing from the pipe, with the crew posing on the boat. In the background a man... |
| Date: | 07 1959 |
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| Description: | Dickey Chapelle taking photographs on the beach in Milwaukee during Operation Inland Seas. A Navy ship is on Lake Michigan in the background on the left. A... |
| Date: | 07 29 1983 |
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| Description: | A man is using a hose to wash a street. Behind him, a man is driving by in a car. A sign for Doc's Coin Mart is on the building behind the car. Caption rea... |
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