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Jos Schlitz Brewing Co., Wash House

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Description: Interior view of men working in the wash house at Schlitz Brewery. At the top right is an inset of the exterior of the building.
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Summer Construction

Date: 08 17 1958
Description: Building for a new “supermarket” food and household necessities store, under construction on the outskirts of the Milwaukee area. In the background is a ba...
Postcard

John Hahn Piano and Furniture Moving

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Description: View from the street of John Hahn standing on the right with a horse hitched to a passenger wagon. In the center is the furniture moving wagon he owns, in ...
Postcard

Collapse of a Structure

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Description: View across what may be a metal roof towards a crowd of men looking at a collapsed structure of steel girders. The men are dressed in winter coats and hats...
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Installing Lindsay Street Sign

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips is wearing a colorful dress. On the right is Bernice Lindsay, who is wearing a coat and a hat. Both are looking at a worker who is installing ...
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Lifting the Lindsay Street Sign

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips and Bernice Lindsay helping lift the Lindsay Street sign to be installed. Phillips is wearing a dress and is in front of Lindsay, who is weari...
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D-300 Truck with 4 Yard Dump Body

Date: 1940
Description: View of man carrying a metal trash bin towards a dump truck. A man sits in the driver's seat. Another man stands near metal trash bins behind a fence along...
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Engine No. 1224

Date: 1914
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...
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Schooner Hauling Lumber

Date: 1875
Description: Elevated view of a deck of a schooner hauling lumber. Several workmen are loading or unloading the lumber. Industrial buildings, some displaying signs, are...
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Lawson Air Liner with Crew

Date: 1919
Description: Three men in work uniforms stand next to a Lawson Air Liner, which is parked in a field. A fourth man is seated in the cockpit.
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Lawson Air Liner with Crew

Date: 1919
Description: Four men pose with a Lawson Air Liner, which is parked in a field. One is wearing what might be a flight jacket. Another is seated on the wooden steps lead...
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Group Portrait of Alfred Lawson and Men

Date: 1919
Description: Alfred Lawson standing in the center of a large group of men, many of whom are wearing work clothes. Behind them is a Lawson Air Liner.
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Lawson Air Liner in Profile

Date: 1919
Description: A Lawson Air Liner is parked in front of a building that might be a hangar. Several men are standing near the plane, which is visible from its left side.
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Fire in Milwaukee

Date: 1930
Description: A fireman is climbing a tall ladder supported on the rear wall of a two-story brick building. There are other firemen on the ground and two men observing. ...
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Eddie Patterson

Date: 06 26 1988
Description: A man is smiling while holding up a handful of greens from a garden. In the background, several people are standing in a lined. Caption reads: "Milwaukee r...
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King Gambrinus

Date: 1967
Description: Men in white jumpsuits are steadying a statue of King Gambrinus on a parade float at the Holiday Folk Fair. A line of men and women in various ethnic cloth...
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Construction Site

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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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Wagon at Construction Site

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Description: A wagon is being raised or lowered at a construction site. The wagon has chains looped around the axle of each wheel as a man below signals directions. He ...
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Construction Site

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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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Construction Site

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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, a crane, construction shacks, ...

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