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J.M. Alcott & Company Drugstore

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior of the drugstore of Joseph Mabbett Alcott at 90 Wisconsin Street. Pictured are Charles Alcott (left), his son, and store helpers.
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Trolley

Date: 1890
Description: Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising...
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Low Cost Drugs

Date: 06 27 1980
Description: Exterior view of a pharmacy advertising "Low Cost Drugs." The building also has a painted advertisement for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.
Photograph

Silverstone, My Tailor

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Description: A boy on a Milwaukee street is driving a goat cart with an advertisement for Silverstone the tailor. Several on-lookers are watching from the left hand sid...
Photograph

Winter Night Street Scene

Date: 12 01 1955
Description: Neon lights up Wisconsin Avenue on a winter night in Milwaukee.
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1886
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a farmer in a field operating a hor...
Photograph

Bridge Over the Milwaukee River

Date: 1895
Description: A bridge crosses the Milwaukee River on Oneida Street, now known as Wells Street, looking toward the City Hall tower.
Photograph

Majestic Building with Gimbels Sign

Date: 03 03 1914
Description: Elevated view looking east on W. Wisconsin Avenue from approximately N. 4th Street, with the Wisconsin Hotel on the left and the Majestic building on the r...
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Motion Picture Advertisement

Date: 10 18 1921
Description: Billboard advertising the showing of "The Girl from God's Country," presumably at the Parkway Theater, 3417 W. Lisbon Avenue.
Photograph

Streetcar on Washington Avenue

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Description: A T.M.E.R. and L Company streetcar is stopped on Washington Avenue, with the two streetcar operators aboard. The advertisement on the streetcar reads, "190...
Photograph

American Expeditionary Force Memorial Building

Date: 1938
Description: Flyer for the Red Arrow Club of Milwaukee, located at 774 North Broadway. 32nd Division. Several cars parked in front of the five story building. A sign fo...
Print

Milwaukee Auditorium

Date: 1910
Description: Advertisement for Auditorium with capacity information (total 15,700), purposes (Exhibitions, Conventions, Meetings, Lectures, Concerts, Dances, Circus, et...
Print

Milwaukee Auditorium

Date: 1910
Description: Main hall with description of location. Hall was 225 feet long, 100 feet wide and 65 feet high. Also gives basement size under main hall (36,000 square f...
Print

Bijou Opera House

Date: 1889
Description: Souvenir Booklet made for the opening night of August 19, 1889. Half of the image is the opera house, and the other half is a brief summary and descriptio...
Photograph

Bridge Over River

Date: 1910
Description: Bridge in the downtown area crossing the Milwaukee River. City buildings reach into the background, with the farthest fading out. Many people are crossin...
Postcard

Grand Avenue

Date: 1910
Description: West from Third Street. Advertising signs for Schlitz, People's Credit Clothing Co., Peoples Dentist, and other businesses line the buildings along the roa...
Print

Gueder, Paeschke & Frey Co.

Date: 1930
Description: Panoramic print of factory. Six large smokestacks, several small ones, a flag, and a water tower decorate the rooftops. Horse-drawn vehicles are on the roa...
Photograph

I.C.U. Market and Cold Storage Building

Date: 1895
Description: Exterior of building. A large advertising sign is on the right side, behind a large smokestack. A smaller sign stating "For Rent O.J. Schenck" has been h...
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The Milwaukee Journal Annex Building

Date: 1925
Description: Awnings stretch over the entrance and windows on the front facade.
Photograph

Building near Krinker's Park

Date: 1910
Description: Building at corner of Lisbon Avenue and North Avenue. A manuscript note on the reverse of the photograph calls this Neumueller's Park, which may have been...

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