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Description: | Tugboat pulling freighter "Mariposa" on Kinnickinnic River. The river has large chunks of ice floating on top, and industrial buildings are in the backgrou... |
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Description: | Blimp (dirigible) flying over downtown buildings. There are two smokestacks in the foreground, and on the right, a sign, from the back, for "The Electric C... |
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Description: | Portrait of a young woman leaning against the back corner of a house while standing on the steps. She is wearing a fur coat. |
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Description: | Elevated view of horse-drawn carts filled with hay and parked in rows at a market. Men stand between the rows, and houses surround the market square. |
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Description: | A boy wearing overalls and holding a Pepsi bottle is standing on the curb near a trash pile. |
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Description: | View looking northeast of St. Mary's Catholic church at the southeast corner of East Kilbourn Avenue and North Broadway. A man is walking across the s... |
Date: | 1908 |
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Description: | Group of well-dressed men and women wearing hats posing outdoors standing in a line, probably on a street in Milwaukee. Possibly a group of convention dele... |
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Description: | "Conrad Starke" (possibly a tugboat) cruising on the water near a bridge in an industrial area. The waterway is probably connected to Lake Michigan. Three ... |
Date: | 1940 |
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Description: | 1100 block of South Sixteenth Street with storefronts and automobile traffic. Cable car tracks run down the middle of the street. |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | A businessman, dressed in a suit coat and hat looks up while standing near two police officers. Behind them is a crowd of pedestrians on a street. |
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Description: | Pedestrians on sidewalk. The street is full of rubble and appears to be under repair or construction. Construction workers are also working in the street. |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Winter scene with snow-covered street car. A sign on the storefront behind the street car reads: "[Wool]worth Co. 5 and 10". |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | Men at work on a bridge under construction. A sign on a building in the background reads: "Drake Brothers Co." and "Drugs • Oils • Paints." |
Date: | 1940 |
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Description: | Located in West Milwaukee. Trains, cars, tracks, and railroad buildings. The view is taken from the top of a building. |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | To the right in the foreground is the Pfister Hotel, center is the Wells Building, and the tower in the background is the Pabst Building. Taken from the Po... |
Date: | 1916 |
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Description: | Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Main entrance and east facade. This was the third of seven institutions built throughout the country in the decades... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Streetcars are lined up in front of the buildings on the right. On the left people are walking down the sidewalk. A poster hangs from the front of the trol... |
Date: | 1908 |
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Description: | A large group of people are crossing to a street corner. The corner store has a sign saying: "United Cigar Store." The road is paved with cobblestones. |
Date: | 1915 |
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Description: | A horse and wagon for the Milwaukee Brewery Co. and a car are parked on the road near the curb. The road is lined with residences. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | View across river of a boat docked near a building with a sign for Adolph Meinecke & Sons (Manufacturers). In the background is City Hall. |
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