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Filter: Subject of signs and signboards
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of several men, some of whom may be railroad workers, posing in front of a Minnesota and St. Paul wood-burning engine at a train crossing. Th... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | View of flood damage, showing wrecked buildings along the Wisconsin River waterfront. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | The Neillsville "Clippers" baseball team pose for portrait in front of a painted backdrop. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Will Viel chooses a cigar in Margraff & Freiburger's Dry Goods Store. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the Cereal Mills Company. Men are working near a horse-drawn wagon near an entrance to a grain elevator in the lower right. Railr... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Semi-Centennial ceremonial archway erected at State and Mifflin Streets to celebrate Admiral George Dewey's victory over the Spanish fleet at Man... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Elevated winter view of the Leinenkugel Brewery seen "from top of Mill." Originally called "Spring Brewery," Jacob Leinenkugel opened his brewery in 1867 i... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Interior view, with desks in the foreground, of an elementary classroom decorated with a Christmas tree near the blackboard, and other holiday decorations,... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Russell Block, 1606-1608 Tower Avenue. The 1899 City Directory makes the first mention of New York Furriers, Simmons and Malik, proprietors. New York F... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from unpaved street of a group of men enjoying mugs of beer while standing at the front entrance of J. Auermuller Restaurant and Saloon. Two ... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Carl Bohnsack (left) and August Marquardt sitting on a bench outside a jewelry store. They are wearing hats and suits. Pocket watches are on display in the... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Construction crew building a double streetcar track around the Capitol Square on North Pinckney Street. The oversized awnings were common around the Square... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A man and a woman stand on the customer side of the counters. Phil Hof stands with a large knife behind a tabled covered with meat, while Sam and Herman Ho... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | A group of adults, including Harry E. Cole (center), stand behind a fence. A sign on the fence reads, "YOU CAN'T PLAY IN OUR BACK YARD." |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | A man in bow tie and suspenders sits in front of a small tent. Next to him is a rocking chair with a sign on it that says "Don't you see I'm Lonely." Writt... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from sidewalk of men dressed in hats and jackets exiting an automobile at the curb. There is snow along the curb, and across the street are billboards... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A small band leads a group of men with ribbons on their jackets. In between are two men in folk costumes carrying two banners. A crowd watches from the s... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Five men posing in front of the floating fish market, which is on the shore of the Mississippi River. One of the men is holding a large buffalo fish. The m... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Three men posing behind the counter of a grocery store. Canned goods and jars of candy on the shelves behind them on the left, and pharmaceuticals are on t... |
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