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Filter: Year of 1900-1999
| 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... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A group of five young women sit at tables in the Hawksworth Ice Cream Parlor. The woman in the center has been identified as Josephine Edith McEvoy (later ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A boy is standing on a snow-covered wooden sidewalk on the left, and Native American women wrapped in blankets are walking on the sidewalk on the right. Vi... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from crowd of a pair of trapeze acrobats performing at a street fair. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Street cars and busy pedestrian traffic mingle in this view of the 200 West Water Street block in downtown Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from sidewalk of a street carnival with tents, circus banners and a Ferris Wheel set up in the middle of the street. Signboards advertise ice cream an... |
| Date: | 06 27 1912 |
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| Description: | Suffragist Mrs. Katherine McCullough speaking to a gathering in front of the store and post office run by Mrs. W. Bunda in Sister Bay. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Walworth County Fair. A large crowd gathers around a carousel. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | An exterior view of the Betsy Ross house. Two larger buildings flank each side of the house. |
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