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Ice Harvesting

Date: 1910
Description: Poling ice blocks to the hoist on the Milwaukee River.
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Men Sitting on Porch Steps

Date: 1921
Description: Four men are sitting on porch stairs and railing posts. The man on the left is wearing a chef jacket and hat, and also an apron.
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Schlitz Train Celebrating End of Prohibition

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Schlitz train and group of revelers, celebrating the end of prohibition in Milwaukee. Schlitz Engine #8027 departs to deliver the first Schlitz beer at 12:...
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Franklin Roosevelt Visiting the Allis Chalmers Plant

Date: 09 19 1942
Description: Presidential Tour - Series IV. Official party views women at work in Allis Chalmers factory.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt is looking through rear wind...

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Another World

Date: 1957
Description: Sparks are flying as a welder is working on a column.
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Here Kitty, Kitty...

Date: 04 20 1959
Description: An electrical or telephone lineman, is using a burlap bag while attempting to rescue a cat perched on a power pole.
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Gridley Dairy Milk Wagon

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Description: A man holding a bottle of milk is standing and posing next to a horse-drawn Gridley Dairy milk wagon. Two other men are standing on the left near a brick b...

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