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Milwaukee Streetcar

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View down snow-covered streetcar tracks towards a streetcar traveling up an unidentified residential street in Milwaukee.

Creator:
Taylor, J. Robert

Publication Information

Creator Taylor, J. Robert

Physical Description

Format Image
Dimensions 12 x 7 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection J. Robert Taylor photographs, 1898-1930
Call Number PF Milwaukee.600

Copyright Information

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Rights Holder Journal Sentinel, Incorporated; Wisconsin Historical Society
Unique ID
W0130XX
Legacy ID
WHi 24964

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1914

Snow covers a streetcar and pedestrians walk through a snow-covered street.

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1895

Men walking across a bridge over railroad tracks.

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1910

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1100 Block of South 16th Street

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1100 block of South Sixteenth Street with storefronts and automobile traffic. Cable car tracks run down the middle of the street.

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