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Historic Intersection
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Elevated view of intersection of the Janesville Plank Road and North Cape Road at Hales Corners, also showing Schubrino's Saloon. The Janesville road, sometimes known as the Milwaukee-Janesville Plank Road, dates to 1849, and it was for many years a major route for the transport of agricultural products to Milwaukee. Both roads still exist, although the Janesville Road, now a major divided highway, no longer includes a reference to its origins as a plank road in its name. Even in 1917, when this photograph was taken, no evidence of its history as a plank road was apparent.
1917
Breitwisch, Alfred J.
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Intersection of Janesville Plank and North Cape Road
1918
Intersection of Janesville Plan and North Cape Road, with telephone poles lining North Cape Road and cars parked on the side of Schunbrino's Saloon.
Intersection of Roads
1917
The intersection of Green Bay and Cedarburg roads taken for Wisconsin Highway Department.
Western Hotel
1870
View down road towards the Western Hotel on the left. The original tavern was built in 1834 (?) by William Shields (?). In 1845 it was operated by his son Simon Shields. In 1873 the Hotel was taken...
Locomobile Cabriolet
1917
A 1917 Locomobile Cabriolet parked in a residential neighborhood. Its body was produced by the W.S. Seaman Company.
Busy Intersection with Billboard
1918
The intersection of Port Washington Road and Silver Spring Drive near Milwaukee. Even if one did not know that this was the intersection of a major north-south road with an east-west road, that cou...
