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Milwaukee Grain Exchange Room
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Sample tables in the Grain Exchange Room of the Chamber of Commerce Building. The Milwaukee Grain Exchange was a pioneer in grain trading with their development of the trading floor pit. They were also a forerunner in the sale of grain futures.
1910
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Milwaukee Brewery Grain Elevators
1938
View across the Kinnickinnic River of the Pabst brewery grain elevator. A Schlitz building, possibly one of their grain elevators, stands behind the Pabst elevator.
Milwaukee chamber of commerce, organized in 1858, one of the oldest grain exchanges in west
Jun 01, 1921
Milwaukee Sentinel
Chamber of Commerce
1870
Stereograph of the Chamber of Commerce at the corner of Broadway and Michigan Streets. Western Union Telegraph is housed within the building.
Automatic Machining Room at Milwaukee Works
1911
Interior view of the automatic machining department room in International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory. Large windows line the walls. The machining room was located on the sixth story of Bui...
Chamber of Commerce - Anaglyph
1885
Stereograph view of Chamber of Commerce at Broad and Michigan Streets. The building is the center of the image, with a telephone pole to the right, a large fence in front of the building, and a ca...
