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Main Avenue
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Caption reads: "Looking West on Main Ave." View down center of commercial area, with automobiles moving down the street, and parked along the curbs. A U.S. flag is flying from a flagpole on the sidewalk on the left near a storefront with a sign that reads: "Milwaukee Gettelman Beer Dukes". On the right is a U.S. flag on the sidewalk in front of the Post Office. A water tower is in the background on the right just above trees.
1950
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