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Horse-Drawn Trolley
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Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising Schlitz beer is in the background. Another man stands at the back of the trolley.
1890
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WHi 6346
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Milwaukee Streetcar
1905
A TMERL streetcar on the Delaware and Oakland line advertising special 1905 rates (25 for a dollar or 6 for 25 cents) and universal transfers.
Wisconsin Avenue Bridge
1900
View looking up Wisconsin Avenue from the bridge. Many pedestrians, streetcars, and horse-drawn vehicles are visible.
Milwaukee Trolley
1900 - 1909
Streetcar #254 of the Milwaukee Street Railway Company on the North Avenue line, together with three company employees. Two men sit on the front steps of a large Romanesque building in the background.
Old Oshkosh and New Oshkosh
circa 1890
A large group of people posing with "Old Oshkosh," a horse-drawn streetcar, and "New Oshkosh," an electric trolley.
Gridley Dairy Milk Wagon
circa 1900-1909
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 building in the background.
Electric Streetcar
An electric streetcar in Milwaukee with a large Gimbels sign in the background.
