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Motion Picture Advertisement

Date: 10 18 1921
Description: Billboard advertising the showing of "The Girl from God's Country," presumably at the Parkway Theater, 3417 W. Lisbon Avenue.
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Submarine in Milwaukee River

Date: 08 08 1919
Description: Elevated view up the Milwaukee River from Wisconsin Avenue bridge. A World War I submarine travels down the Milwaukee River. A crowd is gathered at the riv...
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W.M. Steinmeyer Co.

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Description: W.M. Steinmeyer grocery building at the southeast corner of N. 3rd Street and W. Highland Avenue.
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Kolmar Laboratories

Date: 07 31 1944
Description: Kolmar Laboratories and surrounding commercial area on the east side of N. Broadway between E. Chicago and E. Buffalo Streets. There are parked automobiles...
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Pabst Theater and City Hall

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Description: Elevated view looking northeast at the Pabst Theater and City Hall on Wells Street, east of the Milwaukee River.
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Odie's Gas Station

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Description: Odie's Gas Station (Wadhams) at 4408 W. Lisbon Avenue, located on the northwest corner of W. Lisbon Avenue and N. 44th Street.
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Capitol Theatre Building

Date: 1944
Description: Capitol Theatre building at 7239 W. Greenfield Avenue, Grimsrud shoe store, and surrounding commercial buildings.
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Zenith Theater

Date: 1944
Description: View from across the street of the Zenith Theater. Caption on negative reads: "Looking North at Zenith Theatre Bldg. 2498 W. Hopkins".
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Zenith Theater and Surrounding Commercial Buildings

Date: 1944
Description: Caption on negative reads: "View showing property side of street Zenith Theatre Bldg. 2498 W. Hopkins St. Looking Northeast".
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Capitol Theatre and Surrounding Commercial Buildings

Date: 1944
Description: Looking west from S. 73rd Street at the Capitol Theatre and surrounding commercial buildings along W. Greenfield Avenue. Automobiles are parked on both sid...
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Roosevelt Theater

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Description: The Roosevelt Theater, 1402 W. North Avenue, and the Jack Gross and Ziegler kosher meat market on the left. There are automobiles parked on the side of the...
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Roosevelt Theater and Surrounding Commercial Area

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Description: Looking west on W. North Avenue from N. 14th Sreet. The Roosevelt Theater is on the far right, and the Luick ice cream building is on the far left.
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Commercial District on West Wells Street

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Description: Looking west on W. Wells Street from N. 16th Street. Automobiles are parked on both sides of the street and a large billboard advertising is in the left f...
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Wells Apartments and Stores

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Description: View from the southeast corner of N. 17th and W. Wells Streets. Kops Brokerage Co., The Silver Dollar Food Market and the Wells Grill are on the ground flo...
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Service Station on Corner

Date: 10 10 1939
Description: View across intersection towards a man standing next to automobile at a service station at the corner of W. Libson Avenue and W. Sherman Boulevard. The Cla...
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Harvesting Wheat

Date: 07 06
Description: Three men harvesting wheat. One man is driving a tractor, while the other two men are on top of the hay loaded onto a wagon.
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Manufacturing District

Date: 10 23 1913
Description: Looking north on the Milwaukee River from approximately E. St. Paul Avenue (Clybourn Street bridge in the foreground). This features an elevated view of th...
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Goodrich Line Passenger Ferries

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Description: Elevated view of two Goodrich Line passenger ferries docked on the west bank of the Milwaukee River, north of the Clybourn Street bridge. The Pabst buildin...
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"Christopher Columbus" Steamer Pulled by Tugboats

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Description: Looking north on the Milwaukee River as the whaleback excursion steamer "Christopher Columbus" is guided by tugboats at about St. Paul Avenue.
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Humboldt Avenue Bridge

Date: 05 11 1902
Description: Looking up the Milwaukee River to the Humboldt Avenue bridge, with the North Avenue dam in the background.

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