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| Description: | A steam fire engine of Milwaukee's Fire Company #2 drawn by three white horses racing to a fire. Prior motor driven fire equipment was a greater danger tha... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A man in a hat and jacket poses with three well-dressed women wearing dresses and wide-brimmed hats. |
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| Description: | Police officer helping a young woman cross the street. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Three women in hats and long skirts walk with umbrellas in the rain. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Turner Hall in Milwaukee with horse-drawn wagon passing. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of busy street scene in downtown Milwaukee at the turn of the century showing a trolley, horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians near an interse... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Robert M. La Follette, Sr. with a group on his special campaign train. From left to right they are Alfred T. Rogers, La Follette's law partner; Mr. and Mrs... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View looking up Wisconsin Avenue from the bridge. Many pedestrians, streetcars, and horse-drawn vehicles are visible. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Lake Park streetcar terminal. There is a streetcar in the station with engineers standing in front. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | N. Water Street between E. St. Paul and E. Buffalo Streets. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Main factory with South Foundry in lower left. Lake Michigan is in the background. Later the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | House with several trees, and a horse and cart on the road in front. Located on Pierce Street near the Falk Brewery. It is Unknown whether or not "Pioneer... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Long wooden pier with people fishing along the pier. Three males with their fishing poles and buckets are walking toward the viewer. A person next to a b... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Two ships at the end of the canal, several buildings, a small lumberyard, and snow. Three other ships are visible down the canal. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of depot from the street. Taken about a block from the building, the image has a trolley, pedestrians, carriages, and signs for the Davison Theatre a... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Street view; City Hall is in background. Taken on the edge of a street with horse-drawn carriages, and buildings lining the street, and a man wearing a ha... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Davidson Theatre and Hotal at 135-137 Third Street. Signs for advertisements identify the buildings that are visible. Carriages and people are on the road... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Stereograph; image of building before it was destroyed by fire in 1905. View from across the street. Two small groups of children sit on both sides of the ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across intersection toward the building. Caption reads: "Exposition Building, Milwaukee. (Totally Destroyed by Fire June 4 '05.)" A group of people is... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Four-level building with shorter buildings flanking it on either side. On the road in front two carriages are visible, drawn by horses. A group of men ar... |
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