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Muddy Street in Milwaukee

Date: 1901
Description: A man tips his hat to a passing woman as horse-drawn carts and pedestrians navigate through the dirt and mud of Milwaukee streets, thereby illustrating tha...
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Dane County Jail

Date: 1901
Description: The Dane County Jail. To the right is the sheriff's residence.
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Machine Factory

Date: 1901
Description: Exterior view of a machine factory.
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Springdale Township Cemetery Monument

Date: 1901
Description: Stereograph of monument. This 17.5 foot granite monument was erected on September 15, 1901, to mark the location of a Norwegian Lutheran cemetery in the no...
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American Fur Company

Date: 1901
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the offices of the American Fur Company. The roof is damaged or deteriorating.
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American Fur Company

Date: 1901
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the offices of the American Fur Company. The roof is damaged or deteriorated.
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Building Under Construction

Date: 1901
Description: View from a distance of the framework of a large building under construction next to a house in Corliss.
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Looking Southeast from Clybourn Street

Date: 1901
Description: Looking southeast from Clybourn and Fifteenth Streets. An open dirt area is in the foreground, with lumber lying near water on the left, and industrial bui...
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Elevated View from Marquette College

Date: 1901
Description: Elevated view southeast from Marquette College. Homes along street in the foreground with a horse-drawn carriage. Church steeples can be seen in the dista...
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Elevated View from Division and East Water Streets

Date: 1901
Description: Elevated view looking northwest from Division Street and East Water Street. Rooftop of building in foreground has laundry hanging from a line. In the back...
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Looking Northeast from Milwaukee County Court House

Date: 1901
Description: Elevated view looking Northeast from dome of the Milwaukee County Court House. Several churches are visible among the dwellings.
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Streetcars in Milwaukee

Date: 1901
Description: Elevated view of scene at the corner of Grand (Avenue?) and West Water Street, now Plankinton and Wisconsin Avenues. Several streetcars are in the streets ...
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Fishing on Crawfish River

Date: 1901
Description: View from shoreline of a man standing in a boat, dipping for carp on the Crawfish River. Behind him dip nets are set up on scaffolds in the river. There ar...
Book or Pamphlet

Acme Harvester Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1901
Description: Catalog cover, in Spanish, featuring an illustration of trees framing a view of a man working in a field with two horses and a harvesting machine. Text at ...
Book or Pamphlet

Emerson Manufacturing Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1901
Description: Forty-ninth annual catalog cover featuring an orange and blue illustration, over a gray background, of two yoked oxen. Directly behind the oxen a man weari...
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Playing on Rocks

Date: 1901
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger playing with Effy Goetsch Carr on a pile of rocks. All three children have toys in their hands.
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Dog Named Sailor

Date: 1901
Description: View of a dog named Sailor sitting along a wood planked sidewalk in front of a picket fence.
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Horse and Carriage Rides

Date: 1901
Description: View across pasture towards two horse-drawn carriages on the August Pautz farm. Two people are sitting in each carriage, and two women and a child are stan...
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August Pautz Farm

Date: 1901
Description: Members of the Pautz family lined up in front of their house. Two carriages with horses are flanking either side of the family. A windmill is situated alon...
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On the Farm

Date: 1901
Description: August and Edgar Krueger pulling a small wagon through an open field. A barn and large haystacks run along the perimeter of the field.

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