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| Description: | Interior view of lobby, with large chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, columns, stairway leading to second floor, and chairs positioned about the entranc... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Mezzanine Floor (Interior). A flight of stairs is going up the left side of the image. Several chairs are set up overlooking the balcony. Various statues ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view toward the hotel on the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Jefferson Street. Cars are parked on the road on the right. Caption reads: "H... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | The hotel is on the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Jefferson Street. The view is of large sample room. Includes a bed, desk and chair, vanity dresser, a lo... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A classical Romanesque basilica. Facing southwest from Chase Avenue, just south of Lincoln Avenue. Pedestrians are near the entrance. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | First location of the high school at 301-303 Fifth Street. Consists of two house-sized buildings, with the entrances close to each other. Sign on front of ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over roofs, with the Milwaukee River in the background. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Looking south from Oneida Street Bridge. Large buildings line the river edge. Another bridge is in the distance. Several buildings have flags on the roofs,... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Art Deco room named "The Snake Pit." Redone in the 1950's. Milwaukee Athletic club, on Broadway at Mason Street. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A man and woman are looking under the hood of a car in front of a business whose sign states, "The car that is seen and not heard. The car you will eventua... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with tree branches bowing under the weight of snow. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a house viewed through a "curtain" of icicles. A snow-filled yard is in front of the house. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of tractors lined up outside an International Harvester factory, most likely the Milwaukee Works. Residential and industrial buildings are in... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from street of home of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker, located at 645 Franklin Place, also known as "The Lion House... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A man holding a cigar stands near a Gilt Edge Liberty furnace. The R.J. Schwab and Sons Co. in Milwaukee sold Liberty and Pipeless furnaces for over fifty ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | This map shows wards, streets, railroads, parks, cemeteries, select buildings, and Lake Michigan. Also included is a street index. Cemeteries and parks are... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Alfred Lawson standing behind a Palmer cord aero tyre, which is sitting next to a smaller Goodyear cord tire. The smaller Goodyear tire was used for Lawson... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Oval-framed portrait of Alfred Lawson standing behind a Palmer cord aero tyre, which he used for his 1920 Midnight Air Liner. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of Adda Howie standing outside the International Harvester office (probably in Milwaukee). |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Edward John Brumder, third from left with boutonniere, and his sister, Henrietta Thekla "Pussy" Brumder, wearing a short white dress, posing with other fam... |
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