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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Color chromolithograph poster advertising the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | An illustration of two men modeling spring suits with a domed building in the background, as shown in the spring and summer issue of the "Fashion Suggester... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the drugstore of Joseph Mabbett Alcott at 90 Wisconsin Street. Pictured are Charles Alcott (left), his son, and store helpers. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | 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... |
| Date: | 06 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Sam Adair of 4380 N Wildwood Av., Shorewood, Wisconsin wearing fan labeled Rheem Personal Portable Air Conditioner around his neck to stay cool. |
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| Description: | Display that advertises the sale of U.S. Savings Bonds through the Payroll Savings Plan or the Bond-a-Month-Plan. Wisconsin State Governor Walter J. Kohler... |
| Date: | 06 10 1906 |
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| Description: | View of car #466, which was then one of Milwaukee's newest streetcars. The car was put in service by TMERL about 1905 and was rebuilt as a duplex car in 1... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the appearance of television and motion picture "cowboy" stars Roy Rogers and Dale Evans at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 06 1924 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the first annual Spring Festival and Entertainment event held on June 14, 1924 by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). There is an ima... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | 1904 Exhibit of the Maryland Association for the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis, in a railway coach. Photograph taken in Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | The driver of the wienermobile finds the entrance to the Oscar Mayer tent at the Wisconsin State Fair too low for it to get in. |
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| Description: | A T.M.E.R. and L Company streetcar is stopped on Washington Avenue, with the two streetcar operators aboard. The advertisement on the streetcar reads, "190... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for Auditorium with capacity information (total 15,700), purposes (Exhibitions, Conventions, Meetings, Lectures, Concerts, Dances, Circus, et... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Main hall with description of location. Hall was 225 feet long, 100 feet wide and 65 feet high. Also gives basement size under main hall (36,000 square f... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Exterior of building. A large advertising sign is on the right side, behind a large smokestack. A smaller sign stating "For Rent O.J. Schenck" has been h... |
| Date: | 03 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster for a "Grateful Dead" concert held on March 21, 1971 (3/21/71), at the New Expo Convention Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. "The Return of Spring" conc... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge. A building on the left has a large sign for Gimbel's on its roof. Beyond the river in the background are two large s... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph. Part of a bridge is visible in the lower left corner. Under the bridge is a floating pier with advertisements painted on its sides. Another br... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over rooftops looking towards Lake Michigan shoreline. Seaman's Furniture and Rooms building is surrounded by other commercial buildings. The... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Fundraising booth of the United Temperance Movement of Wisconsin at the Wisconsin State Fair. At that booth one could purchase soft drinks, milk, and "fir... |
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