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| Date: | 1900 |
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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: | 05 15 1954 |
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| Description: | Zookeepers releasing rhesus monkeys to the island that serves as their summer home at the Washington park zoo (later replaced by the Milwaukee County Zoo). |
| Date: | 11 28 1981 |
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| Description: | Veterinarians examining Samson, the Milwaukee Zoo's star 32-year-old gorilla, after attempting to revive him after he had collapsed while feeding in the zo... |
| Date: | 12 13 1985 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of Rhudra, an Indian rhinoceros, receiving surgery for a non-healing wound on the sole of his right, rear foot at the Milwaukee County Zoo. T... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Man with a pipe in his mouth feeding swans at the edge of a pool. A rowboat is in the background. |
| Date: | 07 20 1987 |
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| Description: | A little girl offers her place at a fountain to a large Newfoundland-mix dog who takes a drink on a hot day. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Front cover of a German language advertising catalog for International Harvester's Milwaukee line of harvesting machinery. Features a chromolithograph illu... |
| Date: | 03 16 1963 |
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| Description: | "The eyes of the guests popped, but room clerk Frank R. Witte, 1133 E Knapp Street, took it in stride Friday afternoon when Badwater Bill, accompanied by h... |
| Date: | 07 04 1917 |
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| Description: | Children canoeing in the pond with swans, while other children are watching. There are adults and children in the background near a building. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The northeast corner of the Cawker Building at W. Wells Street and N. Plankinton Avenue. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Right side view of a farmer driving a team of three horses to pull a Keystone grain binder in a field. |
| Date: | 08 18 1926 |
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| Description: | Construction workers and early construction machinery being driven by horses in a residential neighborhood. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | N. Water Street between E. St. Paul and E. Buffalo Streets. |
| Date: | 10 05 1955 |
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| Description: | Children and adults gathered in front of the gorilla cages at the Washington Park Zoo to celebrate the fifth adoptive birthday party for Samson and Sambo. ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Several pedestrians cross a city street on a rainy day. |
| 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: | 1904 |
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| Description: | View down drive toward the building which has a wraparound porch on two levels. In front is a man driving a horse-drawn carriage. Caption reads: "Country C... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View down the avenue. A large crowd of people on are on the left in front of a storefront, and several horse-drawn vehicles are on the right. Two men are ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | South from National Avenue, a view on the south side of Milwaukee. A church steeple is on the distant left. An electric pole is on the left corner, next ... |
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