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| Date: | 04 29 1946 |
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| Description: | One-hundred-twenty-foot-long red brick wall along sidewalk in the 600 block of Langdon Street about to be torn down for the Hillel Center. The wall, named ... |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | View of the busy intersection at Regent Steet and West Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A group gathers to watch an International Harvester film projected from the bed of a pickup truck. |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | A view of University Avenue near the intersection of Park Street looking south towards the storefronts of Campus Camera at 827 University Avenue and Choles... |
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| Description: | Looking towards the Wisconsin State Capitol from the intersection of Williamson, Wilson and Jenifer Streets. |
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| Description: | Automobiles travel snow-covered East Wilson and Williamson Streets. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | A man drives a wagon pulled by two horses down a dirt road near a large billboard. The wagon is filled with wooden beams. The sign on the side of the road ... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Elevated view down Wells Street from the first Wisconsin National Bank Building. Commerce office on lower left. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Bridge in the downtown area crossing the Milwaukee River. City buildings reach into the background, with the farthest fading out. Many people are crossin... |
| 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: | 07 20 1948 |
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| Description: | Flooded South Park Street underpass, with car stalled in three feet of water. A train is on the railroad bridge above. A young boy and girl wearing bathing... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of river looking north from the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge. A pier with a small building and poster boards extends into the water from the bott... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view north of Wells Street with a bridge on the right. Two large smokestacks, and a tall building with a clock break up the skyline. On the left is a bil... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View across water of a motorboat with four men going upstream. There is a bicycle in the motorboat. The shoreline in the background has industrial building... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View from street of theatre and main entrance on corner of Wells and Water Streets. To the right is a building with a sign for Quaker Oats. On the left cor... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Down the road and across the bridge from the theatre. Iron work on the bridge obstructs the view of the theatre. Cars are crossing the bridge, and pedestri... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A view east from the corner of South Blair and Williamson Streets. On the left is Joe's News Store (Joseph J. Kuhn) 520 E. Wilson Street and a sign for th... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the First Wisconsin National Bank Building, down Wells Street toward the Milwaukee County Court House. Commerce office on lower left. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | View down road of overhead lighting equipment of the T.M.E.R. and L. Company, which, at the time had a proposal to be replaced by more modern lighting. Th... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Overhead light suspended over a road, hanging from wires. A car is parked at the corner, and billboards are in the distance. Railroad cars and railroad tr... |
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