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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...
Photograph

Neighborhood Near Lake Michigan

Date: 1876
Description: Stereograph of a view over rooftops of a neighborhood near Lake Michigan. Shoreline can be seen in the background.
Postcard

Looking West from Court House

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Milwaukee, west from the Court House.
Postcard

Elevated View of Downtown and River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of downtown. Part of the Milwaukee River is on the left side. Sign for the Germania building is in the lower right, and city hall is in the b...
Photograph

Collapsing Building

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Description: Building and smokestack collapsing amidst debris.
Photograph

Building on Fire

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Description: A large building has partially collapsed from a fire. Fire fighters, some of them standing on the roof of a building next door, aim large streams of water ...
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Demolition of Smokestack

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Description: Demolition of a smokestack. The stack is falling into a pile of rubble not far from the road.
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Factory Stacks

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Description: Smoke coming from two rows of smokestacks on the top of a factory.
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Burning Building

Date: 10 17 1944
Description: Elevated view from rooftop of smoke billowing out of the roof of a burning brick building. Fire fighters are climbing on ladders on the side of the buildin...
Drawing

Evinrude Plant

Date: 1929
Description: Drawing of an aerial view of the Evinrude Motor Company plant.
Photograph

Two P&H Type "A" Outdoor Yard Cranes

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Description: Two Pawling & Harnischfeger type "A" outdoor yard cranes at the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. Stamped on the crane are the words "Pawling & Harnischfege...
Photograph

P&H Plant

Date: 08 15 1913
Description: Elevated view from window of the Pawling & Harnischfeger factory on the corner of National Avenue and 44th Street. The road in front has power lines along ...
Photograph

Car Parked near Curb

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Description: View across road of car parked on the side of the road. In the background are brick buildings, including (from left to right) the Central Heating Plant, th...
Photograph

School Bulding with Smoke Stack

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Description: View across snow-covered lawn or field of a school building with a smokestack. Automobiles are parked nearby.
Photograph

Stationary Engine Test Building at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1912
Description: Men working on the construction site for Stationary Engine Test Building #24 at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory.
Photograph

Milwaukee Works Machine Shop

Date: 1911
Description: Construction crews erecting a six-story machine shop at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory. Men are working on the ground and on an exposed ...
Photograph

Milwaukee Works Construction

Date: 05 18 1911
Description: A man uses a horse-drawn wagon to transport building materials on a construction site at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory. Men are clearin...
Photograph

Tractors at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of tractors parked in rows in a dirt lot at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory. Factory buildings are in the background.
Photograph

Backyards in the City

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Description: Elevated view of backyard areas, including some dilapidated houses and outbuildings. There are wood fences surrounding some of the yards, and laundry hangs...
Photograph

Men Walking on Residential Street

Date: 1936
Description: View up residential street with newly constructed houses, young trees and lampposts. Men in suits and hats walk along the sidewalk. A speed limit sign is o...

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