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| Description: | Elevated view of the West Milwaukee shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of industrial area. The building in the foreground has a sign that reads: "Machine Shop" on it roof. People are working in a large open area,... |
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| Description: | "Conrad Starke" (possibly a tugboat) cruising on the water near a bridge in an industrial area. The waterway is probably connected to Lake Michigan. Three ... |
| Date: | 10 28 1938 |
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| Description: | Docks and shanties at Jones Island, with smokestacks and cranes in the background. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Two ships at the end of the canal, several buildings, a small lumberyard, and snow. Three other ships are visible down the canal. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from a building of a canal in the city, with a boat on the canal. A bridge is also visible. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Located in West Milwaukee. Trains, cars, tracks, and railroad buildings. The view is taken from the top of a building. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Building from across the river, with construction workers working nearby. Signs for the Boston Store and Diamond tires are on the roof, as well as lettered... |
| 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: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across river of a boat docked near a building with a sign for Adolph Meinecke & Sons (Manufacturers). In the background is City Hall. |
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| Description: | Large metal structure lying in a sand pile. A building with a sign that reads "[?] Fuel Co" is in the background. |
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| Description: | A large group of men, women, and children, wearing swimming attire, standing in a lake. Industrial buildings are in the distance along the shoreline. |
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| Description: | View across water towards fire fighters in a boat on the river putting out a fire in a large building. Water sprays from fire hoses from two directions, wi... |
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| Description: | Two horses hitched up to a Milwaukee Western Fuel Company cart stopped at a station, with a man standing on the wagon filling the cart with hard coal for h... |
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| Description: | Men walking near the railroad Crossing Store. Above the store is a bridge providing a walkway over the railroad tracks. |
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| Description: | Waves create a turbulent lake, with water spraying in the air. Part of the city skyline with three smokestacks is in the far distance. |
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| Description: | Demolition of a smokestack. The stack is falling into a pile of rubble not far from the road. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | A car climbs up a dirt and gravel road in an industrial area. The Milwaukee-Western Fuel Co. building is in the background, as well as a building with a si... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of West Milwaukee shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. Railroad train cars are stopped on the tracks and smoke is rising fr... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of railroad yards with trains sitting on many of the tracks, though other tracks are sitting empty. Steam is rising from trains in the backgr... |
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