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Loading Hard Coal

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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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Men at the Crossing Store

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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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Waves and City Skyline

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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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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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Electric Car on Hill

Date: 1904
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...
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Railroad Yards

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of railroad yards with trains sitting on many of the tracks, with other tracks sitting empty. Steam is rising from trains in the background, ...
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Furrier Manufacturing Building

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Description: Exterior of the Furrier manufacturing building. Nearby is a gas station promoting "Standard Oil Products". A Coca-Cola sign is near the entrance to the sta...
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Coal and Coke Yards on Milwaukee River

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Description: Elevated view of a large pile of coal sitting under a tarp, with an empty truck waiting nearby. Industrial buildings and water towers are across the river....
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Men Standing in Junkyard

Date: 1905
Description: Three men standing in a junkyard with piles of wheels, chairs, and other wooden items in the background near the side of a building. The ground is littered...
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Tugboat at Work

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Description: Elevated view of tugboat pulling a steamer caked in ice in a canal. Steam is rising from the water and an open drawbridge can be seen in the background. On...
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Railroad Yard with Snow and Smoke

Date: 01 18 1940
Description: Elevated view of railroad yard, with engines and cars on some of the tracks. Smoke is billowing out from many of the engines, covering much of the yard. Bu...
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Train Yard from Hillside

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Description: Elevated view of the Milwaukee Electric Rapid Transit at 20-23rd Streets and St. Paul, looking southeast from a hillside. Snow is on the ground, the buildi...
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Grain Ship from Shoreline

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Description: View from shoreline of a grain ship on the Kinnickinnic River. There are industrial buildings in the background.
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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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Freighter on River

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Description: Elevated view of a man standing at the front of a freighter, just above the name painted on the side, "James Laughlin". Industrial buildings and water towe...
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Tugboat Pulling Freighter through Ice

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Description: Tugboat pulling freighter "Mariposa" on Kinnickinnic River. The river has large chunks of ice floating on top, and industrial buildings are in the backgrou...
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Jones Island and Manufacturing Area Across Bay

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: From Jones Island, looking across to a manufacturing area with cranes and large piles of coal or coke? In the lower foreground is a bare hill, with old pil...
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Elevated View of Railroad Yard on Jones Island

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Elevated view of railroad yard and railroads cars on Jones Island. On the right is a large derrick or crane, and in the background are a number of freighte...
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Sand Dredge

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Description: Piles of sand are on the ground, and more sand is pouring off a large dredge. The dredge is mounted on a ship. A building in the background has a water tow...
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Sand Dredge on Ship

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Description: View along side of dredge mounted on a ship unloading sand on a large snd pile in the background.

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