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White Bass Run

Date: 1942
Description: People fishing for bass off dock.
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Loggers in Bateaux

Date: 1900
Description: Log driving crew on river in five bateaux. In the background on the left is a bridge.
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Town View near Bridge

Date: 1907
Description: Buildings and storefronts in town near bridge and river.
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Soldiers' Grove

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Soldiers' Grove with a bridge in the foreground.
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Yahara River below Williamson Street

Date: 1908
Description: A view of the Yahara River below Williamson Street.
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Milwaukee Coal Wagon

Date: 1904
Description: Elevated view of wagons hauling coal from the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company holding up street car traffic on a busy Milwaukee street.
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Excursion Steamer J.S. Landing Passengers

Date: 1901
Description: The sternwheel excursion, J.S., landing passengers, taken between 1901 and 1910. Crowds are on riverbank and there are buildings in background. A cr...
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WPA Bridge

Date: 06 01 1936
Description: Bridge and truck trail constructed by Works Progress Administration (WPA) workmen to facilitate forest fire prevention and control.
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Rustic Bridge at Copper Falls

Date: 1940
Description: People on a rustic bridge over river at Copper Falls State Park. A long log building is in the background on the other side of the river.
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The G.W. Hill with its Gangplank Lowered

Date: 1922
Description: The sternwheel packet, G.W. Hill, docked with its gangplank lowered and no one on deck. Later named Island Maid. There is a bridge in the bac...
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Deering Works seen from Diversey Avenue

Date: 1919
Description: Deering Works factory seen across the waterfront from Diversey Avenue. In the foreground is a street and sidewalk with the sign "horse vehicles keep to rig...
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Rock Falls Works

Date: 1931
Description: Aerial view of International Harvester's Rock Falls Works. The factory was owned by the Keystone Manufacturing Company until 1904, when the company was pur...
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International Delivery Truck in front of Queensboro Bridge

Date: 07 05 1927
Description: Driver in an International delivery truck parked along the waterfront with the Queensboro Bridge in the background. The truck was owned by Joseph Victori &...
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Evangelical Church

Date: 05 31 1965
Description: Elevated view of Evangelical United Brethren church in the vicinity of Highway T.
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Sherman Avenue Bridge

Date: 1904
Description: View across Yahara River towards a group of people on the Sherman Avenue Bridge, with the old malt house in the background.
Map or Atlas

The Twin Ports, Superior, Wisconsin and Duluth, Minnesota

Date: 1915
Description: Bird's-eye view of Superior, Wisconsin, and Duluth, Minnesota on opposite shore of Lake Superior.
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Miss Pyre and Ford V-8 Coupe at Tenney Park

Date: 04 18 1935
Description: Miss Pyre standing next to a Ford V-8 coupe near a bridge at Tenney Park. A building with a tower is in the background, perhaps the Hausmann Brewing Compan...
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Marling Lumber Company

Date: 09 19 1928
Description: Marling Lumber Company, 1801 East Washington Avenue. The Yahara River is to the right, with a bridge in the background.
Map or Atlas

Milwaukee-Downer College-Wisconsin

Date: 1927
Description: Color map, hand-drawn with comic figures engaged in various activities throughout map. Bordered by the river on the left and Lake Michigan on the right, in...
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Lawrence College

Date: 1942
Description: Trees interspersed with college buildings in lower half of image, with Fox River bisecting the middle, and a few buildings across the river with open fiel...

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