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| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of wagons hauling coal from the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company holding up street car traffic on a busy Milwaukee street. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 03 16 1919 |
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| Description: | View showing the flood conditions on city streets from the 1919 Flood on the Trempealeau River. Four men are surveying the damage. Caption reads: "Highwate... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View towards bridge. The Nicolet Paper Company is on the left. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the bridge, with several cars driving on it. On the left and right are streets below the bridge. In the distance are smokestacks and water... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View towards the Eagle River bridge. Caption reads: "Eagle River Bridge, Eagle River, Wis." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Island Park, from Washington Park Drive, looking north from the west end of Kinzie Avenue bridge. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | An elevated view of town. A church is on the left, houses are in rows on the right. Caption reads: "Made-For-Club-House — Niagara-Wis.—". |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from Wisconsin River looking east. The Pabst Building is on the northwest corner of N. Water Street and E. Wisconsin Avenue with the Mack bui... |
| Date: | 06 01 1923 |
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| Description: | Elevated view east from N. Plankinton Avenue, W. Wisconsin Avenue is bustling with automobiles, pedestrians, a cable car, and a double-decker bus. Landmark... |
| Date: | 07 11 1912 |
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| Description: | Looking east on E. Wisconsin Avenue from the west bank of the Milwaukee River. The Pabst Building is on the left. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of Wisconsin Street, with the bridge on the left. Caption reads: "View east on Wisconsin Street, from Grand Avenue Buscule Bridge, M... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the First Presbyterian church and two mansions. The Mahoning river and a park is in the foreground, and other parts of the town stretch in... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A fisherman baits his hook at a park bench missing its seat. A metal fence divides the paved shore from the west channel of the East River in the backgrou... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Lithographed poster depicting an elevated view of the Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner factory and surrounding area. Text in the upper left corner reads, "Ch... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View down middle of road of car driving across a bridge over Sugar River. Another car is parked by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View down tree-lined hill over the Pecatonica River. The bridge connects River Street to Main Street. Storefronts line the street, and the Lafayette County... |
| Date: | 02 02 1978 |
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| Description: | "Water tower view, looking due west." |
| Date: | 02 02 1978 |
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| Description: | "Groundhog Day... A view from the water tower, looking northwest. The 20mm lens provides a very wide angle of view." |
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