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| Date: | 05 26 1894 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Wilson Riddell general store, with a horse-drawn wagon parked in front. There is a post office and paint shop attached to the store. S... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of several men, some of whom may be railroad workers, posing in front of a Minnesota and St. Paul wood-burning engine at a train crossing. Th... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of workers, a young boy and a dog outside the Schmidt and Glade Brewery posing with tools and barrels. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The Opera House at the corner of Washington (now Main) and North Mill Streets. A sign at the back of the building reads: "Printing." A barber pole is in fr... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A man posing in the open doorway of Julius Schadauer's tobacco shop at 101 State Street. The sign above the doorway reads: "Schadauer of Cigars Fact. No 62... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the west side of East Water Street. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Charles Pfeifer's Drugstore, founded in 1858. From left to right are Charles Pfeifer, Fred Pfeifer, Mrs. Adam Heeb, Fulda Pfeifer, Mrs. Ch... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | First electric street railway service in Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | View of the exterior of the Pharmacie Werner in Boulay/Bolchen, France. This region was part of Germany in 1889. Two men are standing in front of the build... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Columbian Exposition; Foreground: Irish Village in Midway; Background: Buildings in Jackson Park. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of buildings at the Columbian Exposition in Jackson Park, viewed from Stony Island Avenue. The "L" station and train are in the foreground. S... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Midway Pleasance viewed from Illinois Central Viaduct; large Ferris wheel in background; large crowd, mostly walking in the direction of the Ferris wheel. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Columbian Exposition; North side of Midway Pleasance viewed from Madison Avenue. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of buildings and street traffic. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Front view of C.F. Rau's furniture store, with the owners and employees sitting in front of the store. Apparently, the store also performs undertaking. The... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Engraving of the McCormick Reaper Works as it appeared in 1867. The factory was located on the north bank of the Chicago River, east of the Rush Street bri... |
| Date: | 05 19 1887 |
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| Description: | Firefighters stand with steam fire engine in front of fire station at National Soldiers Home. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | View from street of workers, including some African Americans, loading (and/or unloading) agricultural equipment and parts outside a general office of the ... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | 2504 Forest Home Avenue. This hotel was situated on what was originally a plank road between Milwaukee and Muskego. It was designed after the Federal style... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | McCormick grain binder decorated with stars and stripes on the street in front of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership. The location is possib... |
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