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| Date: | 05 15 1934 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Frautschi Furniture Store, located at 213-221 King Street. |
| Date: | 10 27 1936 |
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| Description: | Construction crew working on a Chicago & Northwestern Railroad crossing, looking northwest along the 100 block of South Blair Street. |
| Date: | 09 17 1931 |
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| Description: | View down East Wilson Street from the corner of King Street. The Union Transfer Building is on the right hand side at 155-303 East Wilson Street, Rubin's F... |
| Date: | 12 05 1930 |
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| Description: | Night view looking down State Street from the intersection at North Carroll Street. Lighting up the scene are the blurred lights of automobiles moving alon... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | State Street view looking east from Johnson Street, towards the Wisconsin State Capitol. On the corner on the left is Glasgow Tailers, and further up the b... |
| Date: | 02 27 1930 |
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| Description: | Six men posing with the first trackless trolley. Wisconsin Valley Electric Company #4. |
| Date: | 08 09 1934 |
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| Description: | The Wisconsin State Employment Office, formerly the Capital City Bank, located on the corner of King and South Pinckney Streets. On the left is Liggett's ... |
| Date: | 06 14 1935 |
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| Description: | The Blied Building with storefronts, from left to right: Western Union, 21 W. Main Street, Madison Trust Company, 23 W. Main Street, Fanny Farmer, 25 W. Ma... |
| Date: | 05 05 1934 |
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| Description: | Montgomery Ward & Co. at 102 North Hamilton Street at the corner of North Pinckney and East Mifflin Streets. |
| Date: | 10 01 1932 |
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| Description: | Bus and streetcar accident at Regent Street and Mills Street, looking north on Mills. |
| Date: | 05 15 1931 |
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| Description: | A streetcar was knocked off the tracks in an accident with an automobile at the corner of Mills and Drake Streets. |
| Date: | 09 06 1930 |
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| Description: | Banners and caricatures of the Marx Brothers adorn a streetcar advertising the film "Animal Crackers" at the RKO Capitol Theatre. |
| Date: | 01 21 1930 |
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| Description: | First Congregational Church, 1609 University Avenue, at the corner of North Breese Terrace, looking west along University Avenue. Snow is on the ground. |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Pass issued by the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company for the week of December 17-23, 1933. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View from street of the Milwaukee Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway station. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of heavy automobile traffic, delivery trucks and pedestrians on State Street at North Carroll Street. View reaches to Bascom Hill of... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of residential street with many trees lining the terrace. Rails, possibly trolley rails, run down the center of the street. Caption reads: "North Broa... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of the courthouse from the street, with cable car tracks running in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | This map is an advertisement for Milwaukee street cars and motor buses and reads: "Ride the street car or motor bus. Economical, safe, dependable." Include... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Color coded map in pink, yellow, blue, and brown of Milwaukee County State and County trunk highways. The map includes a legend of symbols: "STEAM RAIL ROA... |
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