Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | Filling station sign reading: "smile," purposely put upside down. A young woman is bending over to read it. |
Date: | 1925 |
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Description: | Elevated view of Milwaukee's City Hall. Signs on the building read "Sinfonietta" and "Concert Tonight." |
Date: | 08 1958 |
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Description: | A group of people watching a parade along a sidewalk in the rain. |
Date: | 11 08 1967 |
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Description: | Teachers protest the lack of a "concrete offer" for a new contract in front of the Milwaukee vocational school. |
Date: | 1957 |
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Description: | A woman in business attire walking with an open umbrella on a rainy day in downtown Milwaukee. To her left is the Civil War monument, "The Victorious Charg... |
Date: | 1941 |
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Description: | View overlooking crowd of Allis-Chalmers employees on strike. |
Date: | 1945 |
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Description: | Exterior view of the Schley home on the corner of North Astor Street and East Juneau Avenue. It was built ca. 1850. |
Date: | 11 12 1981 |
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Description: | The Crescent Garage. Although the photograph dates from 1981, the curb-side gas pumps are a throwback to the early days of gas stations. The Crescent Garag... |
Date: | 1956 |
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Description: | Passers-by help move a disabled vehicle after an automobile accident on Wisconsin Avenue. |
Date: | 04 05 1984 |
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Description: | Corky Barker washing down his motorcycle in front of his home at 2734 South Superior Street. |
Date: | 1928 |
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Description: | Exterior view of the Milwaukee Post Office. |
Date: | 1924 |
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Description: | Former home of the Milwaukee Journal newspaper, at the corner of Michigan and Milwaukee Streets. A fire escape goes up the middle of the building on... |
Date: | 1941 |
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Description: | Elevated view of hotel. On the lower right above the entrance is a sign for the Empire Room. Automobiles are parked on the street. A flag pole without a fl... |
Date: | |
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Description: | The Milwaukee police approach a line of NAACP Youth Council members in an attempt to break up a demonstration. |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | Men moving an iron lung. The machine has the logo for the March of Dimes imprinted on it. Iron Lungs were commonly used for the treatment of polio. |
Date: | 08 14 1968 |
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Description: | A group of children are holding up hand-made signs, demonstrating for "Snoopy for President." Several children are wearing Peanuts t-shirts and sweatshirts... |
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