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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over trees of village. In the background is a water tower on a hill with trees. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater. |
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| Description: | Water tower (built 1875), with St. Mary's Hospital behind it on the left. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Left side of an elevated panoramic view of a full parking lot at the Wisconsin State Fair, with the grandstand and water towers in the background. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Panorama of International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory building. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company before 1902. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad stockyards, at about 25th Street. |
| Date: | 10 23 1913 |
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| Description: | Looking north on the Milwaukee River from approximately E. St. Paul Avenue (Clybourn Street bridge in the foreground). This features an elevated view of th... |
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| Description: | Looking south on N. 3rd Street from W. North Avenue. Bauch goods and other unidentified businesses visible on 3rd Street. There are automobiles and streetc... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of rows of finished tractors cover a yard outside Milwaukee Works. On the left is a water tower, and in the foreground are railroad tracks wi... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | West Milwaukee. Elevated view of tracks, trains, and buildings. A train roundhouse is located in the background. |
| 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: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View from the top of a warehouse at the south end of 6th Street. There is a traffic jam on both sides of the viaduct. On the left, one man is walking on th... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | View down road of overhead lighting equipment of the T.M.E.R. and L. Company, which, at the time had a proposal to be replaced by more modern lighting. Th... |
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| Description: | The Milwaukee Merchants & Manufacturers Special Train. A steam engine with several cars stretching to the horizon is sitting on the tracks in front of a pl... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards oncrete locks on a narrow river in winter. Snow is on the ground, and a water tower and smokestack are on the other side of the... |
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| Description: | Corner of Grove and Mineral Streets with cars parked along the road. Storefronts line the streets. The Goodwill store, a used car dealership and a water to... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large pile of coal sitting under a tarp, with an empty truck waiting nearby. Industrial buildings and water towers are across the river.... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a man standing at the front of a freighter, just above the name painted on the side, "James Laughlin". Industrial buildings and water towe... |
| Date: | 10 28 1938 |
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| Description: | From Jones Island, looking across to a manufacturing area with cranes and large piles of coal or coke? In the lower foreground is a bare hill, with old pil... |
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| Description: | Piles of sand are on the ground, and more sand is pouring off a large dredge. The dredge is mounted on a ship. A building in the background has a water tow... |
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