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Gas Station Explosion

Date: 06 17 1933
Description: A worker is sorting through the rubble from the collapsed Kleinheinz Pennco service station (Pennsylvania Oil Company), 702 S. Park Street. People in the ...
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Downtown Office Buildings

Date: 1960
Description: View of a state office building, and, at far right, the City-County building.
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Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Beaver

Date: 11 1933
Description: Winter view of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp Beaver tents with two men in the background. CCC Company 1604 used Camp Beaver as their base camp...
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Milwaukee County Court House

Date: 06 09 1939
Description: Elevated view of Milwaukee County Court House, with a tree-filled park area in the foreground and the city in the background. There is debris on the roof, ...
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Longfellow Monument and Square

Date: 1920
Description: Close-up of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow monument and the surrounding cobbled square. Installed in 1888 and sculpted by Franklin Simmons, the monument f...
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Elevated View of Clark Street

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view north along Clark Street with pedestrians, street cars, trucks and automobiles. Lincoln Park is on the right; the Belden Stratford Hotel is o...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View across lawn toward the Cottage, with separate housing next door to the right, and the covered walkway. Two people are walking under the walkway. The s...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: Elevated view of the entrance, with the covered walkway and a "Welcome" sign, to the Unity House complex. The dirt road leading to the main house can be se...
Poster

Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner Factory

Date: 1901
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...
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Dentist Office and Church

Date: 1900
Description: View from across street of a dentist office and Baptist Church along a road. Two horse-drawn carriages are being driven in opposite directions on the road.
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Street Scene

Date: 1910
Description: View down a street featuring storefronts, horse-drawn carriages, and automobiles. The steeple of the First Congregational Church, a Gothic Revival building...
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Street Scene

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Description: View across intersection down South Dubuque Street featuring Hotel Jefferson, built in 1913 with a Classical Revival influence. Automobiles and horse-drawn...
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Demolition of the Dome

Date: 1909
Description: A crane lowers the flag pole from the third Wisconsin State Capitol as the first step in demolition of the dome. An iron eagle is perched atop the flag pol...
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Street Scene in the Business District

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Description: View down South Dubuque Street featuring Hotel Jefferson in the distance at left, built in 1913 with a Classical Revival influence. Automobiles, cable cars...
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700 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 700 block of State Street. Lake Street parking ramp and University of Wisconsin Extension building are vi...
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Street Scene — Post Office

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Description: View down unpaved street with a grocery/post office at the corner. Horses are tied at the side of the store, near a group of men and women. A man stands on...
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Hartford Canning Company

Date: 1969
Description: Site of Libby McNeil and Libby canning company. In 1968, workers in Hartford staged a walkout to support Obreros Unidos (United Workers) to show dissatisfa...
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street. The hardware store is on the corner on the left, the shoemaker shop is on the right, and the offices of "The Journal" are further do...
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Voting Rights Protesters

Date: 1964
Description: View towards sidewalk of a line of demonstrators carrying signs during a Freedom Summer civil rights demonstration. A man walking along the sidewalk holds ...
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Arthur J. Altmeyer

Date: 1963
Description: Arthur J. Altmeyer standing in front of the Social Security Administration Headquarters. In 1973 the building was renamed the Altmeyer Building in his hono...

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