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Genesee Street

Date: 12 14 1916
Description: View across Genesee Street towards a brick building and a street or alley. There is a sign on the side that reads: "International Harvester Company of Amer...
Photograph

Elevated View of City

Date: 
Description: Elevated view over railroad tracks towards a crowd of people along a commercial street near horse-drawn vehicles and a street railroad car.
Postcard

Granite Cutters in Labor Day Parade

Date: 10 24 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Granite Cutters in Labor Day Parade, Wausau, Wisconsin." Elevated view of a parade on a city street with street car tracks, near an u...
Photograph

Workingmen's Headquarters

Date: 1905
Description: View across street towards the exterior of the bar at Workingmen's Headquarters. A man is standing on the sidewalk in front of the building.
Photograph

Wooden Line Car

Date: 08 08 1918
Description: A wooden line streetcar, number A-2, plate number 732. for The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company (T.M.E.R. & L. Co.)
Photograph

Elevated View of Lumberyard at Factory

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of lumberyard at factory. There is a road in the foreground with what appear to be streetcar tracks.
Photograph

Schwabentor

Date: 1932
Description: Tram tracks lead to the arched gateway of the Schwabentor in Freiburg im Briesgau, Germany. Above the arch is a painting of St. George. The spire of Freibu...
Photograph

Back View of Gisholt Machine Company

Date: 
Description: View of the back side of the Madison plant from across a dirt road, which is lined with a plank sidewalk and telephone poles, towards several plant buildin...
Map or Atlas

East Part of Madison

Date: 1899
Description: A map of the east part of the city of Madison, including a portion of the isthmus.
Photograph

Capital City Auto Radiator Works

Date: 
Description: View from intersection at East Washington Avenue and Webster street, of the building at 121-123 E. Washington. The street has streetcar tracks. On the side...
Photograph

Panoramic View of Downtown Madison

Date: 05 07 1907
Description: Panoramic view of the downtown towards Bascom Hall from the corner of the Capitol Square, showing Carroll, Mifflin, and State Streets. Several businesses c...
Map or Atlas

Street Railway, Trackless Trolley, and Motor Bus Guide

Date: 1936
Description: Street map of the City of Milwaukee and surrounding suburbs indicating various mass transit lines. There is an index to Milwaukee streets at the right of t...
Photograph

Wells Street

Date: 1905
Description: Wells Street, between 16th and 18th Streets. Record photograph for a survey of Milwaukee street conditions, made to show the wooden cedar block pavement. T...
Photograph

Park Street Businesses

Date: 1930
Description: Businesses located near the intersection of Park and Lakeside Streets, before Park Street was widened. Identified from left, Madison Do-Nut Kitchen, Valvol...
Photograph

Marching Down City Street

Date: 1918
Description: DESCRIPTION QUESTION: A group of American soldiers are marching down a street in Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia. Next to the flag barrier is a African Ame...
Photograph

MGM Trackless Train

Date: 08 1945
Description: The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Trackless Train" turning onto North Carroll Street from West Mifflin Street. The "Trackless Train" was on a tour from New York to ...
Photograph

MGM Trackless Train

Date: 08 1925
Description: The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Trackless Train" parked in front of the Hotel Loraine on West Washington Avenue. The YMCA can be seen on the right. The "Trackless...
Photograph

MGM Trackless Train

Date: 08 1925
Description: The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Trackless Train" parked at the Pennsylvania Oil Company filling station on the corner of State Street and Gorman Street. The "Trac...
Print

Pabst German Stadt Theater

Date: 1891
Description: Lithograph view of The Pabst German Stadt Theater on Oneida Street in Milwaukee, Wis.
Photograph

Street Car in Krakow

Date: 1940
Description: A street car in Krakow photographed by American journalist Alvin Steinkopf while on a tour of German-occupied Poland. He labeled it in his scrapbook."Jews ...

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