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Free Waterfront Trolley

Date: 1975
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Free Parking Lot Trolley. For your convenience you may ride the trolley from your car to Boat Dock. 'Have a Great Day.' Wisconsin D...
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Trolley Guitar Concert

Date: 02 25 1956
Description: Three people clapping and smiling near a man playing a guitar. Caption reads: "Railroad fans clapped to the rocking rhythm of a guitar player on a s...
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Main Street

Date: 05 13 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Waukau, Wis." An unpaved street with a street car and tracks running down the center. A church is on the left and a home...
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Grand Army of the Republic Arch

Date: 09 25 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "Cor. Broadway and Tower Avenue, Looking North, Superior, Wis." The Grand Army of the Republic Arch spans the corner of Broadway and T...
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Mule-Drawn Bus

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Description: A streetcar pulled by two mules on a stretch of track. The driver and two children are on board. Text on reverse reads: "Madison Transportation. In 1885 Mr...
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Lake Mills Railroad Depot

Date: 1912
Description: View towards the Lake Mills Railroad Depot. A passenger train is on the tracks on the left. A light rail trolley is on the sharply curving tracks on the ri...
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The New Milwaukee Street Bridge

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Description: View of a concrete arch bridge crossing the Rock River in downtown Janesville.
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Tractor at McCormick Works

Date: 10 27 1910
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a tractor in the yard at McCormick Works. There are commercial buildings and a streetcar along a street in the backg...
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Tractor at McCormick Works

Date: 10 27 1910
Description: Rear view of a tractor parked in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background is a brick commercial building, with a sign that reads, in part: "Bartholom...
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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.)
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Northeast Panorama of Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of McCormick Works, with construction of wheel shop. Streetcars are along the street in the foreground.
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McCormick-Deering Hoist

Date: 07 19 1928
Description: View across street towards a man using a hoist to mount street lights a near an intersection in a city. Men are standing on the sidewalk watching the insta...
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Panoramic View of East Side of Monona Avenue

Date: 03 27 1931
Description: Panoramic elevated view of the east side of Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard,) showing Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Co. road construction e...
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Main Street

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Description: View from sidewalk on the right down a street, with horse-drawn wagons parked on the left and right curbs, and a streetcar in the center. A sign on the rig...
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Brumder Building

Date: 1895
Description: View from street towards a streetcar passing in front of the 1872 Brumder building located, according to a note of the reverse of the photograph, "on N. E....
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Grand Avenue Bridge

Date: 1895
Description: A view, looking east, across the Milwaukee River. The Grand Avenue Bridge is on the left, which is decorated with bunting and banners, and is crowded with ...
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Streetcar

Date: 1920
Description: A man is standing on the rear of a small streetcar in Japan. There is a utility pole and several two-story buildings on the left.
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King Street

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Description: View up center of King Street towards the third Wisconsin State Capitol. There are streetcar tracks, and large power poles are along the left side of the s...
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First National Bank on Pinckney Street

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Description: View across intersection towards the First National Bank at the corner of East Washington Avenue and South Pinckney Streets.
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The Haw-Olson Company

Date: 1927
Description: View from street towards the corner of King Street and S. Pinckney Street. On the corner is the Haw-Olson Company. Down King Street is the Majestic Theater...

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