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Fire Fighters in Alley

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Description: Seven fire fighters are in an alley putting out a fire in a building. Three of the fire fighters are running with a fire hose, while two other men hold the...
Photograph

Houses, Golds Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "The hydrant (blurred right center foreground) is shared by 21 people in 8 families. No streetlights, though the alley is well over 100 yards long. The lan...
Photograph

Man on Porch, Golds Alley

Date: 1966
Description: In the foreground, a man with a cane on a porch looks down towards the camera. In the background, a man walks down the alley. "The alley is long, dark and ...
Photograph

View, De Marco Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "A water faucet located at the top of the hill (the upper end of the alley) behind the boy is used by eleven families, 28 people, who live in the buildings...
Photograph

Young Man Using Outdoor Faucet, Griffin Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "This hydrant supplies ten families (sixteen persons) with water. Three of these persons are over sixty-five-years-old and live alone."

Griffin Alley hou...

Map or Atlas

Superior, McKenty's Addition, Douglas County, Wis.

Date: 1861
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, piers, streets, monuments, and township section corners. Included is a note on the width of avenues, piers, slips, al...
Map or Atlas

Map of Marquette on Lake Apuckaway, Wisconsin Territory

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Description: This plat map shows numbered blocks and lots, local streets, and part of Lake Apuckaway. The map also includes references for dimensions of lots, streets, ...
Map or Atlas

Wright’s Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1916
Description: This map shows wards, roads, railroads, parks, cemeteries, select buildings, and Lake Michigan. Also included is a street index and manuscript annotations ...

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