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Winter Night Street Scene

Date: 12 01 1955
Description: Neon lights up Wisconsin Avenue on a winter night in Milwaukee.
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Congress and First Street Junction

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the junction of Congress and First Streets downtown, featuring cars, pedestrians, storefronts, and railroad tracks.
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street. Cars are parked on either side of the street, and two cars are being driven by storefronts. On the left stands the Citizens National...
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Business Section

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Description: View down Main Street. Cars are parked on either side of the street and two cars are being driven by storefronts. Citizens National Bank, built in 1893, st...
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Main Avenue

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Description: View down Main Avenue, a downtown business district. On the left corner of the avenue stands the Service Trust Company, built in 1925. Men and women cross ...
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Street Scene in the Business District

Date: 1915
Description: View down a street in a business district. A statue has a sign that reads: "If you can't fight, your dollars can," stands near an intersection. The First N...
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Street Scene

Date: 1931
Description: View down middle of street. On the left a man and two children stand near a truck parked in the driveway of a service station.
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down retail street. Cars are parked along the curbs. The stores include: Victrola's dealer, a cafe, a recreation parlor, a restaurant, a clothing stor...
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Street Scene

Date: 1924
Description: View down middle of street with many shops. Cars are parked at an angle along both sides of the street. A man rides a bicycle across the intersection. The ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: A busy commercial area. Cars are parked diagonally on either side of the street. There is a Chevrolet repair shop, gas station, hotel, Ford repair shop, an...
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Street Scene

Date: 1924
Description: View down commercial street. The shops are: Crandon Baking Company, a drugstore, the Hotel Hellstrom and Livery, a restaurant, First National Bank, a baker...
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down Main Street. Cars and shops line the street. The Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War memorial is in the far background at the top of the hill.
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Main Street

Date: 1926
Description: View down Main Street. Shops and parked cars line the street. On the near left, there is a billboard for Granger rough cut tobacco, and there is a barbers...

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