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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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Milwaukee Coal Wagon

Date: 1904
Description: Elevated view of wagons hauling coal from the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company holding up street car traffic on a busy Milwaukee street.
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McCormick Works Stock Yard

Date: 1900
Description: Small carts, stacks of lumber, and rail cars in a snow-covered yard at the McCormick Reaper Works. The original caption reads: "Foundry #28, Wheel Room, Bl...
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Leinenkugel Brewery

Date: 1910
Description: An engraving of an elevated view of the Leinenkugel brewery, est. 1867, located at 5 Jefferson Avenue.
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Cheese House

Date: 1925
Description: The rear facade of a cheese house. A man is standing in the doorway of the loading dock next to a hand cart.
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Man in Buggy

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Description: Man in a top-buggy driving a team of two horses, possibly Paul Duxbury in Hixton. There are industrial buildings on the left and right.
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Kleinsteuber Machine Shop

Date: 1880
Description: It was in this shop that Christopher Sholes, inventor of the typewriter, did much of his work on various inventions. This photograph may be as early as th...
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27th Street Viaduct

Date: 1911
Description: Looking north at the Menomonee Valley. Road incorrectly identified on the postcard as twenty-second street viaduct. Pedestrians and carriages are crossing ...
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Looking Southeast from Clybourn Street

Date: 1901
Description: Looking southeast from Clybourn and Fifteenth Streets. An open dirt area is in the foreground, with lumber lying near water on the left, and industrial bui...
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Elevated View from Division and East Water Streets

Date: 1901
Description: Elevated view looking northwest from Division Street and East Water Street. Rooftop of building in foreground has laundry hanging from a line. In the back...
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Commercial Area near Lake Michigan

Date: 1868
Description: Elevated view over rooftops looking towards Lake Michigan shoreline. Seaman's Furniture and Rooms building is surrounded by other commercial buildings. The...
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Loading Hard Coal

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Description: Two horses hitched up to a Milwaukee Western Fuel Company cart stopped at a station, with a man standing on the wagon filling the cart with hard coal for h...
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T.G. Mandt Carriage Factory

Date: 1880
Description: Slightly elevated exterior view of T.G. Mandt Wagons & Carriages. Several of the men are standing near or leaning on one of the many carriages displayed ar...
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Exterior of Magdeburg Branch House

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior of International Harvester's Magdeburg branch house in Germany, with trucks, a tractor pulling three loaded carts, and a horse-drawn wagon piled w...
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Man Walking near Building

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Description: View of industrial buildings with a man walking near the building on the right. A large wagon or cart is on the left near a stack of bricks and pipes.
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Ramsay & Jones Mill

Date: 1887
Description: The Ramsay & Jones Mill with logs in the water in the foreground.
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Fire Department Carts With Huge Water Barrels

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Description: Men steer mule-drawn Fire Department carts down a dirt road in Matamoros, Mexico. Several buildings stand in the background.
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Railroad Tracks and Depot

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Description: View down railroad tracks. On the left, there is a two-story, octagonal hut. On the right, there is a railroad station with a Western Union sign. Industria...
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Leinenkugel Brewery

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Description: An engraving of an elevated view of the Leinenkugel Brewery complex with the buildings identified. A streetcar is passing by and two horses pulling wagons ...
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Lumber Planing Mill

Date: 1899
Description: Several wagon loads of lumber stand in the yard of a planing mill.

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