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Traveling Medicine Wagon

Date: 1902
Description: A traveling medicine wagon with saleswomen and vendor selling Westmore's Hair Tonic.
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Barnum Depot

Date: 1912
Description: View down railroad tracks of a locomotive arriving at the Barnum Depot.
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Parade on the Capitol Square

Date: 1910
Description: A parade turning the corner from Wisconsin Avenue on to the Capitol Square. A horse-drawn wagon in the foreground carries a May Pole and dancers from the K...
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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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Electric Streetcar

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Description: An electric streetcar in Milwaukee with a large Gimbels sign in the background.
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International C1300 Water Truck for Horses

Date: 1967
Description: Man delivering water to a horse with an International C1300 (4x4) truck. The mobile water truck was owned by the Philadelphia Society for the Prevention of...
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Milwaukee, Looking up Broadway

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Description: Elevated view of an intersection in Milwaukee, looking up Broadway. There is a sign for "Dentist" on the left.
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Grand Avenue

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Description: Elevated view of Grand Avenue. A number of horse-drawn carriages are lined up near a bridge.
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Milwaukee, Down East Water Street from Kirby House

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Description: Elevated view of Milwaukee, down East Street from Kirby House.
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Milwaukee, up Broadway from Huron Street

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Description: View up Broadway from Huron Street, with Charles Stein and Company on the left.
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Looking up Grand Avenue

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Description: Elevated view over bridge and river looking up Grand Avenue. Pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles and a street car are in the foreground.
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Men and Boys in front of Implement Dealer

Date: 1900
Description: A group of farmers and young children posing on a wooden platform or boardwalk in front of a farm implement dealership building, along with a horse-drawn m...
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Parade of Wagons Picking Up New McCormick Machinery

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Description: Elevated view of a parade of farmers and young children with horse-drawn wagons picking up their new McCormick machinery. They are parked along a rural dir...
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Layton House

Date: 1880
Description: 2504 Forest Home Avenue. This hotel was situated on what was originally a plank road between Milwaukee and Muskego. It was designed after the Federal style...
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Pinckney Street

Date: 1859
Description: Daguerreotype of elevated view of Pinckney Street, looking northwest. View includes the American House and Bruen's Block, both on the corner of East Washin...
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Railroad Depot

Date: 11 1941
Description: View across railroad tracks of the Wisconsin Central Railroad depot at Sussex (formerly known as Templeton). Two cars are parked near the depot and a bagga...
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Train at Valders

Date: 1912
Description: A single passenger awaits the arrival of a train at the Valders station. The train, which is a mixed local on the Manitowoc line, is being pulled by Minnea...
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View of 200 Block of State Street

Date: 1915
Description: View of the 200 block of State Street, northside, with Tailors and Gents Furnishers, John Ripp's Great Unloading Shoe Sale, and the Wisconsin State Capitol...
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John Parman's Blacksmith, Wagon & Carriage Shop

Date: 1873
Description: John Parman's Blacksmith, Wagon & Carriage Shop. A large group of men, including workers in leather aprons, are standing with carriages and wagon wheels ou...
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American House

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Description: Two men are sitting in a carriage in front of a Madison hotel known as both the Flom Hotel and the American House. The Flom Hotel, built in 1865, was locat...

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