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Town Streets

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Description: Unpaved town streets with large wooden houses, horse-drawn carriages and a electric street light hanging above the streets.
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Methodist Episcopal Home for the Aged

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Description: Front view of the addition to the Methodist Episcopal Home for the Aged, founded on May 10, 1883. Pedestrians are crossing the street near an automobile an...
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Grand Avenue Bridge over the Wisconsin River

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Description: Elevated view over water toward a horse and carriage and pedestrians crossing the Grand Avenue Bridge, built in 1922. Smokestacks and other buildings are o...
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Busy Main Street Intersection

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Description: View of a crowded intersection at Main Street. Pedestrians stand on the sidewalk and cross the street near carriages. On the left corner stands August Na...
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McCormick Works and Industrial Canal

Date: 1900
Description: View of factory buildings and smokestacks from across a river or industrial canal. The factory is probably the McCormick Reaper Works as seen from across t...
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Row of Factories

Date: 1920
Description: The back lot of a row of factories. Alongside the buildings, there are piles of raw materials, lumber slabs, carts, and a parked car.
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Street Scene

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Description: View down center of unpaved street in the central business district. On the left is a clothing store and school supply shop, and a drinking fountain and la...
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Water Tower on East Washington Avenue

Date: 1918
Description: View looking east towards a water tower on East Washington Avenue. There are commercial buildings along the sidewalks on the left and right, and automobile...
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McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view across street of McCormick Works. In the foreground are sidewalks on either side of the street. Advertisements are painted on the sides of co...

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