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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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U.S. Hotel and Pinckney Street

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Description: Buildings on Pinckney Street, including the U.S. Hotel building and a carriage manufacturer. John S. Fuller's studio, "Fullers Temple of Art" was located i...
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J. Green and Co. Store

Date: 1872
Description: Elevated view of the J. Green & Co. store, a frame building with a false front and a third story fan window. Men with farm implements stand nearby with hor...
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Machinery at Prairie du Sac Dam

Date: 08 11 1910
Description: The first machinery at work sounding at the site for the power dam. Workmen are posing near the carriage-mounted equipment. A horse-drawn wagon is in the ...
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Boston Store

Date: 05 11 1914
Description: Elevated view of the Boston Store department building at W. Wisconsin Avenue and N. 4th Street.
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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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Downtown Milwaukee

Date: 1910
Description: Grand Avenue at 4th Street looking east. The Alhambra Theatre is on the left. Pedestrians are on the streets and sidewalks, and horse-drawn vehicles are on...
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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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Out-Freight House No. 7

Date: 1915
Description: Horse-drawn and motor freight vehicles at the Out-Freight House No. 7 of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.
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Nelson Dewey Barn

Date: 08 26 1956
Description: Part of a crowd of over 3000 that toured Stonefield, the Historical Society's site at Cassville, during an open house. The building that housed the State ...
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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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Workers and Foremen (?) Posing in Field with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A group of men in suits, presumably foremen or supervisors, and several men in work clothes, are in a grain field. Most of the men in suits are either sitt...
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Family in Farmyard

Date: 1900
Description: Three young children are posing around a baby in a buggy in a farmyard. Large stacks of hay are in the background. Behind the children on the right a man i...
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McCormick Grain Binder in Field near Church

Date: 1900
Description: Field of grain and a McCormick horse-drawn binder in a field near a church. There are no horses attached to the binder. A person on a horse-drawn buggy is ...
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Man in Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 1885
Description: Winter scene with a European American man with a beard and moustache sitting in a sleigh pulled by a single horse on snow-covered ground in front of the C....
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State Street in Chicago

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Description: Elevated view down State Street, north from Madison. There is a horse-drawn trolley in the street and a crowd of people on the sidewalks.
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Crowded Lake Street

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Description: Elevated view of Lake Street, east from Clark Street, crowded with traffic.
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Haymarket Square

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Description: Elevated view of a busy Haymarket Square crowded with horse-drawn wagons.

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