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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Milwaukee River from Walker's Point Bridge. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | An engraving of an elevated view of the Leinenkugel brewery, est. 1867, located at 5 Jefferson Avenue. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | The Dane County Jail. To the right is the sheriff's residence. |
| Date: | 11 29 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of smokestacks on International Harvester's McCormick Works factory buildings. The sky is hazy and appears to be filled with smog or pollutio... |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking northeast from the roof of the Wells Building at E. Wisconsin Avenue and N. Milwaukee Street. St. John's Cathedral is in the center o... |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking east from the Wisconsin State Capitol down East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view north of Wells Street with a bridge on the right. Two large smokestacks, and a tall building with a clock break up the skyline. On the left is a bil... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | The road in front is lined with cars, including a fuel truck. In the foreground is a parking lot with two cars. The large brewery building has a chimney ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of brewing company. A sign for Schlitz is suspended between two of the buildings. Pedestrians, trolleys, and horse-pulled vehicles are on th... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking northeast from the Wells Building showing the St. Johns Cathedral, the Masonic Temple and the Emanuel Church, among other buildings. ... |
| Date: | 04 11 1937 |
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| Description: | 1030 N. Third Street, seen from State Street Bridge. Signs for the building are on the top floor. More billboards can be seen on buildings in the backgroun... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a view over rooftops of a neighborhood near Lake Michigan. Shoreline can be seen in the background. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Milwaukee, west from the Court House. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of downtown. Part of the Milwaukee River is on the left side. Sign for the Germania building is in the lower right, and city hall is in the b... |
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| Description: | A large building has partially collapsed from a fire. Fire fighters, some of them standing on the roof of a building next door, aim large streams of water ... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | A "Tailoring and Remodeling" shop and restaurant are in the foreground at the entrance to a bridge, while a large utility pole with power lines, a number o... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of campus up University Avenue from the tower of the First Congregational Church on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Wisconsin... |
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