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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Horse-drawn fire wagon coming down a cobblestone street in Milwaukee. The fact that automobiles are also in the photograph suggests that the transition to ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Yellow Cab Transfer Company located at 643 E. Wilson Street, (housed in the Denison Building) with two cabs with drivers out front. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Street cars and busy pedestrian traffic mingle in this view of the 200 West Water Street block in downtown Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of wagons hauling coal from the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company holding up street car traffic on a busy Milwaukee street. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Two men are rolling Leisy's beer barrels from an International truck on a downtown street. The truck was owned by Leisy Brewery. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | International Harvester Building looking north on Michigan Avenue. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of an International 1700 Loadstar truck owned by George Miesel and Son, wholesale grocers, delivering daily foodstuffs to restaurants and ins... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the headquarters of the International Harvester Company at 180 North Michigan Avenue. The building was completed in 1937 and was located a... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Police officer helping a young woman cross the street. |
| Date: | 03 14 1928 |
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| Description: | Man driving an International heavy-duty freight service truck owned and operated by Arthur Dixon Transfer Company. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Two men working on trolley car electrical wires (catenary) in the middle of a street. The men are standing on a platform in the back of an International Mo... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd along sidewalks on State Street, and the Masonic Temple from Madison Street. Streetcars and horse-drawn vehicles are in the street. |
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| Description: | Looking east from Mitchell Block. Elevated view of buildings with the lake and a steamship in the distance. |
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| Description: | New Northwestern Insurance Company building, with horse-drawn vehicles in the street. |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the Post Office of Wisconsin Avenue, with buildings and street traffic. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view down East Water Street from Wisconsin Avenue, with buildings, people, and street traffic including horse-drawn vehicles and a horse-drawn str... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of street traffic and buildings on East Water Street. |
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| Description: | View of buildings from the dome of the Exposition building, including a church and the Best Brewing Company in the distance. |
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| Description: | View up Wisconsin Avenue towards a bridge with pedestrian and horse-drawn vehicle traffic. Buildings along a street are in the distance. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of buildings and traffic on West Water Street, with horse-drawn vehicles and streetcars in foreground. |
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