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| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Buildings and storefronts in town near bridge and river. |
| 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. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Grand Avenue and a bridge over the river, with streetcar and horse-drawn vehicles on the street. |
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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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| Description: | View up Grand Avenue from bridge. Pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles cross bridge on the left. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Oconomowoc. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of business district of Oshkosh, "drawn after nature" by the artist. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking south over Fountain City and river. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee River in the downtown area, looking south from the west side of the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge. |
| Date: | 03 16 1919 |
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| Description: | View showing the flood conditions on city streets from the 1919 Flood on the Trempealeau River. Four men are surveying the damage. Caption reads: "Highwate... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of downtown. Caption reads: "Bird's-eye view of Beloit." |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View of Main and Water Streets while experiencing severe flooding. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of street with bridge in Darlington. Cars are parked in the center of the street at an angle. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | River with distant hills behind a town. An island is in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of commercial buildings along the river from the vantage point of the Court House. Horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians are along the street... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Aerial view looking north, with a small portion of the West Side (left), nearly all of the North Side and part of the business district of the East Side. A... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the town, looking northwest. The Chippewa River is in the foreground, with a lot of buildings, an intersection, and distant hills. One bui... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View of the town and Chippewa river, with a steamboat in the center along the riverbank. A smaller boat is next to the steamboat, with a man standing eithe... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Fox River and South Washington Street, from the top of St. Willobrord's Church. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | View of Green Bay from the top of St. Willibrord's Church. A river can be seen in the background. |
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