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Horse-Drawn Streetcar

Date: 1917
Description: Mrs. Howie standing beside a horse-drawn streetcar of the Covington Line. The car is manned by a conductor.
Photograph

Women Pedestrians

Date: 1911
Description: Three women in large hats walking away from two streetcars on a windy day. Other men and women are standing in the background. One of the streetcars has a ...
Photograph

Kayser Safety Parade

Date: 10 07 1949
Description: A person is sitting in the driver's seat of a Ford convertible in the foreground, with a banner that reads: "25 FORDS Free" on the side. In the background ...
Photograph

Electric Tram

Date: 
Description: View of an open electric tram car with driver and passengers.
Print

Souvenir Menu for Dinner for Kletzsch, Ott, and Kremer

Date: 10 08 1914
Description: Interior pages of the souvenir menu for a dinner given by Mr. Edward A. Uhrig to Mr. Alvin P. Kletzsch, Mr. Emil H. Ott, and Mr. Waldemar Kremer at Republi...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 656-665

Date: 
Description: Let us be wrong in all our judgments

At that fine point We cannot quite believe
the steps between the superstitions
The feathers, the little e...
Photograph

Scene Still for "Foreign Correspondent"

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated scene still for the film "Foreign Correspondent." Pedestrians are walking with umbrellas down the sidewalk in the rain. On the street people are r...
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Calendar — August & September

Date: 1893
Description: 1893 calendar, with the months of August & September. Features an illustration of a woman holding a light. Around her are books, telescope, and other objec...
Photograph

East Prussian Refugees

Date: 
Description: East Prussian refugees in Berlin. On the way to the Dom (cathedral).
Postcard

Third Street, North from Sycamore

Date: 09 03 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Third St., North from Sycamore, Milwaukee, Wis." A busy city street with streetcars, automobiles, trucks and pedestrians. Many buildi...
Photograph

Trolley Guitar Concert

Date: 02 25 1956
Description: Three people clapping and smiling near a man playing a guitar. Caption reads: "Railroad fans clapped to the rocking rhythm of a guitar player on a s...
Postcard

Free Waterfront Trolley

Date: 1975
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Free Parking Lot Trolley. For your convenience you may ride the trolley from your car to Boat Dock. 'Have a Great Day.' Wisconsin D...

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