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| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | View across water of a Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad locomotive (No #33) pulling a pay car across a trestle over the Fox River. Several large... |
| Date: | 05 04 1886 |
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| Description: | Edward P. Allis Reliance Works under the protection of the Wisconsin State Militia during the first general labor strike. The strike is also known as the ... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The Opera House at the corner of Washington (now Main) and North Mill Streets. A sign at the back of the building reads: "Printing." A barber pole is in fr... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Fauerbach's Brewery at 651-53 Williamson Street. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A man posing in the open doorway of Julius Schadauer's tobacco shop at 101 State Street. The sign above the doorway reads: "Schadauer of Cigars Fact. No 62... |
| Date: | 11 1883 |
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| Description: | The ruins of the unfinished South Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol after its collapse while still under construction. |
| Date: | 11 1883 |
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| Description: | View of the third Wisconsin State Capitol showing the ruins of the South Wing addition after it collapsed during construction. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Charles Pfeifer stands on the entrance steps to the drugstore with his wife Emma Pfeifer, who holds a baby. Other children and adults pose with them. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Three men stand under the iconic mortar and pestle and striped awnings of E.A. Horn's Drugstore. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | View of the Chequamegon Hotel, built by the Wisconsin Central railroad interests and opened in 1877. It faced the bay and had a long series of steps leadin... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | First electric street railway service in Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | View of the exterior of the Pharmacie Werner in Boulay/Bolchen, France. This region was part of Germany in 1889. Two men are standing in front of the build... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Schlitz Brewing Company with two men and a boy in suits and hats in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a farmer's market with horse-drawn vehicles. One man is leading a bull down the street. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View looking up Grand Avenue from 9th Street toward two horse-drawn wagons and a horse-drawn streetcar on the tree-lined street. The wagon on the right is ... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of West Water Street from Grand Avenue of horse-drawn vehicles, pedestrians, buildings, storefronts and power lines. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | German Market on the right side of the street in the distance. Two horse-drawn vehicles in the foreground are heading toward the market. Pedestrians are wa... |
| Date: | 05 19 1887 |
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| Description: | External view of the National Soldiers' Home with a cannon on the lawn in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Front view of C.F. Rau's furniture store, with the owners and employees sitting in front of the store. Apparently, the store also performs undertaking. The... |
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