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Sheridan Road in Chicago

Date: 1915
Description: View down Sheridan Road, with automobiles on both sides. The Edgewater Beach Hotel is in the background.
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Grand Avenue

Date: 1917
Description: Looking down Grand Avenue to the east. The road is lined with automobiles, and cable car tracks are on the snow-covered street. A sign for Gimbel's is on t...
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Railroad Depot

Date: 1910
Description: View down platform towards a railroad depot, with automobiles and several horse-drawn vehicles. A group of people are standing on the platform.
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Horse-Drawn Fire Wagon

Date: 1910
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 ...
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Grand Prize Automobile Race

Date: 10 1912
Description: Slightly elevated view of drivers making last minute adjustments to their automobiles at the start of the Milwaukee Grand Prize race (later called the Amer...
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Car Racing

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Description: Elevated view of a race car on the track moving past a stationary vehicle in the foreground. Behind a second fence is a large crowd of people observing the...
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Asian Dignitaries

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Description: Asian men on the street, entering a car.
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Car Buried in Fresh Snow

Date: 1940
Description: Winter scene with a car buried in fresh snow while parked outside a building.
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Pathfinder Car on Dirt Road

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Description: The Milwaukee Journal Pathfinder traveling down a dirt road in the country.
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Group Posing with Motorcycles and Cars

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Description: Eleven motorcyclists wearing sashes are standing in between two news service cars in front of the Milwaukee Journal building. Another row of men are...
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West Milwaukee Railroad Yard

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Description: Elevated view of the West Milwaukee shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad.
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Kroening Engineering factory

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Description: Exterior view of the Kroening Engineering factory. Cars are parked along the street outside the building.
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Automobile Crossing Flooded Road

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Description: An automobile is attempting to cross a flooded street as onlookers are watching.
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Pathfinder Car near Bridge

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Description: The Milwaukee Journal Pathfinder car driving from a road onto a bridge.
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Man Driving Automobile on Rocky Road

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Description: A man is driving an automobile through a neighborhood on a dirt and rock road.
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Man Posing with Canoe on Automobile

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Description: A man poses in front of a canoe tied onto his car. A second man looks on from the background.
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Asian Dignitaries

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Description: Asian dignitaries, including two women, amidst a crowd, perhaps at a railroad station.
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Kroening Engineering Factory

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Description: Exterior view from a roof of the Kroening Engineering factory. Cars are parked along the street outside the building.
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Man in Snow Near Automobile

Date: 1925
Description: Winter scene with a man dressed in a winter coat and hat standing in the snow in front of a car.
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Pedestrians near the Wisconsin National Bank

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Description: Several pedestrians walking near the Wisconsin National Bank building.

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