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Passenger Ship "Christopher Columbus"

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Description: Passenger ship "Christopher Columbus," which is full of people on multiple decks, along the shore of the city of Milwaukee. Buildings and a second ship are...
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Large Group of Motorcyclists

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Description: A large group of motorcycles and riders are gathered in the middle of a city street.
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Waves and City Skyline

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Description: Waves create a turbulent lake, with water spraying in the air. Part of the city skyline with three smokestacks is in the far distance.
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Railroad Train near Hiawatha City Yard

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Description: View across multiple sets of railroad tracks towards two locomotives at a railroad city yard in Milwaukee (probably the Hiawatha). There is a dense cloud o...
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Four Men Standing on Street

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Description: Four men standing on a paved city street in front of a house.
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Elevated View of Canal

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from a building of a canal in the city, with a boat on the canal. A bridge is also visible.
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Downtown River View

Date: 1900
Description: View across river of a boat docked near a building with a sign for Adolph Meinecke & Sons (Manufacturers). In the background is City Hall.
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Building on Fire on City Block

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Description: Fire fighters work to put out a fire in a four-story building on a city block. In front of a fire hose spraying water, a photographer is kneeling in front ...
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City Street

Date: 1940
Description: Corner of Second and National Avenue. Cars are lined up on both sides of the street in front of storefronts.
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Entrance to National Park

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Description: Elevated view of entrance to National Park on a city block. A road passes by a grove of evergreen trees lined up along the sidewalk, while two men work nea...
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Construction near City Hall

Date: 1911
Description: East Water Street at Wisconsin Avenue. City Hall is in the background. At the left is the Waldheim and Company Department Store of 407-411 East Water Stree...
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Turn of the Century Milwaukee Traffic

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of busy street scene in downtown Milwaukee at the turn of the century showing a trolley, horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians near an interse...
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Milwaukee County Court House

Date: 06 09 1939
Description: Elevated view of Milwaukee County Court House, with a tree-filled park area in the foreground and the city in the background. There is debris on the roof, ...
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Race Cars

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Description: Men with several early twentieth-century race cars are parked along a city street. Numbers are painted on the front of the cars. One man is standing on ste...
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West State Street

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking east between Second and Third streets. City Hall is visible in the left center background. Signs and billboards dot several buildin...
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Aztec Diorama at Museum

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Description: Diorama of Aztec sacrificial rites at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Two men are holding the man to be sacrificed in a splayed position while a third man sta...
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Street Gathering

Date: 1914
Description: Five men stand on a city street surrounded by onlookers, perhaps a parade or some other public event. Two of the men in the street are carrying photography...
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Elevated View of Fire in City

Date: 10 17 1944
Description: Elevated view across rooftops towards smoke rising from a burning building in the city. The building on the left has a billboard supporting the Packers. A ...
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Milwaukee Coal Wagon

Date: 1904
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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Muddy Street in Milwaukee

Date: 1901
Description: A man tips his hat to a passing woman as horse-drawn carts and pedestrians navigate through the dirt and mud of Milwaukee streets, thereby illustrating tha...

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