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Old Brewery at Potosi

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Description: An exterior view of the old brewery at Potosi. A man is walking down the street toward the building.
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Milwaukee Brewery Grain Elevators

Date: 1938
Description: View across the Kinnickinnic River of the Pabst brewery grain elevator. A Schlitz building, possibly one of their grain elevators, stands behind the Pabst ...
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Russell Street

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Description: View from street towards the left of the residential neighborhood on Russell Street. The original negative was used for the Works Progress Administration (...
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Seeing the Elephant

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Description: Children and adults watching the elephant at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). This photograph was made by Harold Home as illustration for "Wisconsin: ...
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Logging Camp

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior view of a logging camp on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The three buildings are surrounded by forest.
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Quisling Towers

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Description: Quisling Towers apartment building, 1 East Gilman Street at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue. Built in the Art Moderne style by the Quisling brothers and des...
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Observation Tower

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Description: View across road of an observation tower overlooking extensive apple orchards, a tourist attraction in season. Many people are standing below the tower whe...
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Commercial Fishermen

Date: 1936
Description: Three commercial fishermen in a boat lifting a trap net. In the bottom right foreground are the hands of another man holding the opposite side of the net f...
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Village on the Bluffs

Date: 1936
Description: View along side of road across a field of a village on the Mississippi bluffs, with many houses and telephone lines visible.
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Milwaukee County Court House

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Description: Exterior view from across street of the Milwaukee County Court House, with automobiles, a fire hydrant, and a woman walking across the street.
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View of The Tenney Building

Date: 1939
Description: A group of pedestrians crossing the street outside of Liggetts Drugstore, located in the Tenney Building on Capitol Square.
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Dells of the Eau Claire River

Date: 1936
Description: Two women sitting on top of rocks in the Dells of the Eau Claire River. There is a bridge in the background on the left.
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Waiting for Bass Run

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of people in a park along the shoreline waiting for the White Bass run.
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Beach on Lake Michigan

Date: 1939
Description: A beach on Lake Michigan near the Milwaukee Yacht Club. Men, women, and children relax on the beach. In the background many boats are on the water.
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YMCA on Langdon Street

Date: 1939
Description: View through trees from across a tree-lined Langdon Street of the YMCA. Part of the Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) is also visible on the right.
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Cheese Factory

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Description: View across road of a cheese factory on the side of a hill. Several people are walking down the driveway, and a car is parked nearby.
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The Roi/Porlier/Tank Cottage

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Description: Exterior view from lawn of the Roi/Porlier/Tank cottage, built in 1776 — the oldest building standing in Wisconsin. Two people are sitting on the porch.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Station

Date: 1939
Description: View from street of the Milwaukee Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway station.
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Bascom Hall

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Description: Exterior of north walkway of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The trees are in flower, and the Lincoln Monum...
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Former Fur Trading Post Building

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Description: The former Astor (American Fur Trading Company) post building, now a museum of local history and fur trading history. There is a sign reading: "The Riversi...

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