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Department Store

Date: 11 30 1966
Description: Sears Roebuck department store interior.
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Plan of Gimbels Expansion

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Description: Photograph of an illustration. The image is of Gimbels Department Store at the corner of W. Wisconsin and N. Plankinton Avenues. Possibly a drawing of a pl...
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Boston Store

Date: 05 11 1914
Description: Elevated view of the Boston Store department building at W. Wisconsin Avenue and N. 4th Street.
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Espenhain's Department Store

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Description: Elevated view of Espenhain's department store located on the northwest corner of N. 4th Street and W. Wisconsin Avenue. Pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles, ...
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P&H Engineering Department, South End Drafting Room

Date: 1913
Description: Men at their desks in the engineering department, the south end drafting room, of Pawling & Harnischfeger.
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P&H Engineering Department, North End Drafting Room

Date: 1913
Description: Men at their desks in the engineering department, the north end drafting room, of Pawling & Harnischfeger.
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Bottling Department, Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co.

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Description: Dual interior views of the Schlitz Brewery bottling department.
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Bay View Rolling Mills

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Description: Smelting Department of the Bay View Rolling Mills.
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Chief Clancy

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Description: Fire Department chief, sitting at a desk in a profile view.
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Milwaukee Street Repair

Date: 1952
Description: Milwaukee streets department employees repair the intersection of Meinecke Avenue and 12th Street. Behind them, a Blatz truck is making a delivery to the ...
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St. Joseph's Computer

Date: 12 14 1967
Description: A secretary in the pathology department at St. Joseph's Hospital working at a new computer.
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Legionnaires Convention

Date: 09 12 1949
Description: A gathering of officers and members of the Wisconsin Department of the American Legion, probably at their annual state convention. In Wisconsin the ardent ...
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Dorothy Roshak Zmuda

Date: 12 15 1944
Description: Dorothy Roshak Zmuda at work in the advertising department of Allis-Chalmers.
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War Memorial Center

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Description: View uphill towards the War Memorial Center.
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Packer Parade

Date: 1971
Description: Members of United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 248 paraded on Wisconsin Avenue to draw attention to the fact that employees of the Packer Packing ...
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Carl Herzfeld

Date: 03 24 1937
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Carl Herzfeld, Milwaukee department store head.
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Two Employees Cutting Metal

Date: 03 03 1956
Description: Two long-time Falk employees, Bob Quitzow and Frank Ruscitti, work in the gas cutting department. Original Falk caption reads: "View of 'Bug' cutting Depar...
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Mitchell Park Conservatory

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Description: Elevated view over trees towards the three glass domes of the Mitchell Park Conservatory.
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Chief Clancy in an Open Car

Date: 1915
Description: Chief Thomas A. Clancy of the Milwaukee, Wis. Fire Department, with others, posed in an open touring car, as though for a parade.
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First Aid Department at P&H Plant

Date: 1916
Description: The first aid department at a Pawling & Harnischfeger plant. A woman sitting at the desk working on the "daily report first aid room." On the left is a sin...

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