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Derrick on Cargo Ship

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Description: A cargo ship on the river with a derrick.
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Ice-Covered Car Ferry

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Description: An ice-covered car ferry, possibly docking in a harbor.
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Milwaukee Harvester Works

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of the Milwaukee Harvester Works. View from hill towards a large crowd of workers, mainly men and boys, posing in front of the factory in an ...
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Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad Shops

Date: 1940
Description: Located in West Milwaukee. View from atop a building of a large building located in the center, next to a smokestack. In the foreground is part of a round...
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Downtown Milwaukee

Date: 1912
Description: Street cars and busy pedestrian traffic mingle in this view of the 200 West Water Street block in downtown Milwaukee.
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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1916
Description: Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Main entrance and east facade. This was the third of seven institutions built throughout the country in the decades...
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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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Motorcycle Rider

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Description: A man is posed outdoors on an early motorcycle.
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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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Milwaukee River Bank

Date: 1914
Description: View of downtown Milwaukee riverbank before the First National Bank was built in 1914. Advertising painted on the sides of buildings includes B. Mock & So...
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Depot

Date: 10 30 1944
Description: The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway depot. A number of pedestrians are waiting for the train.
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Interurban Waiting Station

Date: 1910
Description: A large crowd is gathered along a sidewalk, spilling onto the road, in front of the station.
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Uniformed Men

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Description: A formal portrait of police officers in front of a building.
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Portrait of Police Officer

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Description: A police officer sitting on a stool in a woodshop.
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Onlookers on Roof

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Description: Crowd of people watching a street event from the rooftop and windows of a building.
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Asian Dignitaries

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Description: Asian men on the street, entering a car.
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Ice Floes on River

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Description: Large ice floes are floating down the river near houses on the shore.
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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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Water Tower Park

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Description: Water Tower Park with bare trees in the background. Snow covers the ground.
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Factory Stacks

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Description: Smoke coming from two rows of smokestacks on the top of a factory.

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