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Unidentified Street

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Description: Looking east on Wisconsin Avenue at Water Steet with cars and pedestrians. Streetcars are running up and down the middle of the wide street. Skyscrapers an...
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West Washington Avenue

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view down West Washington Avenue from the roof of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Three churches are seen, from left: St. Raphael Catholic Church, Fi...
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Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Building #894

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Description: Elevated stereograph of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Building on Broadway Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Horses and carriages are on the un...
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The Strand Theater

Date: 08 11 1927
Description: Elevated view of the Strand Theater located at 16 East Mifflin Street near the corner of Wisconsin Avenue. The marquee reads "Babe Ruth and Anna Q. Nilsson...
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Breaking Ground for State Natural Resources Building

Date: 02 23 1978
Description: A Caterpillar bulldozer breaking ground for the construction of the State Natural Resources Building, also known as General Executive Facility (GEF) 2, and...
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Elevated View of Alley in City

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view from a hill of an alley connecting Park Hill Avenue and Mount Vernon Avenue, looking west from the Interurban Line. There is a person on top ...
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East Main Street Buildings

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Description: John S. Fuller took this photographs of the buildings in the first block of East Main Street from the Wisconsin State Capitol roof. Most of the businesses ...
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Aerial View of DeForest

Date: 10 1928
Description: Aerial view of DeForest including residences and the surrounding countryside.
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Aerial View of Mount Horeb

Date: 10 1928
Description: Aerial view of Mount Horeb, including the central business district.
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African American Road Crew

Date: 08 1912
Description: Two African American men unloading the cement chute during paving of Janesville Plank Road.
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Reierson Studio Storefront

Date: 09 1972
Description: The Reierson Photography Studio storefront, in its new location, 14 East Mifflin Street, between adjoining businesses. The Wisconsin State Capitol is refle...
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Aerial View of the Madison Isthmus

Date: 1908
Description: Kite aerial panoramic photograph of the central business district. In the distance is Lake Mendota. The fire damaged Wisconsin State Capitol is in the cent...
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Waldheim's Furniture Building

Date: 07 30 1918
Description: Elevated view of the Waldheim furniture building and surrounding commercial area on N. Plankinton Avenue, north of W. Wisconsin Avenue. The Waldheim Furnit...
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View Northwest from Downtown

Date: 09 14 1913
Description: Looking northwest from the roof of Northwestern Mutual home office at E. Wisconsin Avenue and N. Van Buren Street toward City Hall, Milwaukee courthouse an...
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Civil War Memorial Statue

Date: 1935
Description: The Court of Honor, Wisconsin Avenue. The statue, "The Victorious Charge," is in the center, with a church behind. On the left are more buildings going int...
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Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Building

Date: 1890
Description: Stereograph; corner of Broad and Wisconsin Avenues. Built in 1870. E.T. Mix, architect. Victorian details decorate the six story building. A small pile of...
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Milwaukee Buildings from top of Pabst Building

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated view from the top of the Pabst Building down East Wisconsin Avenue all the way to Milwaukee Bay and out to the horizon of Lake Michigan. One of th...
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Streetcars in Milwaukee

Date: 1901
Description: Elevated view of scene at the corner of Grand (Avenue?) and West Water Street, now Plankinton and Wisconsin Avenues. Several streetcars are in the streets ...
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Aerial View of Belleville

Date: 10 1928
Description: Aerial view of Belleville, including the central business disctrict and the surrounding countryside.
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Aerial View of Windsor

Date: 11 1928
Description: Aerial view residential areas of Windsor and the surrounding countryside.

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