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Loading Hard Coal
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Two horses hitched up to a Milwaukee Western Fuel Company cart stopped at a station, with a man standing on the wagon filling the cart with hard coal for home use from a chute. A sign on the side of the wagon reads: "Milwaukee-Western Fuel Co."
Taylor, J. Robert
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Milwaukee Coal Wagon
1904
Elevated view of wagons hauling coal from the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company holding up street car traffic on a busy Milwaukee street.
Two Farmers with Cart
A man and a boy are standing next to a pair of yoked oxen pulling a cart. The boy near the animals has a lash in his hand, and the man behind him is loading split wood into the cart.
Horseshoer Building on Snowy Street
View across road towards a building with a sign on the building that reads: "G. Deising, Horseshoer". A number of horses are standing on the snowy road nearby, some covered with blankets. A man is ...
Coal and Coke Yards on Milwaukee River
Elevated view of a large pile of coal sitting under a tarp, with an empty truck waiting nearby. Industrial buildings and water towers are across the river. One building has a sign that reads: "Unit...
Downtown Street
A downtown Milwaukee street with beer wagon, pedestrians, a bicyclist, and a horse-drawn wagon loaded with beer barrels.
Men Pulling Carts
1897
Men pushing and pulling two carts, one with a barrel, around a street corner.
