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As the newspapers reported itJohn Bennewicz's climb up the raised Oneida Street bridge

1 day of original coverage, September 17, 1926, one clipping a day from the papers of 1926. Newest last, the way readers lived it.

Friday, September 17, 1926

Milwaukee · a boy on the rising bridge

As printed: Youth Stumps Crowd by Scaling Raised Bridge

The Milwaukee Leader, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Youth Stumps Crowd by Scaling Raised Bridge

ContextThe Oneida Street bridge over the Milwaukee River is a bascule span whose leaves tilt upward to let boats through. Yesterday afternoon a young man rode one of them up.

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