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Children Relaxing in the Pool

Date: 06 18 1989
Description: Overhead view of four children relaxing in a wading pool.
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View of City Hall and Surrounding Buildings

Date: 08 23 1913
Description: Elevated view looking east from W. Wells street across the Milwaukee River. The E. Wells power plant (with arrow), Pabst Theater, and City Hall are on the ...
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S.S. Santa Cruz Propeller

Date: 07 18 1966
Description: Propeller of the S.S. Santa Cruz. Falk caption reads, "Photos taken for reference in study of propeller reversing characteristics for SUN Marine red...
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Boy Riding Unicycle with His Pet Raccoon

Date: 07 25 1967
Description: Newspaper caption reads: "Passersby don't know it, but what appears to be a coonskin cap around the neck of Todd Vasas, 16, of 2773 S. Shore Drive, is the ...
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"Soft" Water Meeting

Date: 01 23 1968
Description: A man sitting in an inner tube and wearing swim trunks and a boater hat is using a cane to point to a document, which he is showing to a woman standing in ...
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Photo Finish

Date: 1950
Description: Two sailboats racing on Lake Michigan.
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Marshmallow Winter

Date: 02 1963
Description: Snow covered rocks in a stream are covered thickly with snow and appear to be marshmallows. The trees and shrubs on the opposite shoreline are reflected in...
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Gulls on Lake Michigan

Date: 01 1955
Description: A small flock of seagulls landing on the surface of the lake.
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Rockbound Shore

Date: 1956
Description: View along a rocky shoreline lined with trees. The stump of a tree is in the foreground.
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Frosting

Date: 1956
Description: Snow is mounded on top of pilings on the edge of the Milwaukee River.
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Apostolic Assembly Baptism

Date: 05 30 1965
Description: A man wearing a white shirt and pants is holding the arms of a woman who is wearing a white robe and spreading her arms out. They are both standing knee de...
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Boat Slip

Date: 1963
Description: Boats moored at a boat slip. In the foreground is a bench near a concrete wall over which rope is hanging in loops.
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Municipal Pier

Date: 01 1969
Description: View towards front of a large ship tied with ropes to a pier. The ship is covered in ice due to freezing spray.
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Contemplation

Date: 07 1977
Description: Downtown scene of a man seated on concrete steps leading down to water. He is surrounded by tall buildings.

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