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Ice Cream Stand at Civilian Defense Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A scene from the Greendale Civilian Defense Rally. Mothers and children sit at a picnic table outside of the "Bendfelt House of Fine Ice Cream" stand opera...
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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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Church on Easter Sunday

Date: 04 06 1969
Description: Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street.
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Naturalization

Date: 09 18 1984
Description: Jennie Youn Haeng Seider, 4, of Milwaukee, used her father Jeffrey Seider's back to display her new certificate of naturalization.
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Family Greeting

Date: 1905
Description: Mary E. (Mrs. Joseph) Smith, third from right, with family members on the porch, wave as two men at the bottom of the steps doff their hats.
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Alice in Dairyland, Merrie Barney

Date: 1959
Description: Merrie Barney, the 1959 Alice in Dairyland, helps a young boy eating a cream puff, always a favorite treat at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Milk House Customers

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Description: At the Department of Agriculture's Milk House at the Wisconsin State Fair, an elderly woman, Mrs. Shimmon of Milwaukee, and a young man drink milk from pap...
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Hopalong Cassidy and Twins

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Description: Actor William Boyd, better known as Hopalong Cassidy, with two pairs of twins entered in the twin competition at the Wisconsin State Fair. None of the chil...
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African American Children at the Fair

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Description: A group of African American children drinking from water fountains, or bubblers as they are frequently known in Milwaukee, at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Postcard

Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1948
Description: A crowd surrounds a 10-foot mechanical mannequin of Alice in Dairyland at an Alice display for the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. The Alice could raise h...
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Group of People in front of Building

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Description: Group of people on steps in front of unknown building in Milwaukee. A car is parked on the street.
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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1905
Description: Lake near the home, probably Lake Hincks, which was named after General Edward W. Hincks who was administrator of the Home in the 1870's. The grounds consi...
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Crowd on Street Corner

Date: 1912
Description: A large crowd of women, children, and men standing on sidewalk and curb. They are probably waiting for the trolley. Many of the people are carrying package...
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Picnic Group

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Description: A crowd of men, women, and children gathered in front of a building with picnic baskets.
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Fair Midway

Date: 1894
Description: People strolling on the midway and stopping to observe the booths and displays. In the background is a large building with flags.
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People on Lake Shore

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Description: Men, women, and children sitting and walking on the shore of a lake, possibly Lake Michigan, near a partially constructed pier.
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J. Robert Taylor Family on Porch

Date: 1910
Description: Mother and children on front porch. Identified as Fred Taylor in the baby carriage, Ellen Taylor Higgins, Alma Reinhardt Taylor, and Donna Taylor Adams.
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J. Robert Taylor and Family on Porch

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Description: Family posed on the front porch of a home. A wooden sidewalk appears in the foreground of the photograph. J. Robert Taylor appears at the far left of the...
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J. Robert and Alma Taylor

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Description: J. Robert Taylor and his wife, Alma Reinhardt Taylor, photographed in the front yard of a home with three young girls. The youngest girl is holding the han...
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Hattie Taylor and Daughter Tannisse

Date: 1912
Description: Hattie Taylor and daughter Tannisse walk under a Milwaukee park culvert.

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