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School Project

Date: 04 22 1967
Description: Two junior high students work on a project that requires making a vocal recording.
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Fancy Wedding Cake

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Braatz top off the 26-layer wedding cake that Mrs. Braatz made for their daughter's wedding.
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Muskego Fair Souvenirs

Date: 08 28 1967
Description: Gary Ksicinski is surrounded by stuffed animals and other souvenirs as he waits for customers at his concession booth at the annual Muskego VFW fair.
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The Seventh and Eighth Grades

Date: 1931
Description: Teacher Elaine Johannes, center, poses with the four students who comprise the seventh and eighth grades at the Battle Creek School, District No. 4. The st...
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Scuppernong Prairie Scientific Area Inspection

Date: 06 1957
Description: Members of the Board for the Preservation of Scientific Areas inspect the Scuppernong Prairie Scientific Area. The Board furnished this photograph for the ...
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"1865 Military Ball" at Old World Wisconsin

Date: 06 01 1989
Description: A costumed couple is dancing while four women in costumes are clapping their hands. Caption reads: "Dancers strutted their stuff at an '1865 Military Ball'...
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Carroll Students for Nuclear Freeze

Date: 1984
Description: Several college students are sitting on picnic tables under a canopy. They have hung a banner on the side that reads: "Carroll Students for Nuclear Freeze....
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Joel Cielak at Auction

Date: 09 12 1989
Description: A man wearing a headset is crouching on the left on a desk or table, while a crowd of people are standing along a hallway. Caption reads: "Auctioneer Joel ...
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Little Mower, Big Helper

Date: 04 24 1983
Description: A man is mowing a lawn with a gas-powered mower. Behind him is a boy pushing a toy lawn mower. This photograph has two accompanying captions. The April 24,...
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John Merker and His Grandmother

Date: 1915
Description: John Merker (1900-1961), dressed in straw hat, bib overalls and a work shirt, is holding a pipe in his left hand. He is wearing a fake beard. His grandmoth...
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Ed and Marion Brumder

Date: 08 25 1978
Description: Edward John and Marion (Briggs) Brumder posing for a snapshot on their forty-sixth wedding anniversary. They are casually dressed and each is wearing and s...
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Anniversary

Date: 08 07 1946
Description: Outdoor group portrait of members of the Brumder family at the celebration of the forty-fifth wedding anniversary of George Frederick Brumder (1878-1961), ...
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Deutscher Press Club

Date: 07 1906
Description: An informal group portrait of members of the Milwaukee Deutscher Press Club and others, taken at Villa Henriette (mistakenly labeled "Villa Brumder"), the ...
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Brumder Family on Porch

Date: 1900
Description: George Brumder, sitting at right, and his wife Henriette Brandhorst Brumder, sitting and wearing a dark dress, are posing with family members on the porch ...
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Ice Boating

Date: 1906
Description: A man is bending forward near the mast of an iceboat as another man, wearing goggles, is standing to the left. There is a second iceboat on the right. A sm...
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Ice Boating

Date: 1906
Description: Two unidentified men posing with an iceboat on Pine Lake. The man sitting on the left is wearing goggles. "Reliance" is stenciled on the fore portion of th...
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Henriette with Grandchildren

Date: 1923
Description: Henriette Brandhorst Brumder (1841-1924), the widow of Milwaukee publisher and businessman George Brumder (1839-1910) poses while sitting in a wicker chair...
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Henriette Brumder

Date: 1923
Description: Henriette Brandhorst Brumder (1841-1924), widow of publisher and businessman George Brumder (1839-1910), standing on the shore of Pine Lake. She is wearing...
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Brumder Family Group

Date: 1925
Description: Several children of George and Henriette Brumder, with their spouses, children and grandchildren posing for a group portrait on the grounds of Villa Henrie...
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Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1928
Description: A woman standing on the left, possibly Emma Brumder, and six children are watching a "black snake" type fireworks on a circle of bare ground at Pine Lake. ...

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