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Congregational Church

Date: 1915
Description: Color postcard view from street toward the front of the church on Grand Avenue. There is a large stained glass window in the arch above the entrance. Capti...
Photograph

Brewing Kettles

Date: 1936
Description: View from above of brewing kettles in the Pabst brewery in Milwaukee. There are workers standing on the ground floor, and in the far background is a large ...
Postcard

Pabst Brewing Kettles

Date: 1955
Description: Postcard of the Pabst Brewery showing an elevated view of men working near the copper kettles in a vaulted room. There is a large, stained glass window on ...
Photograph

Memorial Window — Saint Paul's Church #957

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Description: The stained-glass windows of Saint Paul's Church. Text at right: "Milwaukee and Vicinity, Photographed by H.H. Bennett."
Photograph

Temple Emanuel #819

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Description: Reform Temple Emanu-El at the corner of Broadway and Martin Street. Text at right: "Milwaukee and Vicinity, Photographed by H.H. Bennett."
Photograph

Marriage Ceremony

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: An interior image of St. Catherine Catholic Church during the marriage ceremony of Mary (Kustermann) Esser (b. 1934) and J. Thomas Esser (b. 1934).
Photograph

Wedding Party

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: Group portrait of the Mary (Kustermann) Esser and J. Thomas Esser wedding party taken at St. Catherine's Catholic Church. The wedding party included Susan ...
Photograph

Vel Phillips in Costume

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Description: Vel Phillips standing and speaking in a costume. There is a woman on the left bowing her head. Three men are standing on the left looking to the right. In ...
Photograph

Wedding of Mildred Ormsby and Harrison Green in a Church

Date: 06 16 1897
Description: Overview of the wedding ceremony of Mildred Ormsby (1872-1964) and Harrison S. Green, an attorney, at the St. James Episcopal Church, Milwaukee, on the aft...
Photograph

Brother Norbert Karpfinger

Date: 06 08 1989
Description: A man is smiling and leaning against a school desk. Caption reads: "Brother Norbert Karpfinger will be leaving Milwaukee."

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