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Family Cleaning their Motorboat

Date: 04 21 1957
Description: An industrious family cleans their motorboat which is parked in the driveway.
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New Construction

Date: 1941
Description: Two houses and a large lawn.
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Lawn Maintenance

Date: 08 12 1977
Description: A man picks up grass from a lawn, with garbage bags of mowed lawn clippings lined up behind him. A lawn mower stands on the sidewalk nearby.
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Sun Bathing

Date: 1965
Description: Women sun bathe near an express highway in Milwaukee.
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Workers Relaxing Outside Milwaukee Works

Date: 1914
Description: Workers relaxing outside International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. One group is crowded around a stage listening to a band while others are playing baseba...
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Cemetery Maintenance

Date: 08 27 1980
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man mowing the lawn at the Veterans' Administration Wood National Cemetery.
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Mailman

Date: 07 11 1981
Description: A male mail carrier taking a break sitting in a mailbox on the sidewalk in a neighborhood.
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Residential Housing

Date: 1936
Description: View down road of mass-produced residential housing with farm in background.
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Schley Home

Date: 1945
Description: Exterior view of the Schley home on the corner of North Astor Street and East Juneau Avenue. It was built ca. 1850.
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Building Entrance

Date: 1940
Description: Entrance to large home. Part of porch as well as side of house visible. Curved stairs lead up to the porch. Door flanked by columns with highly detailed c...
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Kilbourntown House

Date: 1952
Description: Benjamin Church House in Estabrook Park, operated as a museum by the Milwaukee County Historical Society. House is at a three-quarter angle to the viewer. ...
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Kremer's Homestead

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of Kremer's Homestead.
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Samuel Marshall Residence

Date: 1900
Description: 40 North Prospect Avenue. Built ca. 1860, E.T. Mix, architect. House is three stories with a small tower on the roof. To the right is the yard with smal...
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Milwaukee County War Memorial Center

Date: 1956
Description: A monument to Milwaukeeans killed in the Second World War and the Korean Conflict. Night view, with building lit internally.
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Milwaukee-Downer College

Date: 1905
Description: Large building with tall chimneys extending from roof, and arches on windows and porch. A lawn with trees surrounds the building.
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Milwaukee Institute of Technology

Date: 1960
Description: An adjunct of the Milwaukee Vocational and Adult Schools.
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Mount Mary College

Date: 1940
Description: Notre Dame Hall through a stone archway. A statue is directly in front of the entrance.
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Alexander Mitchell House

Date: 1900
Description: House at Ninth Street and Grand Avenue. A large lawn is in the foreground. The main building is centered with a tower on the left corner. Separate build...
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Mount Mary College

Date: 1940
Description: Notre Dame Hall through a stone archway.
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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1916
Description: Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Main entrance and east facade. This was the third of seven institutions built throughout the country in the decades...

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