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Portrait of J. Robert Taylor

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Description: Studio portrait of J. Robert Taylor with a pipe in his mouth.
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Herbert E. Uihlein

Date: 1930
Description: A signed and dated three-quarter length standing studio portrait of Milwaukee businessman Herbert E. Uihlein (1890-1947), son of Alfred Uihlein, president ...
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Frederick Layton

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Description: Ferrotype of Frederick Layton posing on a bench holding an umbrella in front of a painted background. Frederick Layton was the son of a Milwaukee butcher a...
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Frederick Layton

Date: 1907
Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Frederick Layton in late middle age. He is holding a cane in one hand and a hat in the other. He die...
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Unidentified Men

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype full-length portrait of three young unidentified men wearing hats, sitting on a twig bench in front of a painted backdrop, facing forward...
Print

School for the Oral Instruction of the Deaf

Date: 1885
Description: Formal group portrait of the students attending the Milwaukee Day School for the Oral Instruction of the Deaf. The first public day school for the deaf, es...
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Herman Otto Brumder

Date: 1912
Description: A three-quarter length seated portrait of Herman Otto Brumder (1880-1950). He is wearing a three piece suit, tie, and high collar. A son of publisher Georg...
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George Brumder

Date: 1900
Description: A seated, three-quarter length portrait of George Brumder (1839-1910). He is wearing a three-piece suit and bow tie, watch fob, and wedding ring. He has a ...
Book or Pamphlet

Invitation

Date: 07 1964
Description: The cover of an invitation to a family gathering to commemorate the one hundredth anniversay of the wedding, in July 1864, of George (1839-1910) and Henrie...
Photograph

William Charles Brumder

Date: 1890
Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of William C. Brumder (1868-1929), eldest son of George and Henriette Brandhorst Brumder. He is wearing a suitcoat, tie ...
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Herbert Paul Brumder

Date: 1893
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Herbert Paul Brumder (1885-1967), the youngest child of George and Henriette Brandhorst Brumder. He is wearing a double breaste...
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Mr. and Mrs. William C. Brumder

Date: 11 1900
Description: A copy of a standing, three-quarters length studio wedding portrait of Thekla Uihlein and William Charles Brumder. She is wearing a fancy dress and hat wit...
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Edward John Brumder

Date: 1912
Description: Edward Brumder posing for a full-length, standing studio portrait. He is wearing knickers and a sailor style top with kerchief and fancy lace collar.
Photograph

Joseph Adams

Date: 1880
Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Joseph Adams, a roundhouse foreman and master mechanic for the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway line.
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Joseph Mabbett Allcott

Date: 1856
Description: Carte-de-visite of Joseph Mabbett Allcott, proprietor of J.M. Allcott & Co. drug store in Milwaukee. He is sitting in a chair, with a dog resting at his fe...
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Charles Allis

Date: 1901
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Charles Allis, president of the Allis-Chalmers Company (1901-1905), vice-president and director of the Milwaukee Trust Company, ...
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Edward P. Allis

Date: 1875
Description: Carte-de-visite quarter-length portrait of Edward Phelps Allis, an industrialist who formed the Edward P. Allis Company in Milwaukee, initially manufacturi...

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