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Fishing On Breakwater

Date: 1910
Description: Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater.
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Postal Employees Demand Higher Wages

Date: 08 1919
Description: View down long line of workers from the United States Postal Service demonstrating for an increase in salary to meet war-time cost of living increases.
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Singer Truck

Date: 1937
Description: A man carrying a box exits the passenger side of an International D-2 panel truck used by the Singer Sewing Machine Company. The text on the box reads: "Si...
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Group Portrait of Men and Women on Estate

Date: 1895
Description: Group of relatives and associates of John Johnston, posed sitting and standing on the steps of the estate. Some of the men wear bowler hats and hold canes,...
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George and Louise Koegel with Milton

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of George, Louise, and Milton, their son, standing in front of a fence. They are traveling with one suitcase and a full handbag. All three a...
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Layton Art Gallery

Date: 1888
Description: View across street towards the facade of the original Layton Art Gallery building at 758 N. Jefferson Street. Two men stand at the top of the stairs betwee...
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Martin Schreiber Addressing Group

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Alderman Martin E. Schreiber, President of the Milwaukee Common Council, is on a podium wearing a suit. On the left is Vel Phillips who is wearing a dress....
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Vel Phillips Addressing Crowd

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips is at a podium speaking to a crowd of people, some of whom are standing behind a street barricade. She is wearing a dress. In the bottom right...
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Lifting the Lindsay Street Sign

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips and Bernice Lindsay helping lift the Lindsay Street sign to be installed. Phillips is wearing a dress and is in front of Lindsay, who is weari...
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Franz Peters, Labor Day Parade Marshall

Date: 1900
Description: Franz Peters, Milwaukee Labor Day Parade Marshall, mounted on a horse on a neighborhood street. He is holding Freemason insignia in his right hand. Located...
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Milwaukee Motorcycle Club

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of men and women posing on the lawn in front of their clubhouse. The front row of the group is kneeling, the middle row is sitting o...
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Lester Carr

Date: 1890
Description: A light-colored horse is hitched to a small buggy driven by Lester Carr. Carr is wearing a hat and has a lap robe across his legs. The buggy is stopped on ...
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George Brumder, Sons and Friends

Date: 1890
Description: An outdoor group portrait of George Brumder, sitting in a bent willow chair at far left; Dr. Herman Duemling, sitting in the center, and Julius Andrae, sit...
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Eugene McCarthy Supporters

Date: 03 30 1968
Description: Two people are sitting on a park bench, and two young adults are standing near them. Behind them are tree branches and a building with a dom in the distanc...
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Herbert Brumder Reading

Date: 12 1916
Description: Herber Paul Brumder (1885-1967) relaxing in an easy chair with his crossed legs on an ottoman as he is reading the Germania Herold newspaper. There ...
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Christmas Presents

Date: 12 1923
Description: Herbert Edmund Brumder is sitting on the floor holding the halyard of a large toy sailboat which is resting on a stand. On the floor in front of him are a ...
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Christmas Morning

Date: 12 25 1931
Description: The three children of Herbert P. and Margaret Bouer Brumder are smiling as they are posing standing in front of the Christmas tree holding gifts. From left...
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Christmas 1933

Date: 12 25 1933
Description: The three children of Herbert P. and Margaret Bouer Brumder, from left, Barbara, Herbert E. and Philip, posing standing in the living room of the family ho...
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Brumder Family Christmas

Date: 12 1934
Description: The Herbert P. Brumder family posing for a group portrait in front of the Christmas tree in the living room of their home at 2030 East Lafayette Place. The...
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Christmas 1935

Date: 12 1935
Description: Barbara Brumder, standing center, is modeling a furry hood and is resting her left hand on her mother Margaret's head. Philip Brumder is standing at left; ...

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