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Audichron

Date: 03 02 1954
Description: Stanley E. Bennett, a First Wisconsin National Bank cashier, listens to the handset while John T. Frymark, a Wisconsin Telephone Company central office for...
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Penny-farthing

Date: 07 04 1969
Description: Side view of a woman riding a penny-farthing down the street during the Old Milwaukee Days annual circus parade. A crowd of people are sitting or standing ...
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Riverside High Boys Send Reading Materials

Date: 1918
Description: Several boys are posing with stacks of bound periodicals. An American flag is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Boys of Riverside High School, Milwaukee, ...
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IH Exhibition Hall with Giant Cream Separator

Date: 01 30 1928
Description: A group of men are standing on the left looking up at a giant cream separator on display in an exhibition hall.
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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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Kurtis Froedtert

Date: 1915
Description: View of a man sitting behind a desk in a richly decorated office. He is holding a pipe and a Froedtert Service market report. Kurtis Froedtert was head of ...
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Great for Business

Date: 10 09 1965
Description: Three men are putting up a billboard sign. Two of the men are wearing suits and the third is wearing an overcoat. Caption reads: "A billboard promoting Mil...
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Four Ukranian Brothers

Date: 01 10 1955
Description: Four men standing together and smiling at each other. Two of the men are shaking hands. On the wall behind them is a Christmas card held in place by a smal...
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Juneau Exhibit Dedicated

Date: 11 11 1971
Description: One woman and two men standing near a museum exhibit, with a statue of a Native American and part of a log structure in the foreground. Caption reads: "JUN...
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Railroad Executives at Dinner

Date: 01 20 1955
Description: Four men in tuxedos smiling and talking to each other. Drapes are in the background. Caption reads: "Among others at the dinner were (from left) W.W. Brown...
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Milwaukee Public School Student Art Display

Date: 03 08 1983
Description: Two room divider panels are displaying several works of art. Framed between the two panels is a man standing on the other side of the panels. Caption reads...
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Cantor in City

Date: 08 30 1929
Description: A boy is standing and posing wearing a tallit and a kashket, as well as a robe, tie, and wristwatch. Caption reads: "Cantor in City. A 13-year-old cantor w...
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Hotel Room Dedication

Date: 09 04 1958
Description: A man wearing a suit and bow tie is standing at a podium, speaking and gesturing with his hands. A lectern scarf is draped over the podium with the word "P...
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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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Audience for a Beauty Pageant

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Description: Formally dressed audience members are watching a beauty pageant in a smoky beer hall. The men are wearing suits with ties; the women are wearing dresses an...
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Brewers Guests

Date: 05 20 1970
Description: Two smiling men are standing together, both wearing baseball caps with an "M" on them. The man on the left has just thrown a baseball. Caption reads: "BREW...
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George Brumder

Date: 1860
Description: A seated, three-quarter ambrotype portrait of George Brumder (1839-1910) wearing a suit, vest and necktie. He has a beard but no mustache. His shirt studs...
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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 ...
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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...

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