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Sherman M. Booth

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Description: Sherman M. Booth, anti-slavery editor, shown seated reading newspaper.
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Buy Bonds!

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Description: Display that advertises the sale of U.S. Savings Bonds through the Payroll Savings Plan or the Bond-a-Month-Plan. Wisconsin State Governor Walter J. Kohler...
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Zoot Suit

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Description: Man posing in a Zoot suit.
Poster

Democratic Candidates poster

Date: 1922
Description: Poster for "Democratic Candidates Kept Off the Ticket" for "Election Tuesday Nov. 7, 1922." Candidates and their photos include: Joseph R. Pfiffner, Emil T...
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Ezekiel Gillespie

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Ezekiel Gillespie.
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Fred Haney Holding His Contract

Date: 10 20 1957
Description: Portrait of Milwaukee Braves manager Fred Haney holding his new contract. Under his management In 1957, with a lineup that included future Baseball Hall...
Print

Portrait of General Frederick C. Winkler

Date: 1895
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of General Frederick C. Winkler of Milwaukee from the 1895 Columbian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of the Rep...
Document

Schlitz Park Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Schlitz Park Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with halftone views of the park gateway and a two-story open-air pavilion with an overlook,...
Poster

Vote For Steffes

Date: 1944
Description: Campaign poster instructing voters how to write in Herbert J. Steffes for the office of Municipal Judge of Milwaukee County. He was appointed to serve the ...
Photograph

Robert Doyle, Civilian War Correspondent

Date: 06 1942
Description: Quarter-length publicity portrait of Robert Doyle smiling, dressed in a suit. This image was published with some of his articles in the Milwaukee Journa...
Print

Farewell Dinner to Mr. Wilmer Sieg Menu

Date: 06 29 1912
Description: Front and back covers of the "Informal Farewell Dinner Tendered to Mr. Wilmer Sieg upon the occasion of his departure from Milwaukee to take up his residen...
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Daniel Wells Jr.

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype of Daniel Wells Jr. The portrait is from waist-up of left profile, with some scratching and damage to the plate. Daniel Wells Jr. e...
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Don A.J. Upham

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Don A.J. Upham (1809-1877). Born in Vermont, Upham was a lawyer who moved to Milwaukee during the territorial period. The po...
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Philip Fox La Follette

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Description: Philip Fox La Follette speaking into a WTMJ microphone. There are audio speakers behind him. He is wearing a suit and necktie.
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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

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Description: Waist-up oval-framed tintype portrait of a young Frederick Layton, about 30 years old, in a blue velvet oval compact.
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Frederick Layton

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Frederick Layton in middle age.
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Frederick Layton in a Garden

Date: 1914
Description: Frederick Layton gave this hand-colored photograph of himself in his garden on Marshall Street to his niece Elizabeth Layton Fowle on August 8, 1914. He di...
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Portrait of Jonathan E. Arnold, Pioneer Lawyer

Date: 1869
Description: Indoor portrait of Jonathan E. Arnold, pioneer lawyer of Wisconsin. Born February 16, 1814. Settled in Milwaukee, 1836. Died there June 2, 1869.
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Dr. Joseph Carpenter

Date: 1973
Description: Waist-up portrait of Dr. Joseph Carpenter, assistant professor of Afro-American Education & Philosophy, posing wearing a suit. This image accompanied publi...

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