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Exterior of Octagon Cottage

Date: 1902
Description: An exterior view of Octagon Cottage. The edge of the roof has crenelations along it, and a brick chimney is in the middle the roof.
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House on Jones Island

Date: 1898
Description: View across road of Syl standing in front of a three-story duplex house on Jones Island.
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Gustav Willms holding his twin daughters

Date: 1894
Description: Gustav Willms (c. 1854-1917) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, seated outdoors holding twin daughters Marge and Emma (b. December 27, 1893), who are wearing dresses...
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Willms Home with Cigar Workers

Date: 1890
Description: Cigar workers on the sidewalk in front of the Willms home, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They are young men and older boys, some in aprons. Anna Willms (b. 1881) a...
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Emil Seidel in Front of His House

Date: 04 18 1910
Description: Emil Seidel (left) stands in front of his house with a young girl and another man. Other adults and children are in the background across the street. He wa...
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Tews Lime and Cement Company Truck

Date: 05 18 1939
Description: Two men standing near the back of an International D-246-F truck outfitted with a cement mixer body. The truck is owned by Tews Lime & Cement Company.
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High Wheel Bicyclist

Date: 1890
Description: Young man riding a High Wheel or Penny-Farthing bicycle on a wooden sidewalk. There is a house behind the rider on the left. A young tree braced with a sta...
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View of McMyron Street

Date: 10 31 1925
Description: View of dirt road running through homes and trees in a neighborhood. An automobile is parked in the foreground, at the end of the road. Text at foot of pho...
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Elevated View of Alley

Date: 10 30 1925
Description: Elevated view of alley between houses in a neighborhood from railroad embankment. An elevated bridge is just visible in the far background. Text at foot of...
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Elevated View of Street

Date: 10 30 1925
Description: Elevated view of street through a neighborhood from a railroad embankment. A truck and driver can be seen in the intersection. An elevated bridge is just v...
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Milwaukee Street View

Date: 1885
Description: View along Van Buren Street, looking north from Mason Street. Three children are sitting on the curb at the corner.
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Five High Wheeler Bicycle Riders

Date: 1890
Description: Five teenagers ride "High Wheeler or Penny-Farthing" bicycles down the street. Grand Avenue Congregational Church is in the background. Mature trees are on...
Postcard

Frederick and Elizabeth Layton Home

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Description: A view across street towards Frederick and Elizabeth Layton's home at 534 Marshall Street. The clapboard house has two porches. On the left is a roofed enc...
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Sledding

Date: 12 1923
Description: Barbara and Herbert Edmund, the two older children of Herbert P. and Margaret Bouer Brumder, posing with their sleds at the top of a wooden slide in the ba...

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