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Two Men in Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Two men in swimming suits shake hands while standing in thigh deep water.
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Leonore Judkins

Date: 1915
Description: Leonore Judkins, later Mrs. Forest Middleton, poses standing outdoors in a fancy dress, with flowers at her waist. She is wearing her hair in a bun and wea...
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Ixonia School

Date: 1915
Description: A brick, one-story country schoolhouse with two entrances, and an outhouse on the left. The schoolyard is fenced.
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Ixonia School

Date: 1915
Description: A one-story frame country school with a single door. There is a row of trees and a fence on the right.
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Beach Pavilion

Date: 1925
Description: A weathered building stands on a beach, possibly in the state of Washington. A Falstaff beer sign is painted on its side. There is a bridge or viaduct in t...
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Leonore Middleton

Date: 1918
Description: Leonore Middleton posing standing next to a pan of freshly picked strawberries, which are resting on a porch step next to a wooden column on the porch. She...
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Wisconsin Capitol Dome Construction

Date: 1913
Description: View across street towards temporary derricks protruding from the steel framework of the dome on the Wisconsin State Capitol. The lantern cage tops the dom...
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Dearborn Street

Date: 1918
Description: An elevated view of Dearborn Street businesses, showing trucks and horse-drawn wagons parked in front of a row of mainly four-story brick warehouse buildin...
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Southern Port

Date: 1935
Description: The funnels (smokestacks) of two large steamships are visible over warehouse buildings on a pier of a southern American port. Both ships have nautical flag...
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Mariner Tower

Date: 1935
Description: Mariner Tower, built in 1930 at 606 West Wisconsin Avenue, standing to the left of the 1927 Schroeder Hotel in this elevated view looking east over lower b...
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At the Cottage

Date: 1920
Description: Leonore Middleton sitting on wooden steps leading to the screened porch of a tar paper shack. There is an awning over the side window and a short brick chi...
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The Judkins Family

Date: 1930
Description: Cora Judkins, kneeling, posing with her four daughters sitting in front of her. They are, from left, Bonnie, Leonore Judkins Middleton, Juanita and Blanche...
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Cora Judkins and Daughters

Date: 1930
Description: Cora Robbins Judkins, second from left, posing with her four daughters standing beside a house. The daughters are, from left, Leonore Judkins Middleton, Bo...
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Boating

Date: 1930
Description: An unidentified young man, smiling broadly, is driving a painted wooden boat with inboard motor. There are nine women passengers. The women are wearing bat...
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Zion City Signs

Date: 1930
Description: Two signs are taped to the inside of the glass in a double hung window in a wood sided building. The photographer is reflected in the lower left corner of ...
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Wisconsin State Line

Date: 1930
Description: A sign post next to a survey marker, lower right, marks the state line between Wisconsin and Illinois south of Kenosha. Signage on that post identifies Sta...
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Cruise Ship in Port

Date: 1930
Description: Well-dressed men and women have gathered on the deck of a cruise ship. The swimming pool in the foreground is covered with rope netting. Four dorade boxes ...
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Mowing the Lawn

Date: 1930
Description: Juanita Judkins pushing a "Run Easy" reel lawn mower. She is wearing heavy fabric coveralls with wide legs which end at mid-calf, exposing silk stockings. ...
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At the Lake

Date: 1930
Description: Two men and five women posing in knee-high water. Leonore Judkins Middleton is crouching in front of her husband, Forest Middleton. The woman to the left o...
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The Boston Store

Date: 1930
Description: An elevated view of downtown Milwaukee, with Lake Michigan in the background. The eight story 1920 addition to the Boston Store is in the foreground, ident...

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