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Neighborhood Garage Sale

Date: 09 13 1984
Description: People working and shopping at a neighborhood garage sale in the Walker's Square Park area. Several neighborhood groups collaborated to sponsor the annual ...
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Lemuel Hull House

Date: 1887
Description: Built in 1840 by Lemuel Hull. William Singer was the mason. The basement was made by lowering the hill. There were originally only two stories. First ...
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Robert 'Bob' Buhl and Family

Date: 08 15 1956
Description: Milwaukee Braves player Robert 'Bob' Buhl pictured at home with his family.
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Victorian-Style House Gutted by Fire

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Description: A large Victorian-style house gutted by a fire. Ladders are leaning up on the sides, reaching up many different levels. Two people are on the roof spraying...
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Baseball Scene

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Description: Runner reaching first base with coach signaling for him to stop. Defensive players and the umpire look on. A portion of the crowd in the stands is visible ...
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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.
Document

Central Roofing & Supply Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Central Roofing & Supply Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, "Roofing Jobbers and Contractors," with a three-quarter view of a house with a ...
Historical Essay

A Pictorial History of Victorian Wisconsin - Image Gallery Essay

An intimate look at family, architecture, interiors and fashion in Victorian Wisconsin between 1885 and 1900
Learn about the lives of upper-middle class Wisconsinites in the Victorian period between 1885 and 1900.
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Trade Show Home

Date: 04 03 1957
Description: Elevated view of demonstration “ranch” type frame residence under construction within an auditorium, presumably in Milwaukee, for some type of trade show. ...
Postcard

Young Baseball Player

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Description: A young baseball player poses outside the porch of his S. Sixth St. Walker's Point neighborhood home. He is wearing a baseball uniform with cap, and is hol...
Postcard

522 First Avenue

Date: 1908
Description: View from the street of three people standing in front of a small house. There is a small Oeil-de-boeuf window in the upper story. The windows have shutter...
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Howard and Louise Greene

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Description: Howard and Louise Greene posing with their young children in front of the entrance of their house at 1831 North Cambridge Avenue.
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Carriage

Date: 1890
Description: A team of two horses is harnessed to a highly polished carriage with a side lamp. The driver is holding a long whip and is wearing a top hat, winter coat a...
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Brumder Family Group

Date: 1895
Description: A round framed group portrait of a finely dressed group of men and women who are posing in front of a building with a door or window with closed shutters i...
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Confirmation Day

Date: 1920
Description: Edward John Brumder, third from left with boutonniere, and his sister, Henrietta Thekla "Pussy" Brumder, wearing a short white dress, posing with other fam...
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Brumder House

Date: 1890
Description: A view of the south (Wells Street) side of the two-story brick Italianate house at the corner of 10th Street purchased by George Brumder in 1882. An uniden...
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Sledding

Date: 1925
Description: Herbert Brumder, pipe in mouth, is sitting on a sled with his son Philip George in front of him, and likely his son Herbert Edmund (face obscured) behind h...
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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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Packed Up

Date: 1925
Description: Margaret Bouer (Mrs. Herbert P.) Brumder (center) is standing with her sons Philip (front, left) and Herbert E. (front, right) near a trailer hitched to an...
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Ice Skating

Date: 1928
Description: Seven children are ice skating toward the rear of a long, one-story building with half timber details under the eaves and a massive central chimney. Piles ...

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