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| Date: | 01 1883 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an engraved image showing a man leaping from the burning Newhall House and being caught in a large canvas held taut by a group of men. |
| Date: | 01 1883 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an engraved image showing two women attempting to escape the burning Newhall House by lowering themselves from a window using blankets tied t... |
| Date: | 01 1883 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an engraved image showing fire fighters rescuing a woman from the burning Newhall House. |
| Date: | 01 1883 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an engraved image showing people clinging to a windowsill on the Newhall House attempting to escape the burning building. One woman in the fo... |
| Date: | 01 1883 |
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| Description: | Engraving showing people attempting to locate loved ones among the bodies recovered from the Newhall House fire. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Mildred wearing a white silk satin dress with corded bodice, while seated in an ornate wooden chair. Her right foot rests on an upholste... |
| Date: | 07 18 1861 |
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| Description: | Letterhead with a rifle, sword, horn, and Revolutionary War-era hat surrounding a scroll reading: "1776." Text below the illustration reads: "The Old Conti... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | View of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad station in Milwaukee. A couple is sitting on a bench under an umbrella in the foreground. The baggage car of a ... |
| Date: | 10 16 1865 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of the members of Milwaukee Hook and Ladder Company No. 1. Two men are posing behind the group on a platform bearing several U.S. fl... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A halftone print copy of a photograph of George Brumder's 1873 three story brick building at 286-288 West Water Street. Brumder and his family lived on the... |
| Date: | 07 1864 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of George Brumder and his wife, Henriette Brandhorst Brumder, taken around the time of their wedding, July 16, 1864. She is wea... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A light-colored horse is hitched to a small buggy driven by Lester Carr. Carr is wearing a hat and has a lap robe across his legs. The buggy is stopped on ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | An outdoor group portrait of George Brumder, sitting in a bent willow chair at far left; Dr. Herman Duemling, sitting in the center, and Julius Andrae, sit... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders studio portrait of William C. Brumder (1868-1929), eldest son of George and Henriette Brandhorst Brumder. He is wearing a suitcoat, tie ... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Waist-up studio portrait of Herbert Paul Brumder (1885-1967), the youngest child of George and Henriette Brandhorst Brumder. He is wearing a double breaste... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A group of five young men and boys, all sons of George and Henriette Brandhorst Brumder, sitting on a bentwood settee. A hammock and awning form the backgr... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A view, looking east, across the Milwaukee River. The Grand Avenue Bridge is on the left, which is decorated with bunting and banners, and is crowded with ... |
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