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Bradford Beach

Date: 06 21 1957
Description: View along shoreline of crowded Bradford beach.
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Children Racing

Date: 07 10 1971
Description: Children in a foot race.
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Splash Party

Date: 08 01 1970
Description: To escape the heat, teenage girls have a water fight in the backyard pool they built.
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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 05 19 1887
Description: External view of the National Soldiers' Home with a cannon on the lawn in the foreground.
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Quitting Time

Date: 08 25 1967
Description: Construction workers enjoying a beer after pouring concrete for a bridge structure.
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Milwaukee, From Courthouse

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Description: Elevated view of Milwaukee, with a view north-northeast from courthouse.
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Milwaukee, Northeast from Exposition Building

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Description: Milwaukee, view northeast from Exposition Building.
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Milwaukee Depot

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Description: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Depot, with clock tower, at West Everett Street between North 3rd and North 4th Streets.
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Milwaukee Central Police Station

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Description: Milwaukee Central Police Station and Light Horse Squadron Armory on Broadway Street.
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Frankfurters on the Grill

Date: 08 22 1963
Description: "Picnicking in Mitchell Park provided a pleasant afternoon recently for these senior citizens who participated in the Milwaukee County Park Commission's pr...
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Fallen Tree on Automobile

Date: 10 04 1963
Description: A man surveys the damage to his car, and the aged tree that toppled onto it.
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Deep Freeze

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Description: Icicles and a layer of frosty ice cover parked cars.
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Wedding Day Car Problems

Date: 06 08 1963
Description: Bride and groom wait in the open convertible that is their transportation to their reception while a mechanic works under the hood.
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Woman Doing Laundry Outdoors

Date: 07 07 1963
Description: Jehovah's Witnesses assembly camper doing laundry.
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Mitchell Airport Farewell

Date: 06 1963
Description: Children, adults, and a Northwest Airlines Boeing 707 jetliner on the tarmac at General Mitchell International Airport. The children, all first graders fro...
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Strike!

Date: 02 20 1963
Description: Union members of Local 317 in Milwaukee strike outside the Electric Co.'s N. Edison Street plant. It was a very cold night.
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Cemetery Maintenance

Date: 08 27 1980
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man mowing the lawn at the Veterans' Administration Wood National Cemetery.
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World Series Traffic Jam

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view of city traffic of bumper-to-bumper cars leaving Milwaukee County Stadium after the 1957 World Series.
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Kids on Roller Skates

Date: 06 26 1986
Description: Kids make a "train," with the bicyclist in the front pulling three girls on roller skates along a sidewalk.
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Car Wreck

Date: 05 17 1956
Description: Aftermath of automobile accident. The cars plunged 17 feet over an embankment. Both drivers walked away from the crash. Onlookers look down from the embank...

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