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Mitchell at Milwaukee

Date: 1922
Description: General William Mitchell, with his personal airplane and Milwaukee airport manager Giles Meisenheimer at Butler Field, the first Milwaukee County airport. ...
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George Brumder

Date: 1900
Description: George Brumder (1839-1910) grasping one fork of a small tree growing on the shore of Pine Lake. He is wearing a suit and hat.
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George Brumder

Date: 1901
Description: George Brumder, Milwaukee publisher and businessman, standing on his pier at Pine Lake. He is wearing a suit and hat. There is a low wall on the right, whi...
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Camp Sidney Cohen Family Campout

Date: 02 1959
Description: Two men cooking food wrapped in foil on a grate over a fire outdoors. One man's sleeve has a patch that reads: "Family Camping, MFCA Milwaukee." A child is...
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Train Wreck

Date: 09 23 1911
Description: Milwaukee Road locomotive 5508 resting on its side after a derailment. The engine struck the rail, seen in center foreground, which had been driven upright...
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In the Summer House

Date: 1935
Description: Herbert P. Brumder poses with his wife Margaret Bouer Brumder in the doorway of a metal framed gazebo. Large vines cover the framework. The gazebo was on t...
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Iceboating

Date: 1907
Description: Herbert Paul Brumder reclining in the cockpit of an iceboat on Pine Lake. He is holding the main sheet in his right hand, and controlling the rudder with h...
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Railroad Employees at Waukesha

Date: 1915
Description: Employees of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway in the company's Waukesha office. Left to right they are Carl Mix, Ruth McGeen, Clarence Mica (seat...
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One-Armed Woodworker

Date: 02 14 1958
Description: Elmer J. Schmidt makes furniture and toys in his woodshop even though he has only one arm to work with.
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Ice Boating

Date: 1932
Description: Two unidentified men sail their ice boat across the frozen surface of Pine Lake. A light snow covers much of the ice.
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Father and Daughter Skating

Date: 1928
Description: Herbert Paul Brumder posing with his daughter, Barbara, while skating on the ice of Pine Lake. The roof of their summer home, built in 1926, is in the back...
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The Adventure

Date: 1937
Description: Three men, one hiking out, sailing the Adventure on Pine Lake. A note on the reverse of the photograph identifies Herby Brumder as skipper.
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Sailing on Pine Lake

Date: 1930
Description: View across water towards a crew working on a racing yacht identified as X5 as a team of judges in a wooden powerboat observes. A tree-lined shoreline is o...
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Brumder Family on Porch

Date: 1920
Description: Herman Otto Brumder, lower right, holding his niece, Barbara Brumder, at the foot of the front steps at Villa Henrietta, the summer home on Pine Lake built...
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Motor Car (Double Exposure)

Date: 1905
Description: A double exposure featuring an early runabout automobile in front of the summer home of George Brumder at Pine Lake. Brumder, with cap and beard, is seated...
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Frisbee Catch

Date: 07 20 1988
Description: Young men clamor to catch a Frisbee during a beach game.
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Schwabenhof Lounge & Hall

Date: 04 20 2001
Description: "Chris Schmidt, Milwaukee based photographer, is our guest when we visit the Schwabenhof Lounge & Hall at N56 W14750 Silver Spring Road, Menomonee Falls."
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Ice Boating

Date: 1906
Description: A man is bending forward near the mast of an iceboat as another man, wearing goggles, is standing to the left. There is a second iceboat on the right. A sm...
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Ice Boating

Date: 1906
Description: Two unidentified men posing with an iceboat on Pine Lake. The man sitting on the left is wearing goggles. "Reliance" is stenciled on the fore portion of th...
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Donald Howard

Date: 04 16 1962
Description: A man lifting a bag either into or out of a shed holding several identical bags. Caption reads: "Each spring Donald Howard, Sussex, makes a trip to ...

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