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Unidentified Woman

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Description: Formal studio photograph of a woman standing next to a chair.
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Portrait of Marion Bloch

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Description: "Dress" photograph of Marion Bloch taken at Harold Gauer's Brady Street apartment.
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Slot-Machines in Penny Arcade

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Description: A night photograph of 'obscene' slot-machines in a penny arcade. On display are pennants on the wall, including "Iowa" and "Nebraska." Another machine hold...
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Chase Lindgren

Date: 07 2003
Description: Photograph of Chase Lindgren taken by his mother, Kandy Lindgren. Photo won first prize in the black and white division of the "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'...
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Henry Reuss Campaign Photograph

Date: 1952
Description: Reuss on his front porch. Photograph was to be used for campaign literature. Reuss had just returned from government service in Europe post World War II.
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Unidentified Woman in Hat

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Description: Possibly a picture of Harold Gauer's brother Norman's "exotic oriental' dancer wife. Photograph was taken in the Brady Street "Lab."
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Kremer's Homestead

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of Kremer's Homestead.
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Charles Francis Fawsett

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Charles F. Fawsett.
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McCormick-Deering 6-Can Milk Cooler

Date: 1935
Description: Three ladies and four men examine a McCormick-Deering 6-can milk cooler at a dealership or branch house. The photograph was taken in a large well-lit room ...
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Our Baby

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Description: Comedic photograph of a man wearing eyeglasses with a drawing depicting him as a baby in a wash basin, labeled "Our Baby."
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Alexander Chadbourne Eschweiler

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Alexander C. Eschweiler.
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Anti-Tuberculosis Railway Exhibit

Date: 1906
Description: 1904 Exhibit of the Maryland Association for the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis, in a railway coach. Photograph taken in Milwaukee.
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Marion Briggs

Date: 1925
Description: Marion Briggs is standing and posing wearing a swimming suit and bathing cap for a full-length photograph. On the reverse of the photograph is written: "He...
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Mark Abbott

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Mark Abbott, Milwaukee manufacturer.
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Thomas H. Brown

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Description: Vignetted quarter-length portrait of Thomas H. Brown.
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Rescue of Woman by Firemen

Date: 01 1883
Description: Photograph of an engraved image showing fire fighters rescuing a woman from the burning Newhall House.
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Bevel Gear Manufacturing

Date: 03 13 1972
Description: Original Falk caption reads, "Largest bevel gears manufactured by Falk to date. This photograph was taken in the Heat Treat Department." Male employees in ...
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Group Photograph in Milwaukee

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Description: Photograph celebrating Henry Kuttner's visit to Milwaukee. He had driven an old Plymouth all the way from Los Angeles. Cut line was: On arrival, he immedia...
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McCormick-Deering Service Managers

Date: 11 14 1937
Description: A group of "service managers" inspect engines at Milwaukee Works (factory). Photograph taken by McQuinn.
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Testing Diesel Engine Cylinder Hardness

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: Factory worker tests the file-hardness of a diesel engine cylinder at Milwaukee Works. Photograph taken by Don Jones.

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