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Birthday Boy

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Philip George Brumder, sitting in a high chair on the left, and his sister Barbara, sitting on the right, watch intently as their mother, Margaret Bouer (Mrs. Herbert P.) Brumder tends the three lighted candles on Philip's small birthday cake. There are enamelware dishes on the table and a centerpiece of cut flowers. Philip is holding a toy locomotive on the tray of his high chair; other train cars are on the table. They are in the dining room of the family's home at 2030 East Lafayette Place.

Date Created:
November 22, 1923

Publication Information

Date Created November 22, 1923

Physical Description

Format Image
Extent 1 photograph
Dimensions 14 x 9 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection Brumder family and Milwaukee German ancestry research papers, 1844-2014
Call Number PH Milwaukee Mss 229.9.1924V
Catalog Record https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/9911126509302121
Finding Aid https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil00229

Copyright Information

Copyright Status NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Rights Holder Wisconsin Historical Society
Unique ID
W012662
Legacy ID
WHi 141051

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