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Thorsen Residence
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Exterior of house at 525 Jefferson Street. The first bathtub in Milwaukee, made of tin, was put into this house. A man in a horse-drawn sled is parked in the front of the house in the snow. Home of John Thorsen (b. 1820), a lumberman, and Sarah (Kildahl) Thorsen (b. 1832).
1904
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Ethelinda Thorsen (later Johnston)
1872
Head and shoulders carte-de-visite of Ethelinda Marie Thorsen (1856-1947), age 16, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, daughter of John Thorsen (b. 1820), a lumberman, and Sarah (Kildahl) Thorsen (b. 1832). E...
Sledding
December 1923
Barbara and Herbert Edmund, the two older children of Herbert P. and Margaret Bouer Brumder, posing with their sleds at the top of a wooden slide in the backyard of their home at 2030 East Lafayett...
Sliding Down Hill
November 23, 1949
View across river of a large crowd of people on a sledding hill, and also gathered around a shelter building. Houses are in the background atop the hill.
Team of Horses and Oxen in Woods with Men
Team of horses and a team of oxen working in the woods in snow. Two men are standing on a load of logs on the right, probably on a horse-drawn sled. The oxen are on the left and are probably pullin...
Sledding
1920
Herbert Paul Brumder posing sitting on a sled with his children Herbert Edmund, center, and Barbara. They are in the front yard of their home at 2030 East Lafayette Place.
