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| Description: | Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F... |
| Date: | 09 23 1959 |
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| Description: | Outdoor news portrait of Timothy Vick of 3957 North 63rd Street, Milwaukee. News photo made in connection with a murder case; the murderer, going door-to-d... |
| Date: | 12 1958 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over rooftops, looking southwest from North 4th and West Cherry Streets toward the central YMCA building. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Louis Pierron, age 89, sitting on the trunk of a large elm tree which had recently been cut down at Green Bay Avenue and West Good Hope Road. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Girls of a visiting ballet company, in costume, posed in a rocky wooded glen along a stream. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Group of ladies inspecting the gardens at the Harry Stratton residence. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Mother and small son in voting booth, with the child squatting on the floor and peeking out beneath the curtain. |
| Date: | 05 31 1962 |
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| Description: | View along side of street towards a teenage brass band marching down the street in a Memorial Day parade in West Allis. A group of young children stand on ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Paved driveway, cobblestones, leading to the loading platform of the Pabst Brewing Co. In the background, three horses stand near a wagon loaded with barre... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Construction worker at a conference on economic problems at the Milwaukee Public Library. The subject is Albert Pearson. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Two men, competitors in a state card-playing (skat) tournament. |
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| Description: | Two men sitting at desks in the editorial room of the Milwaukee Journal. The room was decorated by a newspaper staff artist. At left, the balcony sc... |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | Sod-breaker and five yoke of oxen plowing in front of the “Old Cottage Inn.” In the foreground a boat is on the shoreline. |
| Date: | 06 07 1958 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Kondrad, a dancer, and her son, dancing in a studio. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Lady members of the Brynwood Country Club performing a musical skit at the club's opening luncheon. They are concluding a historical “fashion” show, wearin... |
| Date: | 04 02 1957 |
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| Description: | Identical 16-year-old twins Carilynn and Marilynn Powers posed so as to create the illusion of a mirror image. |
| Date: | 04 01 1958 |
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| Description: | An antique 82-year-old horse-drawn hearse, pushed by pranksters into the Milwaukee River near the North Avenue bridge, being pulled out by a tow-truck, as ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Color postcard showing a landscape along River Park. |
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| Description: | Motorcycle race contestant overturned on the track after collision with haybales. |
| Date: | 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Portrait, close-up, of Neill Brey on the occasion of a fire in the toy factory where he was employed. |
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