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| Date: | 10 14 1912 |
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| Description: | President Theodore Roosevelt leaving the Chicago and North Western depot after arriving in Milwaukee on his October 14th, 1912 visit, during which he was s... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Rear view of Robert Taylor's car, which he used for his work as the Milwaukee Journal's first photographer. A sign displayed across the spare tire r... |
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| Description: | J. Robert Taylor, the first photographer for the Milwaukee Journal, poses in a formal portrait, standing with his pipe. He wears a cravat style tie ... |
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| Description: | Newspaper workers perusing hundreds of photographs. There are three men holding some of the photographs and the rest are mounted on the walls around them. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Informal portrait of J. Robert Taylor at his desk talking on the phone. |
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| Description: | Heavy touring carriages unload passengers in front of the Milwaukee Journal newspaper building. A crowd is gathered, along with a few musicians and ... |
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| Description: | Man in a suit and hat standing on the street holding a stack of Milwaukee Journal newspapers. |
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| Description: | Fire fighters work to put out a fire in a four-story building on a city block. In front of a fire hose spraying water, a photographer is kneeling in front ... |
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| Description: | Round hailstones piled on a saucer with either grape or cherry tomatoes, or perhaps eggs, placed next to them for size comparison. A newspaper is under the... |
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| Description: | Two women wearing hats are standing and holding infants in their arms. In front of them are three girls. The tallest girl is holding some books or pamphlet... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee Suffragists are holding small flags and handing out literature on a downtown street corner. A woman and a man are both wearing pin-back buttons t... |
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| Description: | Diorama of Aztec sacrificial rites at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Two men are holding the man to be sacrificed in a splayed position while a third man sta... |
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| Description: | A group of four young children sitting in a circle on the grass. Several buildings are in the background, and a few bare trees are on the right. The buildi... |
| Date: | 10 01 1938 |
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| Description: | J. Robert Taylor cleaning a furnace. He has a broom and a small brush in hand, a pipe in his mouth, and a dirty rag placed on his head. He is reading a doc... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of lake, in the upper left. A town with dwellings and other buildings are along the shoreline. Part of the airplane is on the right. |
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| Description: | A photographer is setting up for a shot of a man by a river. Across the river are buildings with advertisements and signs. A large log transport is on the ... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a young man preparing a piece of wallpaper to be hung. On the ground and under furniture newspapers have been laid to protect the... |
| Date: | 05 03 1944 |
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| Description: | Woman sitting at a writing desk at Estella's. She is facing a bright window which has a window seat. |
| Date: | 10 01 1938 |
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| Description: | Taylor is relaxing, sitting in a chair tilted back, and smoking his pipe and reading his paper in front of an open heater. A kerchief is covering his head.... |
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| Description: | Self-portrait of the photographer sitting on a table near a wall wearing a hat and holding a newspaper and pipe. |
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