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Victor Berger

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Description: Arm in arm, Socialist Victor Berger and colleague Robert Hunter take a stroll in downtown Milwaukee.
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Sailboat near Shoreline

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Description: A group of people on a sailboat sailing towards a group of people who are waving from a concrete embankment.
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Rowboat Race

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Description: Rowboat race with two boats about to go under a bridge. Both of the boats have numbers on the back. Onlookers are standing on the bridge watching the parti...
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Men in Motorboat

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Description: Elevated view of three men riding in a long, narrow motorboat on a lake.
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Group of Men with Early Automobile

Date: 1911
Description: Crowd of men gathered around a man sitting in an early automobile with exposed wheels, engine, and steering wheel. The side of the automobile reads: "King ...
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Man and Woman Looking at Car Engine

Date: 1920
Description: A man and woman are looking under the hood of a car in front of a business whose sign states, "The car that is seen and not heard. The car you will eventua...
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Asian Dignitaries

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Description: Asian men on the street, entering a car.
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Children on Sidewalk

Date: 07 22 1910
Description: Four children are out for a walk. One is pushing a baby (the youngest of the four) in a stroller while the other two are walking on either side.
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Children outside Theater

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Description: A large crowd of children are gathered outside the Alhambra theater. The children, all boys, fill the sidewalk, and are being herded by a man on the left. ...
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Alma Reinhardt Taylor with Two Women

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Description: Three women are standing around and between a small set of trees in a park area. The woman in the center is identified as Alma Reinhardt Taylor; the other ...
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Life Saving Service

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Description: Group of men of the Life Saving Service posing in front of their boat.
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Group of People in Two Boats

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Description: Two boats next to each other on an unidentified body of water. One boat has a roof similar to that of a tour boat. Sitting in the front boat is a family wi...
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Loading Hard Coal

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Description: Two horses hitched up to a Milwaukee Western Fuel Company cart stopped at a station, with a man standing on the wagon filling the cart with hard coal for h...
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People at Cemetery

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Description: Elevated view of various groups of people in a cemetery. A small group of people are gathered around a grave in the foreground. Other small groups are walk...
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Men at the Crossing Store

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Description: Men walking near the railroad Crossing Store. Above the store is a bridge providing a walkway over the railroad tracks.
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Ice Chunks on Water

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Description: Ice chunks floating on the water near houses. People are standing watching nearby.
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Boy Sitting in Calliope Car

Date: 1910
Description: A boy in a hat is sitting in a car with an air pressure calliope attached to the side. The keyboard is attached to the driver's side rear passenger door. M...
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Women Wearing Hats on Street

Date: 1910
Description: Four young women are walking down a city street across cable car tracks wearing coats and very large hats. Two of the women have fur muffs on their hands, ...
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Two Farmers with Cart

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Description: A man and a boy are standing next to a pair of yoked oxen pulling a cart. The boy near the animals has a lash in his hand, and the man behind him is loadin...
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Buggy Race with Fred Pabst

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Description: Two men are racing small horse-drawn buggies on a dirt track at an exhibition at the Pabst Farms. The man on the left is identified as Fred Pabst, Milwauke...

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