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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Popular bathing beaches like this one on Lake Michigan offered relief from the heat as well as the opportunity to be seen in the latest fashions of the 191... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Two men playing baseball for semi-pro teams in a Milwaukee ballpark. |
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| Description: | A group of well-dressed people at repose on the grass, possibly having a picnic. Second from left is Alma Reinhardt Taylor. |
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| Description: | A crowd of men, women, and children gathered in front of a building with picnic baskets. |
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| Description: | A group of four boys in a wooded area. Two boys are standing on a small bridge, and the other two are walking along a small creek. |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | People strolling on the midway and stopping to observe the booths and displays. In the background is a large building with flags. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Three people sitting in the back seat of a parked car drinking beer and other beverages in glasses. The building behind them is the Otto Sprenger Millersvi... |
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| Description: | A group of spectators including men, women, and children standing at a railing watching some type of sporting event in a field where a large crowd is gathe... |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a crowd of men, women, and children standing on bleachers for a sporting event. In the lower right-hand side there are several boys who h... |
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| Description: | A crowd of mostly men sitting on bleachers in front of a brick building, all watching some type of sporting event. One man is walking in front of the bleac... |
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| Description: | View from track towards a crowd of men, women, and children in front of and behind a fence at a sporting event. On the left, a man who is possibly a police... |
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| Description: | Side view of a man presumably kicking a football. He is in a lot, and houses are in the background. |
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| Description: | Side view of men in a line in a field. They appear to be doing push-ups, and one man stands behind them perhaps coaching or timing them. |
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| Description: | A football player in a field is leaping in mid-air towards a football in the grass. A man stands watching nearby, perhaps a referee or coach. |
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| Description: | Large crowd of people around a viewing platform at what appears to be a horse race or possibly a sporting event. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men playing football on a field. There is a large wood fence in the background, and buildings beyond. |
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| Description: | View over fence of four women wearing hats and coats sitting among a crowd of spectators. |
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| Description: | Four officers are riding in a carriage labeled "Fire Department" pulled by two horses. They appear to be part of a parade. There is a crowd of people stand... |
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