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Photographer Edmund Eisenscher

Date: 1950
Description: Color portrait of photographer Edmund Eisenscher.
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Marquette Interchange

Date: 
Description: Aerial view of the first Marquette Interchange, photographed some time after its completion in 1968.
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Interstate I-43

Date: 1981
Description: Fond du Lac Avenue (State Highway 145) exit from Interstate I-43 in Milwaukee. As originally conceived, the interstate system in Wisconsin was to consist ...
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Hilton Guest Room

Date: 1982
Description: Typical room at the Milwaukee River Hilton Inn in MIlwaukee.
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Automobile Exhaust

Date: 02 1977
Description: Automobile exhaust on a cold February morning in Milwaukee.
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Vance and Nelson

Date: 07 1979
Description: Seated at the head table Senator Gaylord Nelson chats with Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. Vance was in Milwaukee to give a speech.
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Fighting Dutch Elm Disease

Date: 1974
Description: Two men applying systemic fungicide to an American Elm on a residential street through a gravity-feed.
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Removing Elm Trees

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Description: Two men stand near a piece of machinery used to cut trees. An American Elm removed to prevent the spread of Dutch Elm Disease is laying in the foreground.
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Summerfest

Date: 1982
Description: Bird's-eye view of a large crowd of music fans gathered at Summerfest, looking northeast toward the current site of Discovery World. Sailboats are on Lake ...
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Summerfest

Date: 1982
Description: Bird's-eye view of the Summerfest grounds. The Miller Jazz Oasis and Miller Cafe are in the foreground, and the TV 6 Comedy Cabaret and the Main Stage are ...
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War Memorial Center

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Description: View uphill towards the War Memorial Center.
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Inside the Mitchell Park Conservatory

Date: 1967
Description: A man and woman are walking along a dirt path near a gazebo. Flowers and trees and bushes are growing inside the horticultural conservatory.
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Mitchell Park Conservatory

Date: 1969
Description: View towards the three glass domes at the Mitchell Park Conservatory. In the foreground three people are walking up a stairway on the grounds of the park. ...
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Mitchell Park Conservatory

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Description: Elevated view over trees towards the three glass domes of the Mitchell Park Conservatory.
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Playing on Bradford Beach

Date: 07 1972
Description: A group of African American children are playing in the sand on Bradford Beach. Other children and adults are wading into the lake or are sitting on the sa...
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Teenagers Wearing Different Types of Ethnic Clothing

Date: 1967
Description: A group of young men and women are standing in a line outdoors wearing various types of ethnic clothing at the Holiday Folk Fair.
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Polynesian Dance

Date: 1967
Description: A group of women wearing green Polynesian dance costumes are dancing on a stage at the Holiday Folk Festival. A group of musicians are playing drums on the...
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King Gambrinus

Date: 1967
Description: Men in white jumpsuits are steadying a statue of King Gambrinus on a parade float at the Holiday Folk Fair. A line of men and women in various ethnic cloth...
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Standing with King Gambrinus

Date: 1967
Description: A man wearing Medieval European clothing is gesturing towards a statue of King Gambrinus on a parade float at the Holiday Folk Fair. Two boys, in matching ...
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Korean Women at the Holiday Folk Fair

Date: 1967
Description: Three women in traditional Korean hanbok are riding in the back of a horse-drawn wagon and waving to the photographer.

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