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Milwaukee Street Scene

Date: 1905
Description: A police officer stands in the middle of the street near street railroad tracks in the pavement as pedestrians cross. In the background on the street corne...
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Two Police Officers with Businessman

Date: 1905
Description: A businessman, dressed in a suit coat and hat looks up while standing near two police officers. Behind them is a crowd of pedestrians on a street.
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Bridge Under Construction

Date: 1905
Description: Men at work on a bridge under construction. A sign on a building in the background reads: "Drake Brothers Co." and "Drugs • Oils • Paints."
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Ships in Canal

Date: 1905
Description: Canal with several ships, mostly small steam-engine cargo ships.
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Men near Pile of Rubble

Date: 1905
Description: Three men are standing on the right in front of a pile of rubble. In the center, a man wearing a hat and suit is looking to the left.
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Men on Street near Puddle

Date: 1905
Description: Men standing around a puddle alongside a road near a small snowbank. One man is bending down near the puddle with a hammer in his hand. Signs for beer are ...
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Men Standing in Junkyard

Date: 1905
Description: Three men standing in a junkyard with piles of wheels, chairs, and other wooden items in the background near the side of a building. The ground is littered...
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Mother and Daughter in Doorway

Date: 1905
Description: Alma Reinhardt Taylor and her toddler daughter Ellen Taylor Higgins standing in a doorway. Both are wearing long, cool weather coats. The number on the doo...
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Alma and J. Robert Taylor

Date: 1905
Description: A studio portrait of Alma and J. Robert Taylor. Alma is sitting in a chair holding a sock to be darned, while putting her hand over J. Robert's mouth. He i...
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Family in Lake Park

Date: 1905
Description: A woman and young girl in a bonnet, possibly mother and daughter, and a man and a young girl, possibly father and daughter, holding hands while strolling o...
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Family on Rustic Bridge

Date: 1905
Description: The J. Robert Taylor family on a log pedestrian bridge in a wooded area. Identified as Alma Reinhardt Taylor, Donna Taylor Adams, J. Robert Taylor, and El...
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Mother and Children by Stream

Date: 1905
Description: Alma Reinhardt Taylor posed on rocks near a stream with her daughters Ellen Taylor Higgins and Donna Taylor Adams (front).
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Sulky Race Track

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of a horse racing track and spectators. Sulkies, which are two-wheeled, one-person carriages drawn by a single horse, are racing. The race ...
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Women Decorating Monument

Date: 1905
Description: Women placing floral garlands on a monument to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller. The women are wearing decorative hats.
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Plankinton House

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of the street and construction site outside of the Plankinton House hotel and various storefronts. Along the street and sidewalks are horse-d...
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Woman with Children on Shoreline

Date: 1905
Description: A woman, possibly Alma Reinhardt Taylor, wearing a long coat, on a rocky beach with a boy looking out at the water, and a younger child crouched at her fee...
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Woman and Children on Shoreline

Date: 1905
Description: A woman, possibly Alma Reinhardt Taylor, wearing a long coat, and a young boy and toddler walking along the rocky shoreline of what is probably Lake Michig...
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J. Robert Taylor and Wife

Date: 1905
Description: J. Robert Taylor and his wife, Alma Reinhardt Taylor, sit for a portrait on a park bench.
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Two Men in Carriage

Date: 1905
Description: Two men wearing hats and coats in a horse-drawn carriage on a residential street.

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