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| Date: | 12 28 1981 |
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| Description: | Father reading "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain to his son. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | A man dressed in a Smokey Bear costume is standing with two Milwaukee school children. A young girl is sitting at a desk, and a boy is standing and holding... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Patent attorney Charles L. Goss (seated), with clerk Arthur Muerless in the law offices of Winkler, Flanders, Smith, Bottum, & Vilas. |
| Date: | 04 25 1964 |
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| Description: | A book sale is held by the Mothers Association of Milwaukee-Downer Seminary. |
| Date: | 11 15 1955 |
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| Description: | All seven siblings in the Marnell family lining up for their polio inoculations. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Photographer Herman Taylor's children sit at a little table in front of the hearth in the library. |
| Date: | 08 06 1963 |
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| Description: | A mother reads stories on her front steps to children from around the block. |
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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: | 11 12 1914 |
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| Description: | Waist-up seated portrait of Samuel A. Clark, Neenah manufacturer. |
| Date: | 05 12 1921 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length seated studio portrait of Henry J. Langhoff, Milwaukee merchant. |
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| Description: | An unknown man is posed on a couch holding a book that has been renamed "Goon History, Volume 3." |
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| Description: | Portrait of Gauer at typewriter in the Brady Street "Lab. A similar one was taken of Bloch, then one was reversed and printed together to show Bloch and Ga... |
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| Description: | A group of fun-loving friends pose together. In the front row, from left to right, are Harold Gauer, Marion Bloch, Victor Ehr, Mary Jo Vonier and Robert Bl... |
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| Description: | A man wearing a hat sits in profile in a darkened room with a bookshelf behind his back. |
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| Description: | Robert Bloch, standing next to shelves of books, in front of a door covered with cardboard. He is wearing the gaudy costume of the King Geek for a photo sh... |
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| Description: | Robert Vail, dressed up as a Monk, subtly caresses the thigh of Angie Vail. Vais is smoking and wearing only a tuxedo jacket with a bow tie, hat, and shoes... |
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| Description: | "Formal" full-length portrait of Bedard in the Brady Street "Lab." Harold Gauer states she was, "...a sweet and reserved girl, with no pretense whatsoever.... |
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| Description: | Robert and Angie Vail pose with drinks at a nautical themed costume party. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | John Johnston (1836-1904) sits with his feet up on a hassock in his library while reading a paper. Johnston, a successful Milwaukee banker, lived at 645 Fr... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Victor L. Berger and Frederick Heath in Berger's room on Reed Street near Greenfield Avenue. Victor Berger was a founding member of the Socialist Party of ... |
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