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Stroboscopic Photography Technique

Date: 04 1950
Description: A girl on a swing is the subject of photographers demonstrating a technique using high speed flash.
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Reverend Richard Kiefer Plays Bingo

Date: 08 06 1934
Description: Reverend Richard Kiefer of Sacred Heart monastery in Hales Corners, Wisconsin, joins in the bingo competition at a Catholic picnic, as women and children a...
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Safety Cadet Team

Date: 02 21 1985
Description: The Auer Avenue School's safety cadet team standing in front of the school building.
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Girl in a Mini-Race Car

Date: 05 02 1956
Description: Father demonstrates controls of a mini-race car as his daughter sits in the car.
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Fishing On Breakwater

Date: 1910
Description: Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater.
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Girls Jumping Rope

Date: 1900
Description: Two young girls with bows in their hair jump rope as a boy watches.
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Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company

Date: 1888
Description: Exterior of Schlitz Brewing Company with two men and a boy in suits and hats in the foreground.
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Eddie Mathews, Jr. at the Plate

Date: 09 07 1958
Description: Three-year-old Edwin Lee Mathews, Jr., dressed in a "Milwaukee Braves" uniform, takes a swing at a baseball. He is the son of Braves' Hall of Fame third ba...
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Silverstone, My Tailor

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Description: A boy on a Milwaukee street is driving a goat cart with an advertisement for Silverstone the tailor. Several on-lookers are watching from the left hand sid...
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Children Sledding

Date: 1975
Description: A winter scene with excited children on a toboggan.
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Sharing a Drink of Water

Date: 07 20 1987
Description: A little girl offers her place at a fountain to a large Newfoundland-mix dog who takes a drink on a hot day.
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Twins Enjoy Suckers

Date: 07 21 1958
Description: Three-year-old twins at an annual twins picnic licking lollipops.
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Winter Basketball

Date: 02 11 1955
Description: A winter scene with boys playing basketball in the snow, with temperatures around 10 below zero.
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Sliding into Second Base

Date: 06 23 1963
Description: Boy hits second base while baseman comes down from catching a high throw.
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Twin Brothers Cheer Chicago White Sox

Date: 07 25 1967
Description: Twin brothers James and Thomas Quinn cheering for the Chicago White Sox at a baseball game.
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Iceboat on Lake

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Description: Group of people with an iceboat on a frozen lake (possibly Lake Michigan).
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St. Josaphat's Church Construction Workers

Date: 1910
Description: Construction workers are posed in front of the partially-built St. Josaphat's Church on scaffolding and wooden steps near large columns. There are two chil...
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Crossing Guard Helping Student

Date: 09 1956
Description: A crossing guard helps a young student to cross the street at a cross walk at Abert and Green Bay streets in Milwaukee. Two cars (one a Chevrolet), have en...
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Swimmers at South Shore Beach

Date: 07 26 1914
Description: A group, mostly youth, on the shores of Lake Michigan at South Shore beach in the Bay View neighborhood. Caption on glass plate reads, "On the Sands, South...
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Fair Housing March

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Description: March for fair housing in Milwaukee. Father James Groppi is on the right.

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