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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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School Desegregation Pickets

Date: 1964
Description: A woman and child carry CORE picket signs protesting school segregation.
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Church on Easter Sunday

Date: 04 06 1969
Description: Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street.
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Flying Santa

Date: 11 20 1966
Description: As a crowd of onlookers watch, Santa Claus alights from his special holiday helicopter with the help of an aide at Southgate Shopping Center.
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Kissing Babies

Date: 08 28 1962
Description: At Mitchell Airport, Senator Alexander Wiley greets the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Underborg of Waukesha with a kiss. Mrs. Wiley, holding a bouquet of ...
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Pabst Park Beer Garden

Date: 07 1900
Description: A group of people enjoy a summer day in the Pabst Park beer garden at North 3rd Street and West Garfield Avenue.
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Group of People in front of Building

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Description: Group of people on steps in front of unknown building in Milwaukee. A car is parked on the street.
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Mason Street

Date: 1889
Description: Looking down street toward Lake Michigan, which is visible at the end of the road. The dirt street is lined with trees and houses. On the right stands a...
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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1905
Description: Lake near the home, probably Lake Hincks, which was named after General Edward W. Hincks who was administrator of the Home in the 1870's. The grounds consi...
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Crowd on Street Corner

Date: 1912
Description: A large crowd of women, children, and men standing on sidewalk and curb. They are probably waiting for the trolley. Many of the people are carrying package...
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Carriages at the Milwaukee Journal Building

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Description: Heavy touring carriages unload passengers in front of the Milwaukee Journal newspaper building. A crowd is gathered, along with a few musicians and ...
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Picnic Group

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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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Portrait of J. Robert Taylor Family

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Description: The J. Robert Taylor family. J. Robert Taylor, his wife Alma Reinhardt Taylor, and their three children, Donna, Frederick, and Ellen. They are dressed in c...
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People on Lake Shore

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Description: Men, women, and children sitting and walking on the shore of a lake, possibly Lake Michigan, near a partially constructed pier.
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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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Mother and Children with Sled in Front Yard

Date: 12 25 1910
Description: Winter scene with Alma Reinhardt Taylor and her children (from left) Frederick Taylor, Donna Taylor Adams, and Ellen Taylor Higgins. The children are posi...
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J. Robert Taylor and Family on Porch

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Description: Family posed on the front porch of a home. A wooden sidewalk appears in the foreground of the photograph. J. Robert Taylor appears at the far left of the...
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J. Robert Taylor Family

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Description: Family posed in a line in a yard outside a home. Identified from back: Alma Reinhardt Taylor, Ellen Taylor Higgins, J. Robert Taylor, Donna Taylor Adams, ...
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J. Robert and Alma Taylor

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Description: J. Robert Taylor and his wife, Alma Reinhardt Taylor, photographed in the front yard of a home with three young girls. The youngest girl is holding the han...
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Street Cleaner

Date: 1914
Description: Street cleaner cleaning a street. A man and boy stand on the opposite sidewalk watching. Another street cleaner is on the left. Perhaps in Milwaukee.

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