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Crime Scene Investigation

Date: 05 11 1955
Description: Chalk lines in the foreground mark the spot where White Elephant Bar owner was shot. Police and detectives conferred in the background after assembling inv...
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Woman with Blender

Date: 03 18 1955
Description: Woman stirring the contents of an Osterizer blender that is sitting on the stove.
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Stock Exchange Display

Date: 04 28 1968
Description: A group of businessmen and customers watch a board that displays the stock amounts of the American Stock Exchange in a board room.
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Office Baby

Date: 05 19 1965
Description: Mother brings baby to secretarial job.
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Badwater Bill and His Burro

Date: 03 16 1963
Description: "The eyes of the guests popped, but room clerk Frank R. Witte, 1133 E Knapp Street, took it in stride Friday afternoon when Badwater Bill, accompanied by h...
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Elmer the Bull

Date: 1951
Description: Elmer, "husband" of Elsie the Cow, advertising mascot of the Borden Company, is shown with a young woman as he was being readied for participation as one o...
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Bloch at Desk with Cigarette

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Description: Robert Bloch sitting at a large desk with a cigarette in a cigarette holder in his left hand. Behind him is a carved fireplace and elaborate paneled walls.
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Henry Reuss Behind Grocery Register

Date: 1952
Description: A campaign picture of Democrat Henry Reuss wearing a suit, addressing constituents working at a grocery store. This was likely taken in 1952 while Reuss wa...
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Price Control Broadcast, WRJN

Date: 08 18 1946
Description: Pro price-control broadcast at WRJN. A woman and two men stand encircling a microphone holding scripts. A clock is on the wall behind them and a piano [?] ...
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Eisenhower Jewelry

Date: 09 12 1956
Description: A few pieces of "Ike" jewelry were modeled by Mrs. Russell Buck, Jr., of Fox Point. She worked at the headquarters of the Wisconsin Citizens for Eisenhower...
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Man with Gilt Edge Liberty Furnace

Date: 1920
Description: A man holding a cigar stands near a Gilt Edge Liberty furnace. The R.J. Schwab and Sons Co. in Milwaukee sold Liberty and Pipeless furnaces for over fifty ...
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Elizabeth S. Jaques Upham

Date: 05 21 1850
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Elizabeth S. Jaques Upham (1815-1883), wife of Don A.J. Upham, Milwaukee Lawyer. The portrait is a three-fourths figure, hea...
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Vel Phillips at Common Council Desk

Date: 1971
Description: Rear view of Vel Phillips sitting at her desk in the Milwaukee Common Council chamber. Other unidentified council members are sitting at their desks. The m...
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Adam Davis

Date: 06 28 1967
Description: View across desk towards a man talking on a telephone and writing in a notebook. Caption reads: "Adam Davis, who is an insurance salesman, represents the g...
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Nylon Christmas Tree

Date: 12 12 1965
Description: Portrait of a girl wearing a red top, black pants and pink slippers holding a Santa doll while sitting on the carpet in front of a white nylon Christmas tr...
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Audichron

Date: 03 02 1954
Description: Stanley E. Bennett, a First Wisconsin National Bank cashier, listens to the handset while John T. Frymark, a Wisconsin Telephone Company central office for...
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Kurtis Froedtert

Date: 1915
Description: View of a man sitting behind a desk in a richly decorated office. He is holding a pipe and a Froedtert Service market report. Kurtis Froedtert was head of ...
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Cantor in City

Date: 08 30 1929
Description: A boy is standing and posing wearing a tallit and a kashket, as well as a robe, tie, and wristwatch. Caption reads: "Cantor in City. A 13-year-old cantor w...
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E.J. Brumder Jr.

Date: 1975
Description: Edward John Brumder Jr. is casually reclining in a contemporary style leather and chrome easy chair in his apartment in Juneau Village. He is barefoot, and...
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Toastmasters International

Date: 04 06 1955
Description: A man in the center is standing behind a sign for Toastmasters International with one hand raised up. Two other men are sitting and looking at pocket watch...

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