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Beer and Sweet Corn

Date: 08 24 1968
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kress, dressed in lederhosen, enjoy beer and sweet corn at the Mid-summer Festival.
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Steelworkers Costume Party Winners

Date: 11 08 1947
Description: Prize winners at a costume dance sponsored by Local 1114, United Steelworkers of America (Harnischfeger Corporation).
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Man and Mermaid

Date: 08 21 1963
Description: Couple poses behind carnival cutout of a sailor and mermaid.
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Hungarian Wheat Festival

Date: 08 09 1942
Description: Two couples in Hungarian costumes, one man holding a scythe (kasza), admiring a sheaf of wheat in a wheat field. The twig tied to the scythe in a triangle ...
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Breaking Up a Fake Fight

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Description: Angie Vail and Alice Bedard pose in an attempt to break up a staged fight between Robert Vail and Sprague Vonier, while Harold Gauer lies on the ground und...
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Couple in Costume

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Description: Max and Ruth Distenfeld stand under a stairway at a costume party. Max is wearing a hat made of newspaper and a badge that reads committee, while Ruth is w...
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Costume Party

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Description: Gauer and friends in costume at a party. In the back row from left to right are Angie Vail, Ruth Distenfeld, Bob Vail, Mary Jo Vonier, Harold Gauer, Ruth C...
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Showing Off In Costume

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Description: A mildly risqué party scene with (from left to right) Alice Bedard, Robert Vail, unidentified, Robert Bloch, and Angie Vail, all in various costumes. Strea...
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Dancing at a Bowlers Dinner Dance

Date: 04 24 1948
Description: A man and a woman dance together at the Lithographers Intercity Bowling Dinner Dance. She is wearing a large tag that says "ALA 'Windy' Ill. 48" and he is ...
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Gustav and Kunigunde Willms

Date: 1880
Description: Studio wedding portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Gustav Willms (c. 1854-1917) and Kunigunde (Dorn) Willms (1857-1941) in their wedding outfits. Ku...
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The Gargoyle Menu

Date: 09 13 1911
Description: Middle front outer panel and tri-fold menu from The Gargoyle, with a gargoyle sitting atop the framed illustration of the entryway of the restaurant and a ...
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Souvenir Menu for Dinner for Kletzsch, Ott, and Kremer

Date: 10 08 1914
Description: Interior pages of the souvenir menu for a dinner given by Mr. Edward A. Uhrig to Mr. Alvin P. Kletzsch, Mr. Emil H. Ott, and Mr. Waldemar Kremer at Republi...
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Wedding of Mildred Ormsby and Harrison Green in a Church

Date: 06 16 1897
Description: Overview of the wedding ceremony of Mildred Ormsby (1872-1964) and Harrison S. Green, an attorney, at the St. James Episcopal Church, Milwaukee, on the aft...

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