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| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Middle-aged woman seated at an outdoor table with refreshments. She is wearing a hat made out of newspaper. The occasion is a card party arranged for older... |
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| Description: | Wine list menu for The Black Steer, with a waiter holding a serving tray with a bottle and two glasses, and making an "okay" motion with his other hand; in... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | One-page card menu with red borders for club breakfasts at the Hotel Wisconsin. Features the silhouette of a waitress holding a tray with a steaming coffee... |
| Date: | 02 22 1901 |
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| Description: | Front cover and middle pages from the annual banquet of the Old Settlers' Club. The front cover includes a circular portrait of club president A.G. Weisser... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of students in a home economics kitchen classroom at Roosevelt Junior High. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | William R. "Bill" Kinney (1912-1978; second from left) and friends enjoy a beer at the Miller Brewery. Bill and his brother Howard Kinney owned the White F... |
| Date: | 01 25 1958 |
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| Description: | Wedding cake with topper of two bells and a bow at the wedding reception of Mary (Kustermann) Esser (b. 1934) and J. Thomas Esser (b. 1934). |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of four snack bar employees, one woman and four men, standing behind a counter. Behind them are shelves with a display of candy in boxes. S... |
| Date: | 12 22 1960 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of several people sitting or standing around a table with a meal displayed on it. All the women, and one man, are folding their hands as if ... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" journalists sitting at tables. From left to right: Rick Wood, Dan Bice, Patrick Marley, Mary Spicuzza, and Craig Gilbert are w... |
| Date: | 05 26 1958 |
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| Description: | A boy in a Boy Scouts uniform for Milwaukee County Council 406 is sitting on a camp stool and peeling carrots. Caption reads: "Peeling carrots was unexciti... |
| Date: | 12 04 1963 |
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| Description: | Two girls are focusing on cutting a piece of lace. Caption reads: "Junior homemakers are intent with their work, making Christmas stockings. Delores Taylor... |
| Date: | 09 04 1967 |
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| Description: | A family posing together indoors; the father is bouncing a young girl standing on his knees. Caption reads: "Mrs. Alan S. Smith and her two sons watched as... |
| Date: | 08 27 1989 |
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| Description: | A man is sitting on his sofa, watching his son write a card. Caption reads: "Joe Gofoe said he and his son Elton, 5, were 'big boys' and could handle the f... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | A group of smiling children posing with three adults. They are standing behind a table covered with baked goods, and Christmas decorations are on the wall ... |
| Date: | 11 21 1967 |
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| Description: | A woman is carving a turkey, which is on a table full of many dishes. Several children are sitting and looking on from behind their desks. Caption reads: "... |
| Date: | 03 13 1979 |
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| Description: | A woman is leaning out over the top of a double-hung window in order to wash the window exterior with rags. Caption reads: "Monday brought temperatures tha... |
| Date: | 02 17 1981 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of a man hanging clothes on a clothesline, while holding a clothespin in his mouth. Snow is on the ground. Caption reads: "LIFE IS A BREEZE —... |
| Date: | 03 08 1958 |
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| Description: | A boy is smiling and sitting up in a bed. He has one hand on a bedside table. On the table is a tray with a bowl of cereal, a mug, a glass, and a plate wit... |
| Date: | 11 28 1957 |
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| Description: | A man wearing an alb and chasuble is blessing a collection of canned goods on an altar. Caption reads: "Canned food collected for the St. John's Home for A... |
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