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| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Fundraising booth of the United Temperance Movement of Wisconsin at the Wisconsin State Fair. At that booth one could purchase soft drinks, milk, and "fir... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A studio portrait of Alma and J. Robert Taylor. Alma is sitting in a chair holding a sock to be darned, while putting her hand over J. Robert's mouth. He i... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Portrait of the photographer J. Robert Taylor sitting at a table smoking a pipe and possibly woodworking. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | The J. Robert family posed around baby Fred in a high chair with his first birthday cake. Family members are identified from left as Ellen Taylor Higgins,... |
| Date: | 04 11 1969 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Lloyd Knox demonstrating the technique of making spoon bread. |
| Date: | 11 23 1955 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Kenneth Jothen, Mrs. Hart Sorum, and Mrs. Gordon Steldt making sanbakalese, or sand tarts, a Norwegian dessert for the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Exterior of two-story house with brick work on front corner. There is an enclosed patio extending from the house towards the front drive. A street lamp is ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Two freshly built two-story houses in a clearing with trees. Both have small, covered back patios. There are no driveways or shrubbery in place yet. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Exterior of a freshly built two-story house located at 293 East Orchard Court. The house has a covered patio. There is no driveway in place yet, and a fres... |
| Date: | 05 13 1939 |
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| Description: | A hobby show with quilts hanging on the wall, as well as tables with other crafted goods in a room with a high ceiling. |
| Date: | 05 13 1939 |
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| Description: | Wooden tables and other crafts on display at a craft show in a room with a high ceiling. |
| Date: | 05 13 1939 |
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| Description: | A hobby show with quilts hanging from the wall. Rugs are draped over radiators. There are also bedside tables, lamps, a bookshelf, and a rocking chair. A s... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | A small backyard garden is in the foreground near what appears to be a house. Men are working next to two trucks and a crane in the background. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Wildflowers next to the side yard and the front steps of a house. |
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| Description: | A man tilling soil on a farm with a tractor. Houses and trees are visible in the background. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Women and men preparing hot dogs in crock pots at a booth at the Civilian Defense Rally. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of backyard areas, including some dilapidated houses and outbuildings. There are wood fences surrounding some of the yards, and laundry hangs... |
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| Description: | Milwaukee mayoral candidate (and future mayor) Carl Zeidler in election photograph sitting at kitchen table with a woman and two young children. There is a... |
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| Description: | An unidentified man, child, and woman sit around a kitchen table eating "Corn Reekies." |
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| Description: | Principals at the "Mid-Summer Festival." Festival was the precursor of what would become Summerfest. The gang went to the festival to "blow off steam" afte... |
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