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Group Posed Sitting on Curb

Date: 1910
Description: A young man and two women are sitting on a curb. Both women are wearing large hats.
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Wedding Party

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a wedding party that includes the bride and groom (center), three bridesmaids, a flower girl, and a ring bearer. A fence and a house ar...
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Wedding Party

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a wedding party on a balcony. The party consists of the bride and groom (center), three bridesmaids, three groomsmen, a flower gi...
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A Young Girl Playing Outside

Date: 1898
Description: A young girl, Helen Phillips, stands in a yard near a fence behind a wooden chair. She reaches though the decorative panels on the back of the chair and gr...
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Syl and Aunt Helen under Willow Tree

Date: 1901
Description: Syl and aunt Helen stand underneath a willow tree. Octagon Cottage is in the background to the right and wildflowers are in the foreground. The edge of the...
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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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Women Officers of the Milwaukee Turners

Date: 1903
Description: Women officers of the Milwaukee Turners. Eight oval portraits are on a decorative hand-painted mat.
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Eydie V. Watts

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Description: Photograph of Eydie V. Watts, member of the Milwaukee City Civil Service Commission. Ms. Watts sits on a chair with her hands clasped. She is wearing a str...
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Ballerinas in a Wooded Glen

Date: 1958
Description: Girls of a visiting ballet company, in costume, posed in a rocky wooded glen along a stream.
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"Miss Wisconsin"

Date: 06 05 1958
Description: Miss Carmen Shields, 23, Milwaukee entry in the 1958 “Miss Wisconsin” contest, crowned at Pabst Blue Ribbon hall.
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Portrait of Laura (Smith) Kaun

Date: 1894
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Laura (Smith) Kaun (1875-1937) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is wearing a dress with ...
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Boss of the Year

Date: 1956
Description: James C. Springer of Cutler-Hammer Manufacturing Co. surrounded by members of the Milwaukee chapter of the National Secretaries' Association who had electe...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog Front and Back Cover

Date: 1885
Description: The front cover features a color illustration of a man and woman relaxing near a lake or river. The woman is sitting on a chair under an umbrella painting ...
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Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland

Date: 08 08 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire receives a lei made of orchids in a ceremony making her the Queen of the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition at the State Fair. The lei was fl...
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Marine Dance

Date: 11 11 1958
Description: A man in uniform and a woman are standing together looking at each other; behind them is a cake on a table with frosting that reads: "U.S. Marines" and has...
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Inside the Mitchell Park Conservatory

Date: 1967
Description: A man and woman are walking along a dirt path near a gazebo. Flowers and trees and bushes are growing inside the horticultural conservatory.
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Debutantes at the Cosmopolitan Club

Date: 01 27 1958
Description: Ten young women in formal gowns are holding bouquets and posing together. Caption reads: "Debutantes were the guests of honor at the 24th annual ball of th...
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21st Annual Cosmopolitan Club Ball

Date: 01 23 1955
Description: A man is reading from a piece of paper, while a man and three women are looking on. Caption reads: "The first debutante to arrive at the 21st annual ball o...
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Korean Women at the Holiday Folk Fair

Date: 1967
Description: Three women in traditional Korean hanbok are riding in the back of a horse-drawn wagon and waving to the photographer.
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Irene Janokuchi

Date: 1967
Description: Irene Janokuchi, the official Holiday Folk Fair hostess, is wearing a white and red Japanese kimono and holding a bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums.

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