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Kissing Babies

Date: 08 28 1962
Description: At Mitchell Airport, Senator Alexander Wiley greets the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Underborg of Waukesha with a kiss. Mrs. Wiley, holding a bouquet of ...
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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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Flora van Brink Hony Bader (nee Melkman) in Backyard

Date: 1956
Description: Flora van Brink Hony Bader (nee Melkman) in backyard of her home on Farwell Avenue.
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Two Women in Cab of International Model G Truck

Date: 1918
Description: Two women sitting in the cab of an International model "G" truck parked next to a curb. The bed of the truck holds baskets, and a shovel. Written on the si...
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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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Alice Holloway's Engagement Trip

Date: 1930
Description: Alice Holloway standing in front of a flowering rose bush along the shore of Lake Michigan during a trip to Milwaukee to celebrate her engagement.
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Grand Avenue

Date: 09 1900
Description: View down Grand Avenue. Near a streetcar is the city's Civil War memorial, erected in 1898 by John Conway.
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Lily Pond

Date: 1900
Description: View of a lily pond in Mitchell Park. A man is working among the plants along the shoreline in the middle background.
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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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Frederick Layton in a Garden

Date: 1914
Description: Frederick Layton gave this hand-colored photograph of himself in his garden on Marshall Street to his niece Elizabeth Layton Fowle on August 8, 1914. He di...
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Bernice Lindsay with Street Sign

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Bernice Lindsay posing with the street sign named after her. Part of the N. Lindsay Street Dedication ceremony. She is wearing a coat and a hat. Three unid...
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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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Olivia Townsend

Date: 10 02 1960
Description: A woman is holding the handle of an unidentified gardening tool and posing in her yard. Caption reads: "Winning one of six plaques for yard beautification ...
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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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Brumder Burial

Date: 05 1910
Description: Floral tributes, including wreaths and a cross, form a large display at the base of the obelisk marking the Brumder family plot in Forest Home Cemetery. O...
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Floral Spray on Doorway

Date: 04 1924
Description: A floral spray with large ribbon hangs on the left door of the front entry of the George and Henriette Brumder mansion at the corner of Grand (later Wiscon...

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