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Women Ice Skating

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Description: Three women wearing large hats ice skating together on a pond.
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Man and Woman Looking at Car Engine

Date: 1920
Description: A man and woman are looking under the hood of a car in front of a business whose sign states, "The car that is seen and not heard. The car you will eventua...
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Two Women with Potted Flowers

Date: 11 26 1944
Description: Two women in an alcove filled with potted flowers and plants. The older woman is sitting and the other woman, wearing a fur coat, is standing behind her.
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Young Woman on Steps of House

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Description: Portrait of a young woman leaning against the back corner of a house while standing on the steps. She is wearing a fur coat.
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William Reckmeyer

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of William Reckmeyer, Milwaukee furrier.
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Ethelinda (Thorsen) Johnston

Date: 1895
Description: Cabinet card portrait of Ethelinda (Thorsen) Johnston (1856-1947), wife of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker. She is wearing a seal ...
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Group of Men and Women

Date: 1908
Description: Group of well-dressed men and women wearing hats posing outdoors standing in a line, probably on a street in Milwaukee. Possibly a group of convention dele...
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Wisconsin Beekeepers Association

Date: 1921
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin Beekeepers Association at the Wisconsin Markets Expo.
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Two Elderly Women in Fur

Date: 1963
Description: Two elderly women at a reception at the Pabst Theater.
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Mrs. Alexander Mitchell

Date: 1880
Description: Cabinet card of a full-length studio portrait of Mrs. Alexander Mitchell standing in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a floor-length dark-colore...
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Grace Hayman Fowle

Date: 02 1893
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Grace Hayman Fowle. She is wearing gloves, and a fur-trimmed cloak over a flower printed and ruffled dress. Grace was the ...
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Waiting in the Spin Room

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Two reporters are sitting and waiting on a small stage in the spin room for the nominees to emerge from the Republican presidential debate. They are lookin...
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Paula Uihlein

Date: 03 26 1962
Description: A woman in the foreground on the right is speaking to a man and another woman; the top of an opened bottle of champagne is between the group. Caption reads...
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Audience for a Beauty Pageant

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Description: Formally dressed audience members are watching a beauty pageant in a smoky beer hall. The men are wearing suits with ties; the women are wearing dresses an...
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Carriage

Date: 1890
Description: A team of two horses is harnessed to a highly polished carriage with a side lamp. The driver is holding a long whip and is wearing a top hat, winter coat a...
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Richard F. Redfield in Costume

Date: 01 24 1958
Description: A man is posing in a leather fringed costume and fur cap, with what appears to be a fake beard. He is holding two dead animals up in his right hand. Two ot...
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Christmas 1939

Date: 12 1939
Description: Barbara Brumder, wearing a fur coat, poses sitting in a chair flanked by her brothers, Philip, left, and Herbert E. They are the children of Herbert P. and...
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Margaret and Children

Date: 1921
Description: Margaret Bouer (Mrs. Herbert P.) Brumder posing outside the family house at 2030 East Lafayette Place with her two older children, Barbara, left, and Herbe...

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