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Office or Study

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Description: An office or study, most likely belonging to Harold Gauer, with three framed pictures hanging over a desk, of Robert Bloch, one-time Milwaukee mayoral cand...
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Interior of Bradley Residence

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Description: Interior view of a room in the Bradley house, including paintings, a globe, fine furniture, a bookcase, and a large, ornate mirror over the fireplace.
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Funny Papers and Alvin Steinkopf

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Description: Still wearing his pajamas, "Milwaukee Sentinel" editor Alvin Steinkopf reads the newspaper. The popular comic strip, "Gasoline Alley," can be seen on the ...
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Library in the Home of John Johnston

Date: 1900
Description: Library in the home of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker, located at 645 Franklin Place, also known as "The Lion House." The dining ...
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Living Room

Date: 1890
Description: A view of the southwest corner of the living room of the George Brumder house at the corner of 10th and Wells Streets. An ornate Victorian etagere stands b...
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Floral Tributes

Date: 04 1924
Description: Multiple bouquets and other flower arrangements fill the entry hall of the George and Henriette Brumder mansion at the corner of Grand (later Wisconsin) Av...
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Music Room

Date: 1924
Description: A sculpted bust of George Brumder (1839-1910) is sitting on a grand piano near a bay window in the Brumder mansion at the corner of Grand (later Wisconsin)...
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Parlor

Date: 1924
Description: A parlor or sitting room, with a view into a small room beyond a doorway, probably in the tower of the George and Henriette Brumder mansion at the corner o...
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Christmas 1929

Date: 12 1929
Description: The three children of Herbert P. and Margaret Bouer Brumder, from left, Herbert E., Philip (partially obscured), and Barbara are playing with their Christm...
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Philip with Banjo

Date: 1929
Description: Philip George Brumder posing with a banjo, sitting in an easy chair in the living room of the family home at 2030 East Lafayette Place. There is sheet musi...
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Christmas Tree 1939

Date: 12 24 1939
Description: Wrapped gifts are piled on furniture and in a "Commodore" wagon in the Herbert P. Brumder residence at 2030 Lafayette Place. There is a tall lighted Chris...
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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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