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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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Cousins

Date: 1998
Description: Second cousins Valerie Patricia Brumder and Edward John Brumder, Jr. posing, sitting, for an informal portrait in a living room. Both are great-grandchildr...
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Music Room

Date: 1890
Description: An interior view of the music room of the George Brumder home at the corner of Wells and 10th Streets. The room has a high ceiling and is decorated in Vict...
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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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Bookkeeping

Date: 1920
Description: Henriette Brandhorst (Mrs. George) Brumder is sitting in an upholstered wicker chair at a small table writing in a book. There are coins and paper currency...
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Margaret Brumder

Date: 1917
Description: Margaret Bouer (Mrs. Herbert) Brumder (1893-1970) sitting on the arm of an easy chair near the bow window of her home at 2030 E. Lafayette Place. Her left ...
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Christmas Eve

Date: 12 24 1923
Description: A large Christmas tree fills the bay window in the dining room of Herbert P. and Margaret Brumder. There are Christmas gifts arranged around the tree, and ...
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Birthday Boy

Date: 11 22 1923
Description: Philip George Brumder, sitting in a high chair on the left, and his sister Barbara, sitting on the right, watch intently as their mother, Margaret Bouer (M...
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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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Bedroom

Date: 1924
Description: A floor lamp is standing on the left beside a chaise lounge in a bedroom of the George and Henriette Brumder mansion at the corner of Grand (later Wisconsi...
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Christmas Tree

Date: 1924
Description: An electrically lit Christmas tree standing near the bow window in the living room of Herbert and Margaret Brumder, 2030 East Lafayette Place. An abundance...
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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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Christmas 1933

Date: 12 25 1933
Description: The three children of Herbert P. and Margaret Bouer Brumder, from left, Barbara, Herbert E. and Philip, posing standing in the living room of the family ho...
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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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