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Men at Soldiers Home

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Description: Several men with suitcases are sitting and standing along the road in front of the Soldiers Home.
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Soldiers Home Exterior

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Description: Exterior view of the Soldiers Home.
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Soldiers Home

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Description: Exterior view of the Soldiers Home.
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Kilbournton House

Date: 1953
Description: Front exterior view of the Kilbournton House in Estabrook Park.
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Building Entrance

Date: 1940
Description: Entrance to large home. Part of porch as well as side of house visible. Curved stairs lead up to the porch. Door flanked by columns with highly detailed c...
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Joseph B. Kalvelage House

Date: 1977
Description: Exterior of house, located at 2432 West Kilbourn Avenue. House has three levels, and is surrounded by trees.
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Kalvelage House

Date: 1977
Description: 2432 West Kilbourn Avenue. Exterior detail of terra cotta figures of bearded men on the front porch columns.
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Alexander Mitchell House

Date: 1900
Description: House at Ninth Street and Grand Avenue. A large lawn is in the foreground. The main building is centered with a tower on the left corner. Separate build...
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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1910
Description: Hospital Buildings. Designed in 1879 by H.C. Koch, a local architect, the hospital plans were based upon the "pavilion system" then popular in certain part...
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Alexander Stewart House

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Description: View of Stewart house from the northwest. Building has two front doors, with a porch over the one on the right.
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People Sitting in Car Drinking Beer

Date: 1916
Description: Three people sitting in the back seat of a parked car drinking beer and other beverages in glasses. The building behind them is the Otto Sprenger Millersvi...
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Portico with Classical Columns

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Description: Side view of portico with classical columns on front of a mansion.
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Bracken Brae, John Johnston's Country Home

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Description: Bracken Brae, country home of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker.
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Walter Vail Johnston Family

Date: 1933
Description: Walter Vail Johnston, far left, and his wife June Crandall Johnston, second from left, posing with their six children in front of their large house on Dean...
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George F. Brumder Residence

Date: 1930
Description: View across street towards an automobile parked in front of the George F. Brumder residence, which was built in 1910 on the corner of Grand (now Wisconsin)...
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George Brumder Home

Date: 1892
Description: View across lawn, covered partially with snow, towards the Grand Avenue (later Wisconsin Avenue) facade of the George Brumder home at the corner of 18th St...
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George Brumder Home

Date: 1892
Description: View across lawn, covered partially with snow, towards the 18th Street side of the George Brumder mansion on Grand (later Wisconsin) Avenue. The three-stor...
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Brumder House

Date: 1890
Description: A view of the west (10th Street) facade of the two-story brick Italianate house at the northeast corner with Wells Street, purchased by George Brumder in 1...
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Wedding Preparations

Date: 07 1917
Description: In preparation for the supper to celebrate the wedding of Gertrude Merker and Clifford F. Messinger, tables with tablecloths and chairs have been placed in...
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Villa Henrietta

Date: 1910
Description: Garden phlox bloom in the yard of Villa Henrietta, the summer home of George and Henriette Brumder. A sidewalk leads up a slope to the Pine Lake-facing (ea...

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