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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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Sledding

Date: 1925
Description: Herbert Brumder, pipe in mouth, is sitting on a sled with his son Philip George in front of him, and likely his son Herbert Edmund (face obscured) behind h...
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Reunion Luncheon in Milwaukee

Date: 1902
Description: A portrait of a group of women outside on the porch, with a brick wall in the background. They are attending a reunion luncheon in Milwaukee. Lucy Rumsey H...
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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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Mother and Son

Date: 1918
Description: Margaret Bouer (Mrs. Herbert P.) Brumder holding her year-old son, Herbert Edmund Brumder, on her lap as he is reaching towards the family dog sitting on t...
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Sunday on the Porch

Date: 1923
Description: Clifford Frederick Messinger is sitting on a swinging bed with his wife, Gertrude Merker Messinger. He is holding the comics section of a newspaper; Gertru...
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Flower Girl

Date: 1925
Description: A young girl, probably Barbara Brumder, poses on the porch of a brick house. She is wearing a costume with a flower shaped hat with large petals. There a...
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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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Youth Council Delivers Christmas Donations

Date: 12 24 1966
Description: Followed by father James Groppi, their advisor, four members of the Milwaukee Youth Council of the National Association of Colored People (NAACP), are walk...
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St. Mary's Institute

Date: 03 27 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "St. Mary's Institute, St. Francis, Wis." A Catholic School for Girls opened in 1904. It is a three-story building on an elevated foun...
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St. John's Institute for Deaf Mutes

Date: 01 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "A vista, St. John's Institute for Deaf Mutes, St. Francis, Wis." An elevated view of the Institute grounds with buildings, streets an...
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Superindendent's Residence from the Lake

Date: 07 22 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Superintendent's Residence from the Lake, Milwaukee Asylum for the Chronic Insane, Wauwatosa, Wis." A three-story house with a porch...

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