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Bowlers at Milwaukee Auditorium

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Description: An audience watches bowlers at Milwaukee Auditorium. There is a Statue of Liberty replica in the seating area.
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Germania Statue

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Description: A statue of a woman is shown in storage after being removed from the Germania Building.
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Circus Parade

Date: 06 1963
Description: A Sauk County traffic police vehicle leads a line of circus wagons through past two church buildings during a parade originating at Circus World Museum in ...
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Home of John Johnston

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view from street of home of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker, located at 645 Franklin Place, also known as "The Lion House...
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Young Sculptor

Date: 05 13 1968
Description: Thurman Butler, 16, with the sculpture he made while practicing cutting and welding techniques in a foundry course at Milwaukee Technical college. He calle...
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Lief Eriksson Statue

Date: 09 1900
Description: View of a statue in Juneau Park, created by American sculptor Anne Whitney in 1887. The statue is a replica of the original which resides in Boston, Massac...
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Solomon Juneau Statue

Date: 09 1900
Description: View of the Solomon Juneau statue in Juneau Park, erected in 1890.
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Grand Avenue

Date: 09 1900
Description: View down Grand Avenue. Near a streetcar is the city's Civil War memorial, erected in 1898 by John Conway.
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Grand Avenue

Date: 09 1900
Description: View down Grand Avenue. A streetcar and a horse-drawn wagon are coming up the avenue. There are monuments in the median.
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J.C. Iversen & Co. Store — 425 East Water Street #826

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Description: Elevated stereograph of J.C. Iversen and Company on the west side of Water Street (north of Grand Avenue). Other stores include: Adam Koch Restaurant and Q...
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Sid with Clay Model of Sambo

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Description: Sid posing with a clay model of Sambo, one of the Milwaukee County Zoo's gorillas during the 1950s. Sid is wearing a suit and has a cigar in his mouth. Beh...
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Tejumola F. Ologboni

Date: 06 13 1987
Description: A man is grimacing while working on what appears to be an Egyptian stone sculpture. Caption reads: "Tejumola F. Ologboni attached the beard to a figure on ...
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King Gambrinus

Date: 1967
Description: Men in white jumpsuits are steadying a statue of King Gambrinus on a parade float at the Holiday Folk Fair. A line of men and women in various ethnic cloth...
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Standing with King Gambrinus

Date: 1967
Description: A man wearing Medieval European clothing is gesturing towards a statue of King Gambrinus on a parade float at the Holiday Folk Fair. Two boys, in matching ...
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Circus Wagon

Date: 07 04 1969
Description: A mother and a daughter are looking at a gold colored statue on a circus wagon during Old Milwaukee Days. The statue depicts Cinderella sitting in a chair ...
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Willie Klopfenstein: Skier At Work

Date: 01 13 1959
Description: A man is leaning over a large sculpture of a woman and carving it. He is wearing a beret, a scarf, and a workshirt. Several other sculptures — all apparent...
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Milwaukee Public School Student Art Display

Date: 03 08 1983
Description: Two room divider panels are displaying several works of art. Framed between the two panels is a man standing on the other side of the panels. Caption reads...
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Queen Maryann Kromrey

Date: 12 29 1955
Description: A woman in a formal gown is sitting and smiling, and holding a corsage. A statue of the Virgin Mary is standing on a table next to her. Caption reads: "The...
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Fireplace

Date: 1893
Description: An atlas, left, and caryatid flank the fireplace in the dining room of the George Brumder residence at the corner of Grand (later Wisconsin) Avenue and 18t...
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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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