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Milwaukee Snowstorm

Date: 1917
Description: Winter scene with a pedestrian holding an umbrella during a snowstorm, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Women in the Rain

Date: 1900
Description: Three women in hats and long skirts walk with umbrellas in the rain.
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Bowling

Date: 02 13 1969
Description: The Wonder Bread team, an all-female bowling team getting ready to compete.
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A White Glove Event

Date: 11 04 1956
Description: Sophomores at Alverno College greet incoming freshmen with an annual tea party.
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Grace Putnam

Date: 12 26 1931
Description: Grace Putnam, executive secretary of the Madison Woman's Club, in the Woman's Building, 240 W. Gilman street.
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Beer on Tap at the Wisconsin State Fair

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Description: Elevated view of employees and patrons gathered around a beer and sandwich concession stand on the midway at the Wisconsin State Fair, where Gettelman On T...
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Group of Motorcycle Enthusiasts

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Description: A group of men and women motorcyclists standing in a semi-circle on the street, with bikes behind them.
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Woman in Feathered Hat

Date: 1915
Description: A woman wearing a large feathered hat is standing and looking down at her shoe which she has rested on a step. She is wearing a split skirt.
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Mother and Daughter in Doorway

Date: 1905
Description: Alma Reinhardt Taylor and her toddler daughter Ellen Taylor Higgins standing in a doorway. Both are wearing long, cool weather coats. The number on the doo...
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Women Pedestrians

Date: 1911
Description: Three women in large hats walking away from two streetcars on a windy day. Other men and women are standing in the background. One of the streetcars has a ...
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Woman Milking Cow

Date: 1939
Description: Mrs. Harvey Schmidt sits on a stool in a barn to milk a cow by hand.
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Gauer and Woman on Tennis Court

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Description: Harold Gauer stands with an unidentified woman in front of a tennis net, both holding tennis racquets.
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Play Director Organizing Game

Date: 1915
Description: A play director wearing a hat and long dress is organizing a game with a group of children, mostly girls wearing dresses, one of which is holding a ball. T...
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Angie Vail in Suit

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Description: Formal portrait of Angie Vail (nee Siajn), taken by Harold Gauer in his Brady Street apartment. On the wall a small American flag is propped on the apartme...
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Portrait of Alice Bedard

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Description: "Formal" full-length portrait of Bedard in the Brady Street "Lab." Harold Gauer states she was, "...a sweet and reserved girl, with no pretense whatsoever....
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Chinchilla Fur Coat

Date: 01 21 1951
Description: The only "let-out" coat made of matched chinchilla fur in existence is modeled by an unidentified woman at a Milwaukee style show.
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WMVS-TV Mobile Unit Filming Roy Rogers and Dale Evans

Date: 1961
Description: The operators of the mobile unit of WMVS-TV, a community station out of Milwaukee Vocational and Adult Schools, film an interview with Roy Rogers and Dale ...
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Dressed to the Nines

Date: 1930
Description: Irene Steinkopf, motion picture editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel, dressed in a floor-length gown for an evening on the town.
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Bartender, Sandra Gaertner

Date: 01 06 1972
Description: Bartender, Sandra Gaertner and her fabulous hair standing behind the bar at Walter's on North Avenue. Two male customers are seated at the bar in the backg...
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Ladies Auxiliary

Date: 1943
Description: The Ladies Auxiliary of the Milwaukee Turners posing indoors. They are wearing dresses. An American flag hangs behind them.

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