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John Merker and His Grandmother

Date: 1915
Description: John Merker (1900-1961), dressed in straw hat, bib overalls and a work shirt, is holding a pipe in his left hand. He is wearing a fake beard. His grandmoth...
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Anniversary

Date: 08 07 1946
Description: Outdoor group portrait of members of the Brumder family at the celebration of the forty-fifth wedding anniversary of George Frederick Brumder (1878-1961), ...
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Pine Lake House

Date: 1914
Description: Three-quarter view from road of a wood frame, one and one half story house with a cupola and two tall chimneys. There is a full-length front porch on the m...
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Pine Lake House

Date: 1940
Description: View of George F. Brumder's Pine Lake house, with a screened porch on the far right and enclosed porches left and center. Several of the windows on the upp...
Postcard

Pine Lake House

Date: 1940
Description: Photographic postcard view of a house from the driveway, which slopes down to the two-story wood frame building. Facing the driveway is an entryway which h...
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Deutscher Press Club

Date: 07 1906
Description: An informal group portrait of members of the Milwaukee Deutscher Press Club and others, taken at Villa Henriette (mistakenly labeled "Villa Brumder"), the ...
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House at Pine Lake

Date: 1913
Description: A photographic postcard of Henrietta Brumder's two and one-half story, wood frame summer home at Pine Lake. Henrietta was the widow of Milwaukee publisher ...
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Villa Henrietta

Date: 1895
Description: A view of the lakeside facade of the two and one-half story wood frame house at Villa Henrietta, George Brumder's summer home on Pine Lake. Logs form a ter...
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Villa Henrietta

Date: 1925
Description: The east (lake-facing) side of the Pine Lake summer home of Henrietta Brumder, widow of Milwaukee publisher and businessman George Brumder (1839-1910). The...
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Brumder's Landing

Date: 1925
Description: A view looking east over Pine Lake from the terrace in front of Villa Henrietta, the Brumder family summer home. In the foreground is a boat landing with l...
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Back Porch

Date: 1925
Description: A hand pump and dinner bell flank the screen door of a porch at the Henriette (Mrs. George) Brumder summer home at Pine Lake. The walls of the house are st...
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Entrance Gate

Date: 1895
Description: Tall posts with an overhead sign reading "Villa Henrietta" mark the gated entrance to George Brumder's Pine Lake estate. There is a smaller gate for pedest...
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Motor Car (Double Exposure)

Date: 1905
Description: A double exposure featuring an early runabout automobile in front of the summer home of George Brumder at Pine Lake. Brumder, with cap and beard, is seated...
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Barbara Brumder

Date: 08 30 1922
Description: Barbara Brumder (1918-2017) posing on her fourth birthday with a bouquet of flowers tucked in her right arm. She is holding two packages in her left hand a...
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Bicycle

Date: 1926
Description: Barbara Brumder, daughter of Herbert P. and Margaret Bouer Brumder, is posing standing with a bicycle on the flagstone patio of the family's summer home on...
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Barbara and Dog

Date: 1926
Description: Barbara Brumder, daughter of Herbert P. and Margaret Bouer Brumder, sitting on a garden bench with her arm around a spaniel-type dog.
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New Doll

Date: 08 30 1928
Description: Barbara Brumder, daughter of Herbert P. and Margaret Bouer Brumder, posing standing outdoors holding a large doll, a gift for her tenth birthday. The doll ...
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Going Camping

Date: 1932
Description: Four boys wearing light-colored summer clothes are posing beside a car with camping gear tied above the rear bumper. There is a second car parked ahead of ...
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New Additions

Date: 05 19 1934
Description: A view of the lake-facing side of Herbert P. Brumder's summer residence on Pine Lake. A new room has been added on each side of the existing screened porch...
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Pine Lake Home

Date: 1934
Description: A morning view of the lake-facing east facade of the Herbert P. Brumder summer home. The story and one half shingle style house has a center gable wing wit...

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