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Americanization Pageant

Date: 05 18 1919
Description: Scene from Poale Zion Chasidim, an Americanization pageant held in the Milwaukee auditorium to welcome Milwaukee's new citizens.
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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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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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Last Reunion of Cheneys

Date: 1905
Description: Jim Cheney, with a full beard, is sitting next to his wife Mary, left, surrounded by men, women and children, some sitting on rugs spread on the lawn in fr...
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Cheney Family Reunion

Date: 1905
Description: An outdoor group portrait of the extended family of Jim and Mary Cheney. Jim, with long beard, is sitting in the center with his wife, Mary (holding a youn...

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