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People on Sled

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Description: Elevated view of a group of people posing on and around horse-drawn sleds. There is a man on the porch of the building in the background.
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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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Crossing Guard Helping Student

Date: 09 1956
Description: A crossing guard helps a young student to cross the street at a cross walk at Abert and Green Bay streets in Milwaukee. Two cars (one a Chevrolet), have en...
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Women's Marching Band

Date: 1878
Description: Elevated view of the women's marching band from John Wanamaker Commercial Institute performing, with children walking beside them and standing on the side ...
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Boy in Buggy Pulled by Miniature Horse with Parrot and Dog

Date: 10 1906
Description: A boy dressed in a light suit and dark socks is sitting in a buggy pulled by a miniature horse. In the boy's arm is a small dog, and a parrot is perched on...
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Ojibwa Roadside Park Picnic

Date: 1940
Description: A group of people having a picnic at the Ojibwa Roadside Park. There are several cars and trucks in the background, and a small building. The picnic tables...
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Neighborhood Scene

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Description: Outdoor view across lawn toward a European American woman posing standing on the porch of a wooden house. A girl is posing sitting on a wagon behind a wood...
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People Near Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Two men, a woman, and two boys are standing in the foreground in front of a Lawson Air Liner. Part of the word "LAWSON" is painted on the underside of the ...
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Truck at Fairgrounds

Date: 06 19 1925
Description: Line drawing of a truck at a fairground. A delivery man is carrying a case of soft drinks, and a boy is standing on the left and watching him. In the backg...
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Rain on a Dreary Winter Day

Date: 12 03 1953
Description: Three shoppers and two youngsters showing how you lean "left to buck the wind" when you cross Monona Avenue at the Capitol Square.
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Female Railway Station Master

Date: 1914
Description: "The wife must stand in for her husband." A female railway station master in Germany.
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Train and Depot Guards

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Description: Duties of the Turkish Landsturm (reservists). Train and depot guards.
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Work Day

Date: 05 18 1989
Description: Two boys are sitting and standing next to a four-wheel utility vehicle that is hauling a cart of hay. They are facing a woman standing on the right who is ...
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The Stroh Family on the Islander Steam Launch

Date: 1904
Description: View from shoreline towards a group of children and adults sitting in the Islander steam launch at the Island Lodge pier on Archibald Lake. The Stro...
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Setting Off For a Picnic

Date: 1905
Description: View towards shoreline of Archibald Lake where a group of five people, three women, one man, and one child, is getting ready for a picnic. Two rowboats are...
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Portrait of a Baby Lillian Wheeler

Date: 1907
Description: Baby Lillian Wheeler, wearing a dress, is standing on a pile of lumber with support from her mother Anna (Holt) Wheeler. Lillian's brother Gordon Wheeler, ...
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Lakewood Train Station

Date: 09 15 1909
Description: A group of women and children are waiting at the Lakewood Train Station. A young boy, with his hand shading his eyes, is standing next to the train station...
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Tub Race

Date: 09 02 1913
Description: Sitting in galvanized wash tubs with their legs in the water, three girls are ready for the race on Archibald Lake. Jeannette Holt is in the middle, flanke...
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Boating Trios on Archibald Lake by the Boathouse

Date: 09 02 1913
Description: Elevated view from shoreline towards a group of nine people sitting in three rowboats on Archibald Lake near the boathouse on the left. Several of the boat...
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Log Steps Up to the Horse-Drawn Wagon

Date: 1918
Description: Juliet Rumsey Stroh is standing on a step leading up to the horse-drawn wagon, and three boys are standing on the top log step. A man and a woman are sitti...

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