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Belle Case and Fola La Follette

Date: 1886
Description: Belle Case La Follette posed with her daughter Fola.
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Ott Family

Date: 1919
Description: The extended Ott family posing in front of a woodpile of split and cut wood stacked against a log barn located on the Ott farm. The man is adjusting his gl...
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Ojibwa Wedding

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Description: A large, outdoor, group wedding portrait of group of people posing on a lawn. [name of family to come] The bride is sitting in the center on the ground, wi...
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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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Confirmation Day

Date: 1920
Description: Edward John Brumder, third from left with boutonniere, and his sister, Henrietta Thekla "Pussy" Brumder, wearing a short white dress, posing with other fam...
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Christmas Card

Date: 1965
Description: The inside group portrait and handprinted greeting of a French fold Christmas card from "The Brumders." The well-dressed family is standing and holding han...
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Henriette Brumder Birthday Celebration

Date: 04 02 1921
Description: Henriette Brandhorst Brumder, sitting in the center holding two of her infant grandchildren, posing with family members for a portrait on her 80th birthday...
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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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Sunday on the Porch

Date: 1923
Description: Clifford Frederick Messinger is sitting on a swinging bed with his wife, Gertrude Merker Messinger. He is holding the comics section of a newspaper; Gertru...
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Cousins

Date: 1925
Description: Barbara Brumder, left, posing with her cousins Mary Baldwin Messinger, center, and Joanne Beecher Messinger, right. The girls are wearing similar ethnic Ge...
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Brumder Family on Porch

Date: 1920
Description: Herman Otto Brumder, lower right, holding his niece, Barbara Brumder, at the foot of the front steps at Villa Henrietta, the summer home on Pine Lake built...
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Hernkind Family

Date: 1905
Description: Kate and August Hernkind, sitting, are posing with their seven children outdoors. Daughter Nellie is standing between her parents. The other children are, ...
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The Duffy Family

Date: 10 16 1904
Description: Mary and Thomas Duffy, sitting, are posing outdoors with their five children. Nellie and Thomas are sitting on the ground in front, and daughters (not nece...
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Under the Apple Tree

Date: 05 19 1905
Description: Mae (Margaret) von der Sump is holding a branch of blossoms as she poses with her mother, Bertha, and father Frank under an apple tree in full bloom. There...
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In the Barn

Date: 1910
Description: Eight young men and women posing in a barn. They include Will von der Sump, far left, and his brother Fred, second from right. A dog in front of Fred moved...
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The Young Folk

Date: 1910
Description: A group of well-dressed young adults posing for a portrait near a porch. They include Margaret (Mae) von der Sump, sitting in the center, and standing behi...
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Haas Family

Date: 07 1904
Description: Nine unnamed members of the Haas family posing for an outdoor group portrait. They are joined by three Von der Sump sisters: Leta, sitting on the ground on...
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Group at Fence

Date: 05 14 1904
Description: A group of five women and two men are posing behind a wire fence and shrub. They are, from left, Mae, Will and Hattie von der Sump; Mrs. Salisbury; a woman...
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Group at Ed Kearns

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of seven adults and nine children, including two infants, posing sitting and standing under a tree near the open door of a two-story wood fr...
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Kusick Family

Date: 1905
Description: A man and woman, most likely Valentine and Elizabeth Kusick, are sitting on their porch steps. They are flanked by two men standing on the lawn, and there ...

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