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Reverend Richard Kiefer Plays Bingo

Date: 08 06 1934
Description: Reverend Richard Kiefer of Sacred Heart monastery in Hales Corners, Wisconsin, joins in the bingo competition at a Catholic picnic, as women and children a...
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George D. Van Dyke

Date: 12 11 1936
Description: Waist-up portrait of George D. Van Dyke, Milwaukee attorney.
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Curtiss-Wright Field

Date: 03 17 1931
Description: A scene at Curtiss-Wright Field in Milwaukee. Pictured are Arthur D. Gaspar, a Waukesha funeral director, and Paul Trier, the pilot of the Curtiss Thrush. ...
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Deep Rock Service Station

Date: 1938
Description: View across street towards Harry Rodin's service station at the intersection of North 7th and West Galena. People are standing at the corner near the bus s...
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WD-40 Bull Gear on Assembly Line

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: Factory worker assembles bull gear for a WD-40 tractor on an assembly line at Milwaukee Works. Photograph taken by Don Jones.
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Diesel Engine Cylinder Hardness Demonstration

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: An employee using a file to demonstrate the hardness of a diesel engine cylinder at Milwaukee Works (factory). Photograph taken by Don Jones.
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J. Robert Taylor with Camera

Date: 1936
Description: J. Robert Taylor standing in the middle of a street, holding a large camera. On the left, a car is driving by, and a person is walking on the sidewalk in t...
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Divers Testing New Breathing Mixture in a Revolutionary Dive Suit

Date: 1937
Description: John Craig, Max Gene Nohl (seated in the dive suit), Dr. Edgar End and a fourth unknown person looking in. The location is the Milwaukee County Emergency H...
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E.J. Leiser, Superintendent of Milwaukee Works

Date: 01 1936
Description: Original caption reads: "E.J. Leiser, superintendent of Milwaukee Works. Starting as an office clerk in 1905 and transferring to shop work two years later....
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Max Wellington Babb

Date: 1936
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Max Wellington Babb, Milwaukee manufacturer.
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George Van Ingram Brown

Date: 02 12 1937
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of George Van Ingram Brown, Milwaukee plastic surgeon.
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Rezeau Blanchard Brown

Date: 12 02 1936
Description: Waist-up seated portrait of Rezeau Blanchard Brown, Milwaukee public utility executive.
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William Wheeler Coleman

Date: 12 04 1936
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of William Wheeler Coleman, Milwaukee mechanical engineer.
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Charles J. Dexter

Date: 11 28 1936
Description: Waist-up seated studio portrait of Charles J. Dexter, Milwaukee grocer.
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Curtis A. Evans

Date: 12 07 1936
Description: Three-quarter length seated studio portrait of Curtis A. Evans, Milwaukee surgeon.
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John Welton Fisher

Date: 02 17 1937
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of John Welton Fisher, Milwaukee medical director.
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Edwin A. Gallun

Date: 03 24 1937
Description: Waist-up seated studio portrait of Edwin A. Gallun, Milwaukee tanner.
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John Gilbert Hardgrove

Date: 12 08 1936
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of John Gilbert Hardgrove, Milwaukee lawyer.
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H. Harnischfeger

Date: 11 30 1936
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of H. Harnischfeger, Milwaukee manufacturer.
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Carl Herzfeld

Date: 03 24 1937
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Carl Herzfeld, Milwaukee department store head.

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