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Hattie Taylor and Daughter Tannisse

Date: 1912
Description: Hattie Taylor and daughter Tannisse walk under a Milwaukee park culvert.
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Beach on Lake Michigan

Date: 1939
Description: A beach on Lake Michigan near the Milwaukee Yacht Club. Men, women, and children relax on the beach. In the background many boats are on the water.
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Singer Truck

Date: 1937
Description: A man carrying a box exits the passenger side of an International D-2 panel truck used by the Singer Sewing Machine Company. The text on the box reads: "Si...
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Spheeris Brothers Truck

Date: 09 21 1937
Description: A man opens the rear door of an International truck used by Spheeris Brothers Inc. The original caption reads: "Model D2, 125" W.B. - 6.00 - 16 tires." The...
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Golden Guernsey Dairy Delivery Truck

Date: 1938
Description: A milkman stands inside a Golden Guernsey Dairy delivery truck loading bottles into a carrier. The truck is parked at a curb and a house is in the backgrou...
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Men Testing 15-30 Tractor

Date: 1910
Description: Two men test an International Harvester 15-30 tractor with a plow in a field near the company's Milwaukee Works factory.
Print

Milwaukee Downer College Library

Date: 02 1908
Description: Exterior view of the Greene Memorial Library of Milwaukee-Downer College (now the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee). The image is part of a 14-page pamphl...
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A Park Playground

Date: 1915
Description: Children playing in a park playground, mainly on a large swing set.
Drawing

Ground Level Front View, Miller Park Stadium

Date: 1998
Description: Lynn Sneary's artistic rendering of a ground level front view of Miller Park Stadium.
Photograph

Garages and Evergreens

Date: 1980
Description: Roads and telephone lines intersect at the corner of the block, 4021 North 62nd (Rear).
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Syl in front of Octagon Cottage

Date: 11 1900
Description: Syl standing in front of a octagonal-shaped Gordon Cottage. The edge of the roof has crenelations along it, and a brick chimney is in the middle the roof. ...
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Syl and Aunt Helen under Willow Tree

Date: 1901
Description: Syl and aunt Helen stand underneath a willow tree. Octagon Cottage is in the background to the right and wildflowers are in the foreground. The edge of the...
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Syl and Aunt Helen in Rowboat

Date: 1901
Description: Syl and aunt Helen in a rowboat on the Milwaukee River at Gordon Park. In the background a large bridge crosses the river. On the right the banks of the ri...
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Exterior of Octagon Cottage

Date: 1902
Description: An exterior view of Octagon Cottage. The edge of the roof has crenelations along it, and a brick chimney is in the middle the roof.
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Rowboats in Small Lake

Date: 06 09 1901
Description: View across water of rowboats and canoes on small lake, perhaps Lake Park. On the far shoreline a large crowd is gathered, and on a hill behind them a buil...
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Aunt Helen and Will Shaking Hands

Date: 10 1900
Description: Aunt Helen and Will shaking hands in a clearing near the edge of a small lake at the Garden Place.
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Alice Holloway's Engagement Trip

Date: 1930
Description: Alice Holloway standing in front of a flowering rose bush along the shore of Lake Michigan during a trip to Milwaukee to celebrate her engagement.
Book or Pamphlet

Helicopter Spraying DDT

Date: 04 1968
Description: Helicopter treating elm trees with DDT to kill beetles that carry Dutch Elm Disease.
Photograph

Fighting Dutch Elm Disease

Date: 1974
Description: Two men applying systemic fungicide to an American Elm on a residential street through a gravity-feed.
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Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated, angled view of the facade and right side of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company building. The structure has a set of stone steps that ...

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