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| Description: | J. Robert Taylor, the first photographer for the Milwaukee Journal, poses in a formal portrait, standing with his pipe. He wears a cravat style tie ... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of William H. Canfield (1819-1913), a Wisconsin civil engineer and surveyor who is best known for his studies of Sauk County's nat... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Professor Davenport Fisher (1832-1911), Milwaukee chemist. After earning his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Heidelberg Unive... |
| Date: | 10 01 1938 |
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| Description: | Taylor is relaxing, sitting in a chair tilted back, and smoking his pipe and reading his paper in front of an open heater. A kerchief is covering his head.... |
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| Description: | Self-portrait of the photographer sitting on a table near a wall wearing a hat and holding a newspaper and pipe. |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of William George Bruce, Milwaukee editor and publisher. |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Humphrey J. Desmond, Milwaukee lawyer, editor, and publisher. |
| Date: | 10 29 1913 |
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| Description: | Waist-up seated studio portrait of Phillip Gross, Milwaukee company president. He has a newspaper in his lap. |
| Date: | 09 23 1913 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Ellis Baker Usher, Milwaukee publisher and editor. |
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| Description: | Portrait of Gauer at typewriter in the Brady Street "Lab. A similar one was taken of Bloch, then one was reversed and printed together to show Bloch and Ga... |
| Date: | 01 26 1952 |
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| Description: | Jean Henriksen, a Madison Capital Times librarian, poses as the queen of the Wisconsin Press Photographers Association at the group's meeting in Milwaukee. |
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| Description: | Still wearing his pajamas, "Milwaukee Sentinel" editor Alvin Steinkopf reads the newspaper. The popular comic strip, "Gasoline Alley," can be seen on the ... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Schlitz Park Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with halftone views of the park gateway and a two-story open-air pavilion with an overlook,... |
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| Description: | Photograph of Eydie V. Watts, member of the Milwaukee City Civil Service Commssion. Ms. Watts sits at her desk in an office. She is wearing a dress or blou... |
| Date: | 03 1965 |
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| Description: | The caption with this photograph reads: "Dr. Walter Peterson (right), professor of history at Lawrence University, Appleton, with F. Gerald Ham, Wisconsin ... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | A page titled: "Photos from the Family Album" announces the election of William G. Brumder (1901-1976) as President and Chairman of the Board of First Wisc... |
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