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The First Kindergarten in America

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Description: Artist's rendering of an elevated view of the first kindergarten, with children and a teacher gathered in front of the building. There are inset portraits ...
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Dr. Bruennich Collecting a Swarm

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Description: Dr. K. Bruennich, standing on a step ladder, holding a basket or skep, and with a cigar in his mouth, collecting a swarm of bees from a tree. Germany.
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Beer Barons

Date: 1885
Description: Six prominent German American brewers pose outdoors, seated around a table, for a portrait labeled "The Poterhouse [sic] Club." Well-dressed in suits and h...
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Alma, Hans and Tessa

Date: 1973
Description: Alma Schmidt Petersen, left, poses with her sister, Clara Theresa (Tessa) Schmidt Reese, and brother-in-law Dr. Hans Reese on the shrub-bordered brick driv...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of Unidentified Family

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a European American family sitting and standing outdoors on the lawn in front of a house. The group includes three men, six women...
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German Club Anniversary Party

Date: 04 17 1964
Description: Celebrating the 53rd anniversary of the German Club are left to right, featured speaker, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis); Peter Storch, rural Sun Prair...
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Conrad Seipp

Date: 1875
Description: Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp (1825-1890). He is wearing a suit and vest with bow tie. The collar of the suit coat ha...
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Christoph Hotz

Date: 1880
Description: Vignetted three-quarter head and shoulders studio portrait of Christoph Hotz (1841-1904). He has a full beard and is wearing a suit coat, vest and necktie.
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Madison German Club Anniversary Celebration

Date: 04 17 1964
Description: United States Senator Gaylord Nelson, left, was a featured speaker at the celebration of the fifty-third anniversary of the Madison German club.
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Ernst in Heidelberg

Date: 03 14 1930
Description: Ernst Schmidt, second from left, on a tour of the ruins of Heidelberg Castle with his guide, left, and two unidentified persons. They are standing in the c...
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Goebbels and Lochner

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Description: German Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels and Louis P. Lochner, foreign correspondent, are having a conversation while seated at a table.
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Herman Goering and Louis P. Lochner

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Description: Herman Goering, Louis Lochner and an unidentified man standing in a row indoors in a room with a large window in the background. In the room is stuffed fur...
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Goebbels and Lochner

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Description: German Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels (left) and Louis P. Lochner, foreign correspondent (third from left) sit around a small round table with three o...
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Louis P. Lochner and Nazi Soldiers

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Description: Louis P. Lochner, somewhere in Germany, stands next to a Nazi soldier seated in a piece of artillery. In the background are more soldiers. Lochner is weari...
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Kaltenborn and Hitler

Date: 1932
Description: H.V. Kaltenborn poses next to Adolph Hitler at Berchtesgaden, where Kaltenborn interviewed Hitler.
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German Dinner at the Ark

Date: 08 27 1910
Description: Group portrait of Holt and Wheeler children who are dressed in costumes to resemble young Germans. One boy, sitting on the floor in front, is pretending to...
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Dr. Henry William Abraham

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Description: Vignetted waist-up portrait of Dr. Henry William Abraham, a German immigrant, physician, and president of the Fox River Valley Medical Society.
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Charles Abresch

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Description: Lithographic caricature of a man holding two vehicles, and surrounded by other vehicles and a factory. He is identified as Charles Abresch, a German immigr...
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Meeting with Heinz Ruhnau

Date: 05 1973
Description: Twelve men are seated or standing in a dining room. Caption reads: "Mtg with Heinz Ruhnau, Senator for Internal Affairs of Hamburg."

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