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| Date: | 07 04 1931 |
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| Description: | Front of dinner menu for the "North American" for the season. Gives rates for cruises on the "North American" or "South American" between Chicago, Illinois... |
| Date: | 09 06 1934 |
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| Description: | Two sales clerks dressed as sailors standing beside the ship S.S. Kraft filled with Kraft and Miracle Whip salad dressing products. The display is in Frank... |
| Date: | 09 09 1930 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the East Side Businessman's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival at the Four Lakes Ordnance Building, 2810-2822 Atwood Avenue. |
| Date: | 08 15 1930 |
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| Description: | Chevrolet automobile advertising the Chevrolet Six Economy Drivers' contest with "Test your driving skills, economy drivers' contest, $75 in cash prizes, f... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Page five of the playbill for performances of The Cradle Will Rock at the Windsor Theatre. The page credits Blitzstein, Orson Welles, and three of the cast... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Page eleven of the playbill for the performances of The Cradle Will Rock at the Windsor Theatre. Page eleven includes more of the cast list and an advertis... |
| Read about the German born man who made an indelible mark on the history of Milwaukee with his creation of the Pabst Brewing Company. |
| Industrial Designer |
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| Learn more about this Milwaukeean whose life's work greatly influenced the field of industrial design and the art of salesmanship. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A hand-drawn and hand-painted design for an emerald ring, top and side views, labelled No. 1, with a handwritten note "This is Mrs. Falk choice [remainder ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | An art deco-influenced design for an emerald ring, showing a top and side view, hand-drawn and painted on tissue and mounted on a card. A note says "For Mr... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A drawing of a design for a necklace with a large faceted blue stone hanging from a chain with circular and rectangular links. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A colored drawing, on tissue, of a design for a brooch featuring a large, faceted blue stone in the center, with smaller blue cabochons at the corners. Sma... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored drawing on tissue, in a cardboard mount, of a design for a brooch in the form of a flower on a stem with two leaves. The flower is represented... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored drawing for an oval brooch featuring three round, dark grey cabochons, in an intricate setting featuring multiple black and coral colored ston... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored drawing on green tissue mounted on blue cardboard, of a design for a brooch in the form of a round spider web with a fly trapped on it. The bo... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored drawing on green cardboard of a design for a floral bracelet. Pearls form the center of flowers set in rectangular links of openwork textured ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored drawing on green tissue mounted on blue cardboard depicting a design for an Art Deco bracelet. There are large circular links of a smooth blac... |
| Date: | 04 01 1938 |
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| Description: | A series of three hand-colored drawings on grey cardboard for a selection of earring designs, labeled "1.- B," "2.- B" and "3.- B," depicted on an ear lobe... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored drawing on beige tissue mounted on green cardboard, of a design for a pendant. A large, tear drop shaped smooth red stone hangs from a short c... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored drawing on green tissue of a design for a pendant featuring a large faceted yellow stone. The elongated setting features a foliate design at e... |
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