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J. Robert Taylor Family on Pier

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Description: J. Robert Taylor's wife, Alma Reinhardt Taylor, and children, Donna Taylor Adams, Ellen Taylor Higgins, and Fred Taylor, posed in bathing suits on a small ...
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J. Robert Taylor and Son

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Description: J. Robert Taylor standing on a lake pier with either his son Frederick or Robert. Both of them are wearing swimming suits, and a boat is underneath the pie...
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Tugboat in Lake

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Description: Elevated view of a tugboat, with possibly a sinking ship in the background.
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Hauling a Boat

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Description: Boys, men, and horses hauling a boat with ropes.
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Milwaukee Riverfront

Date: 1914
Description: A line of buildings with docked boats on the left side of the river.
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Men in Motorboat

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Description: Elevated view of three men riding in a long, narrow motorboat on a lake.
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Sunbathers on the Lake

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Description: Men, women and children soaking up the sun on the beach of a lake (probably Lake Michigan). The children are digging in the sand in the foreground, and the...
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Alma Reinhardt Taylor

Date: 1915
Description: Several people next to a building in a wooded area. Four people are pushing a large wooden bar on a piece of equipment with a rope. Perhaps they are pullin...
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Life Saving Service

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Description: Group of men of the Life Saving Service posing in front of their boat.
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Children in Harbor with Fishing Boats

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Description: Children gathered on fishing boats and piers in a harbor.
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Children in Rowboats on Shoreline

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Description: Along a wooded shoreline, three children (probably J. Robert Taylor's two daughters and son)are in two boats playing. In one boat a young boy in white is ...
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Lake and Boaters Near Railroad Tracks

Date: 1910
Description: Two men walk along railroad tracks near water's edge. Standing on the shoreline are a group of adults and children gathered around boats. Buildings can be...
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Crowd Around Boat

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Description: A crowd has gathered around an open door on a boat from which several men are reaching out and shaking hands with individuals in the crowd.
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Rowboat Race

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Description: Rowboat race with two boats about to go under a bridge. Both of the boats have numbers on the back. Onlookers are standing on the bridge watching the parti...
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Boat in Harbor

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Description: "Conrad Starke" (possibly a tugboat) cruising on the water near a bridge in an industrial area. The waterway is probably connected to Lake Michigan. Three ...
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Downtown River View

Date: 1900
Description: View across river of a boat docked near a building with a sign for Adolph Meinecke & Sons (Manufacturers). In the background is City Hall.
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Fire Boat

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Description: A fire boat is next to a dock with burning objects. Fire fighters on the boat are using high-powered hoses to put out a fire. Smoke and steam fill the back...
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Fire Boat

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Description: View across water towards fire fighters in a boat on the river putting out a fire in a large building. Water sprays from fire hoses from two directions, wi...
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Damaged Christopher Columbus Cruise Vessel

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Description: Large crowd looking at the damaged Christopher Columbus cruise vessel at dock. Constructed in 1893, the Christopher Columbus was the only pas...
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Milwaukee Bathing Beach

Date: 1910
Description: Popular bathing beaches like this one on Lake Michigan offered relief from the heat as well as the opportunity to be seen in the latest fashions of the 191...

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