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| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Main entrance and east facade. This was the third of seven institutions built throughout the country in the decades... |
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| Description: | Milt Polland wearing eyeglasses and a bow tie sits at a cluttered desk with framed photographs visible on the wall in the background. Gauer worked for Poll... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Women and children visit soldiers at Camp Harvey. A long building with other people on a long porch is in the background. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Several boys are posing with stacks of bound periodicals. An American flag is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Boys of Riverside High School, Milwaukee, ... |
| Date: | 11 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Uptown Post #400 Drill Team in formation firing a salute on Armistice Day while passers-by pause to pay their respects. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Female factory workers machining parts for cream separators and International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. An original caption identifies them as "Milwauke... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Ferrotype studio portrait of a musical trio in front of a painted backdrop. One man on the right sits holding a guitar, a man stands in the middle holding ... |
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| Description: | Male employees of Falk pose for a group portrait outside of the factory. Original Falk caption reads, "Centennial historical photos of old negative which c... |
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| Description: | Three Falk employees stand inside of the Falk factory. Around them are various steel beams, machines, and tools. Original Falk caption reads, "Centennial h... |
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| Description: | Five Falk employees stand inside the foundry. They stand among various gears and machinery. In the background, two more employees are visible. Original Fal... |
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| Description: | Several Falk employees at work in the machine shop where nearly each man attends to a piece of machinery. Original Falk caption reads, "Centennial historic... |
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| Description: | Several male employees gather in the factory. Gears and other machinery is visible. Original Falk caption reads, "Centennial historical photos of old negat... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Vignetted head and shoulders portrait of Esther (Sauer) Getts (1926- ) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Historical Museum has a set of pajamas a... |
| Date: | 12 11 1951 |
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| Description: | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy prepares to play a tape recording at a dinner honoring him. McCarthy said the tape caught Harry Bridges speaking about plotting ... |
| Date: | 10 06 1918 |
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| Description: | Crowd gathering in Kosciusko Park to celebrate the first anniversary of the formation of the Polish Army in France. Caption on glass plate reads: "Celebrat... |
| Date: | 09 20 1943 |
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| Description: | Drawing submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "A Sturdy, Timely Toy For Your Youngster. General Jeep." Features a drawing of four... |
| Date: | 06 18 1956 |
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| Description: | Ten women and two men posing on the airstair to a plane. Several of the people are waving. The airstair has a Capital Airlines logo. Caption reads: "The... |
| Date: | 10 02 1917 |
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| Description: | Carte du jour Meatless Tuesday menu from the Hotel Wisconsin, with the hotel's logo, a badger standing over the letter "W." |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring an illustration of a soldier on a horse in a field under the title "Peace and... |
| Date: | 09 03 1945 |
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| Description: | Workers and soldiers marched together in Milwaukee's first Labor Day parade in many years, sponsored by the CIO, to demonstrate the common interest of all ... |
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