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| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | A group of children meeting Santa at Gimbels. Decorated Christmas trees are next to his chair. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | N. Jackson Street near Wells Street. Courthouse Square (now Cathedral Square) is in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the harbor and port facilities. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Solvay Coke and Gas Company with railroad train and tracks, smoke billowing upward. The company was opened in 1906 and closed in 1983. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Elevated view down Wells Street from the first Wisconsin National Bank Building. Commerce office on lower left. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | A man is working in a welding shop stick welding on a large bracket. He is wearing a welding helmet and leather gloves. On the left is an air exhaust pipe ... |
| Date: | 07 1952 |
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| Description: | Solvay Coke and Gas Company with railroad train and tracks, smoke billowing upward. The company was opened in 1906 and closed in 1983. |
| Date: | 07 1952 |
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| Description: | Train cars are parked near a tall building with a fire escape. |
| Date: | 09 1952 |
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| Description: | A lens grinder working with specialized equipment in a lab. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Winter scene at Brown Deer Park, a clearing surrounded by pine trees after a heavy snowfall. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Industries along the Milwaukee River, one of which is the Schlitz Brewery. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | New fallen snow on a bank between a chain-link fence and trees in McGovern Park. |
| Date: | 01 1955 |
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| Description: | A small flock of seagulls landing on the surface of the lake. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Snow is mounded on top of pilings on the edge of the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Winter scene at Brown Deer Park of snow-covered pine trees, with a view of a building in the distance between the trees. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A stone barn, tree and another building. The remains of a ladder is leaning against the foundation of the barn. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A man carrying an umbrella is gazing into the display window of Levinger's Antique Shop, Jefferson and East Main Street. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A tense moment in a night baseball game played at the Dorothy Enderis Playground. Two men are standing and watching the game through the chain link fence. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a family and their dog preparing for their descent down the hill on a toboggan. From left to right, Gene Anderson (my uncle), Betsy Marqu... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Sparks are flying as a welder is working on a column. |
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