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Family Greeting

Date: 1905
Description: Mary E. (Mrs. Joseph) Smith, third from right, with family members on the porch, wave as two men at the bottom of the steps doff their hats.
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Women Decorating Monument

Date: 1905
Description: Women placing floral garlands on a monument to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller. The women are wearing decorative hats.
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Downer College Graduation

Date: 1908
Description: Outdoor group portrait of women graduating from Downer College standing in front of a vine covered wall. The woman are wearing long white dresses with high...
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Sweeping Porch

Date: 1909
Description: Woman sweeping snow off a porch. She is wearing a dress and apron.
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Hattie Taylor and Daughter Tannisse

Date: 1912
Description: Hattie Taylor and daughter Tannisse walk under a Milwaukee park culvert.
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Wading in Lake Michigan

Date: 1912
Description: Three women and a child are wading at the Lake Park shoreline. The women are identified as Hattie Taylor and friends, and the child as Tannisse Taylor.
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Downtown Milwaukee

Date: 1912
Description: Street cars and busy pedestrian traffic mingle in this view of the 200 West Water Street block in downtown Milwaukee.
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Street Gathering

Date: 1914
Description: Five men stand on a city street surrounded by onlookers, perhaps a parade or some other public event. Two of the men in the street are carrying photography...
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Woman Adjusts Motorcycle

Date: 1915
Description: A woman adjusts her motorcycle in the middle of a street. A motorcycle is parked next to her.
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Group of People in Farmyard

Date: 1917
Description: A group of people under a tree in a farmyard, with possibly a lake in the background. Two women, with heavy netting on their hats, hold luggage. A toddler ...
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X-Ray Machine

Date: 1926
Description: A group of women and children surround a woman who is standing on an X-Ray machine (fluoroscope) to determine if her shoes fit. A man on the right is opera...
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Production Line Worker

Date: 1935
Description: A woman factory worker sorting parts at Globe Union Manufacturing Company, maker of batteries, radio apparatus, and spark plugs.
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Lakefront Walkway

Date: 1939
Description: Visitors of Milwaukee's sixth annual Midsummer Festival. Men and women walk on the lakefront walkways.
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Parishioners Outside New Fellowship Church of God

Date: 1939
Description: Parishioners gather at the entrance outside New Fellowship Church of God In Christ at North Eighth Street.
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Employees at a Snack Bar

Date: 1948
Description: Group portrait of four snack bar employees, one woman and four men, standing behind a counter. Behind them are shelves with a display of candy in boxes. S...
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Women Assembling Valentine Decoration

Date: 1960
Description: Two women are assembling a large paper valentine decoration. One woman stands on a ladder in front of a fireplace working on the top of the decoration, whi...
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Church on Easter Sunday

Date: 04 06 1969
Description: Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street.
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Women Ice Skating

Date: 
Description: Three women wearing large hats ice skating together on a pond.
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Crowd on Bleachers

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Description: Crowd of men and women on grandstand bleachers watching a sporting event.
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Woman Holding Fish

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Description: Alma Reinhardt Taylor, the photographer's wife, holding a large-mouth bass.

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