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Horse-Drawn Trolley

Date: 1890
Description: Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising...
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Franz Peters, Labor Day Parade Marshall

Date: 1900
Description: Franz Peters, Milwaukee Labor Day Parade Marshall, mounted on a horse on a neighborhood street. He is holding Freemason insignia in his right hand. Located...
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Sulky Race Track

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of a horse racing track and spectators. Sulkies, which are two-wheeled, one-person carriages drawn by a single horse, are racing. The race ...
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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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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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Beach on Lake Michigan

Date: 1939
Description: A beach on Lake Michigan near the Milwaukee Yacht Club. Men, women, and children relax on the beach. In the background many boats are on the water.
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Park at Night

Date: 1950
Description: A snowy walking trail in a park, through the trees, in the snow by moonlight.
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Washington Park Lagoon

Date: 1950
Description: View of people fishing and boating in Washington Park Lagoon. Three boys are fishing with long bamboo poles from the bank on the left, and two boys are in ...
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Kelly Kids at Gimbels

Date: 1951
Description: A group of children meeting Santa at Gimbels. Decorated Christmas trees are next to his chair.
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St. John's Cathedral

Date: 1951
Description: N. Jackson Street near Wells Street. Courthouse Square (now Cathedral Square) is in the foreground.
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New Snow

Date: 1954
Description: Winter scene at Brown Deer Park, a clearing surrounded by pine trees after a heavy snowfall.
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February Fresco

Date: 1955
Description: New fallen snow on a bank between a chain-link fence and trees in McGovern Park.
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Winterset

Date: 1956
Description: Winter scene at Brown Deer Park of snow-covered pine trees, with a view of a building in the distance between the trees.
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Breach of Time

Date: 1956
Description: A stone barn, tree and another building. The remains of a ladder is leaning against the foundation of the barn.
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This Happy Breed

Date: 1956
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...
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Boat Slip

Date: 1963
Description: Boats moored at a boat slip. In the foreground is a bench near a concrete wall over which rope is hanging in loops.
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Spring

Date: 1964
Description: A boy, seen from back right side, is walking towards an athletic field with his both arms holding a bat across his shoulders.
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Tracks to the City

Date: 1965
Description: Elevated view of two railroad lines curving towards the city in the distance. A speeder, a mini maintenance car, is on the left hand track. A gantry is ove...
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Independence Day

Date: 06 1968
Description: An older gentleman with a handlebar mustache is handing out American flags to Cub Scouts. Several Scouts are drinking bottles of soda pop.
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Children Sledding

Date: 1975
Description: A winter scene with excited children on a toboggan.

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