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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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Stock Fair

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of the monthly Stock Fair. The roof of a building is in the left foreground. Horse-drawn wagons line the street, and there is a large buildin...
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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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Snow Blanket

Date: 1955
Description: Footprints on a curved path through fresh snow and trees.
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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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Snowy Sentinels

Date: 1955
Description: A path in Brown Deer Park after a snow storm. Fresh snow is covering the ground and trees.
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Vapor Trails

Date: 08 1955
Description: A dramatic sky behind a silhouette of trees.
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Autumn Hush

Date: 1956
Description: A walking trail in a ravine through the woods.
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Rockbound Shore

Date: 1956
Description: View along a rocky shoreline lined with trees. The stump of a tree is in the foreground.
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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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