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Property Record

12200 WIRTH ST

Community: Wauwatosa
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: EXTON WRITING SALES
Reference Number: 233280
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Woman Writing at Desk

Date: 05 03 1944
Description: Woman sitting at a writing desk at Estella's. She is facing a bright window which has a window seat.
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Gauer and Bloch Working Outdoors

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Description: Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch sit on chairs outside in a backyard writing on sheets of paper. A liquor bottle sits on the table between them.
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First Graders

Date: 06 01 1989
Description: First graders writing and drawing while lying on the floor.
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Adam Davis

Date: 06 28 1967
Description: View across desk towards a man talking on a telephone and writing in a notebook. Caption reads: "Adam Davis, who is an insurance salesman, represents the g...
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Diamond Ink Company Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Diamond Ink Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with product images of a bottle of writing fluid and a jar of alpha paste with an attached wat...
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Wisconsin Bank Note and Lithographing Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wisconsin Bank Note and Lithographing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a child writing on a tablet and perching on a banner bearing ...
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Media Research Center

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View looking down at a journalist from MRC-TV sitting behind a table writing notes on a yellow legal pad. Next to him is a video camera and a microphone. A...
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Wisconsin Street

Date: 1910
Description: Wisconsin Street looking west from the Post Office. Some text also written in German. Identifies in pencil writing the location of the Pfister Hotel, the W...
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Vel and W. Dale Phillips Working in Law Office

Date: 01 1958
Description: Vel Phillips sitting at a desk writing on a legal pad. Looking on is her husband W. Dale Phillips.
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Vel Phillips and Two Women

Date: 1971
Description: Vel Phillips sitting at her desk in the Milwaukee Common Council chamber. She is writing on a piece of paper. Seated next to her are two unidentified women...
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A. Whittemore & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of A. Whittemore & Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, bookseller, stationer, and manufacturer of blank books of various types. In the center is a ...
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Gaylord Nelson Signing Autographs

Date: 1974
Description: Senator Gaylord Nelson signs an autograph for an admiring voter at an agricultural conference.
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Corporal Daisy Berry

Date: 1957
Description: A woman in military uniform is sitting at a desk writing in a notepad. Caption on back reads: "Cpl Daisy Berry, Milwaukee, Wisc., a member of the 7871st Tr...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

The Wisconsin Chief

Date: 09 19 1860
Description: Front page of The Wisconsin Chief.
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Pritzlaff Hardware Letterhead

Date: 1900
Description: Invoice of the John Pritzlaff Hardware Company of Milwaukee with an engraved illustration of the company warehouse.
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Covering the Debates

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View over man's shoulder as he is editing and recording footage of the Republican presidential debates on his computer, with his smart phone and two large ...
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Electric Company Strike Negotiations

Date: 12 30 1966
Description: Three men are sitting together at a table. The man in the middle appears to be writing on a document, while the man on his right is talking to him. Caption...
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Public Health Clinic, Town of Lake

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Description: Two men are checking children with stethoscopes, another man is looking into a girl's mouth, and two women are writing in notepads. Other women and many ch...
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Milwaukee City Hall Letterhead

Date: 1900
Description: Letterhead stationery of David S. Rose, the mayor of Milwaukee, showing an engraving of Milwaukee City Hall.

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