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Property Record

12200 WIRTH ST

Community: Wauwatosa
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: EXTON WRITING SALES
Reference Number: 233280
Photograph

August Krueger Sitting at a Writing Table

Date: 1910
Description: August Krueger is sitting at a writing table writing on a note pad. A bottle of ink is sitting open on the table.
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Writing a Note

Date: 1950
Description: A woman writes a note at a small writing desk in her kitchen.
Drawing

Dad Writing Up The Journal

Date: 1910
Description: Carl's cartoon drawing of himself and Howard ("dad") Greene. Dad is relaxing by a tree smoking a tobacco pipe while Carl is busily writing.
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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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Madge Kennedy at a Writing Desk

Date: 1917
Description: In this scene still for the 1917 Goldwyn production "Baby Mine," Zoie (played by Madge Kennedy) sits at a writing desk and gazes at a photograph of her hus...
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Dad Writes in the Journal

Date: 1909
Description: Howard Greene (center) writing in the Presque Isle River Travel Journal at camp. Howard T. is sitting next to him.
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Man Writing a Medical Prescription

Date: 01 14 1941
Description: Close-up of a man writing a medical prescription for digitalis on a pad labeled: "John J. Doe, M.D. Brovira, Wis."
Poster

20th Annual Creative Writing Contest

Date: 01 08 1971
Description: Poster advertising the 20th Annual Creative Writing Contest, held from February 15-22.
Photograph

Richard Barthelmess Writing

Date: 1917
Description: A water-damaged, thoroughly-retouched publicity still of Richard Barthelmess sitting at a writing desk. It apparently appeared in "Photoplay Magazine" some...
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Dad Makes Notes

Date: 08 1915
Description: Howard Greene ("Dad") sitting on a stool outdoors writing in a notebook.
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Romance Koopman and Bobby Koopman

Date: 06 24 1944
Description: Romance Koopman and her son, Bobby Koopman. She did freelance writing and radio scripts, and was a winner of five national awards for writing. Her mother w...
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Man Writing at Desk

Date: 1930
Description: A man sitting at a desk writing on a tablet. A poster illustrated with cows is hanging on the wall in front of him, reading "World All-American Selections ...
Postcard

American Baptist Assembly; National Christian Writing Center

Date: 1961
Description: Color postcard view of the Writing Center, a stone building with several gables. Text on reverse reads: "This lovely setting is for those desiring a qui...
Manuscript

Seventies Stationery

Date: 1972
Description: Letter from Carol Lampe of Fairfield, Connecticut to Women for a Peaceful Christmas written on colorful stationery with a writing surface in the shape of a...
Photograph

Frame 30: Man Learning to Read and Write

Date: 1964
Description: A man is seated at a desk, writing and smoking a cigarette.
Photograph

Alice E. Smith

Date: 04 01 1973
Description: A candid portrait of Alice E. Smith sitting behind a typewriter. She appears to be sitting on an outdoor patio, and is writing on a pad of paper.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Writing father's biography refreshing, daughter of samuel fallows believes

Date: 1923-12-31
County: Dane
City: Madison
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Besse, Robert

Date: 1922 - ????
County: 
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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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