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Published July 21, 2008 at 6:32 p.m.
Category: Milwaukee Buzz
Tags: Milwaukee Daily Photo

Today's daily photo has been posted!

Gertie the Duck lived under the Wisconsin Avenue bridge in the spring of 1945, and made a nest on one of the pilings under the bridge. When she laid eggs in the nest, she began to attract the attention of the locals that crossed the bridge regularly, word began to spread. As World War II was fresh in everyone's memory, Gertie and the nest were a welcome diversion. This sculpture depicts Gertie and her 5 chicks, apparently on a canoe trip. : ) There is also a set of bronze sculptures that depict the ducks on the Riverwalk.

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