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Class on Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Date: 12 06 1967
Description: Instructor teaching the harmful effects of smoking, drinking alcohol, and using drugs.
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Deep Freeze

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Description: Icicles and a layer of frosty ice cover parked cars.
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Farm Plow

Date: 04 10 1935
Description: Two horses pull a spring tooth harrow. The farmer plans to plant barley.
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Joe McCarthy and Admirers

Date: 12 11 1951
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy greets admirers at a Republican Party dinner that honored him.
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Joe McCarthy and Tape Recorder

Date: 12 11 1951
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy prepares to play a tape recording at a dinner honoring him. McCarthy said the tape caught Harry Bridges speaking about plotting ...
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Joe McCarthy at Milwaukee Tribute

Date: 12 11 1951
Description: Head table at a dinner that honored Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, behind which is a large portrait of him. Senator McCarthy is second from the right. Over 25...
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Joe McCarthy's Milwaukee Tribute

Date: 12 11 1951
Description: Elevated view of a crowd gathered for a dinner that honored Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. Behind the elevated head table is a large portrait of the Senator.
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Eisenhower and Joe McCarthy

Date: 10 03 1952
Description: Presidential candidate Dwight Eisenhower and Wisconsin Senator Joseph R. McCarthy together on the rear car of the "Eisenhower Special." The location of thi...
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Gorillas Samson and Sambo Adoptive Birthday Party

Date: 10 05 1955
Description: Children and adults gathered in front of the gorilla cages at the Washington Park Zoo to celebrate the fifth adoptive birthday party for Samson and Sambo. ...
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Children at Milwaukee County Zoo

Date: 10 15 1955
Description: Children leaning against a fence at the fifth adoptive birthday party for Samson and Sambo at the Washington Park Zoo. Several of the children are drinking...
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Jones Island

Date: 1961
Description: Shoreline of Lake Michigan. This is mainly a commercial fishing community, and some of the Lake Michigan ferry boats dock here. A pole with a lifesaving ri...
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Gaylord Nelson Campaigning at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 08 20 1958
Description: Gaylord Nelson campaigning at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Gaylord Nelson Campaigning at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 08 20 1958
Description: A straw hatted fairgoer from Oshkosh clutched Republican leaflets as he tried to straighten out State Senator Gaylord Nelson on world affairs. Nelson, Demo...
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Man Sitting on a Tree Trunk

Date: 1957
Description: Louis Pierron, age 89, sitting on the trunk of a large elm tree which had recently been cut down at Green Bay Avenue and West Good Hope Road.
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Summer Construction

Date: 08 17 1958
Description: Building for a new “supermarket” food and household necessities store, under construction on the outskirts of the Milwaukee area. In the background is a ba...
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Sleeping Beauty

Date: 10 1959
Description: A young girl peeks from behind a Sleeping Beauty mask that is part of her Halloween costume.
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Employees at a Snack Bar

Date: 1948
Description: Group portrait of four snack bar employees, one woman and four men, standing behind a counter. Behind them are shelves with a display of candy in boxes. S...
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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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Hasn't Missed an Election

Date: 11 08 1966
Description: An older woman and a younger woman talking in front of a voting machine. Caption reads: "HASN'T MISSED AN ELECTION — Mrs. Mary Sturm, 71, of 820 E. Ogden a...
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United Bavarian Society Winter Festival Concert

Date: 02 10 1957
Description: A man playing a two-necked contraguitar while another man is playing a zither. Caption reads: "A bass guitar and zither were played by Hans Glieber ...

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