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Children Poster Display

Date: 05 19 1969
Description: Four children hold up their winning posters for a competition in a class.
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Story Time

Date: 10 17 1963
Description: A librarian reads a children's book aloud to young boys and girls.
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Newborn Chick

Date: 03 19 1963
Description: Eggbert, the baby chick, waits for his siblings to hatch in a home incubator, under the watchful eyes of a young boy and girl.
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Baking Bread for Communion

Date: 09 25 1963
Description: Elevated view of two women, one pulling loaves of bread from the oven and the other glazing crusts in the church kitchen.
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Class in Session

Date: 05 01 1963
Description: A female student leads a class of fellow students. She is a member of the Future Teachers of America Club.
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Newborn

Date: 03 18 1963
Description: Four generations are represented in this portrait of a newborn baby with his mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.
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Weighing In

Date: 06 1958
Description: A little girl watching as a healthcare worker slides the weights along a balance beam scale to measure her weight.
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Child in a Voting Booth

Date: 1958
Description: Mother and small son in voting booth, with the child squatting on the floor and peeking out beneath the curtain.
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Worker at Milwaukee Public Library

Date: 1958
Description: Construction worker at a conference on economic problems at the Milwaukee Public Library. The subject is Albert Pearson.
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Trade Show Home

Date: 04 03 1957
Description: Elevated view of demonstration “ranch” type frame residence under construction within an auditorium, presumably in Milwaukee, for some type of trade show. ...
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Family Style Christmas Dinner

Date: 12 22 1960
Description: Group portrait of several people sitting or standing around a table with a meal displayed on it. All the women, and one man, are folding their hands as if ...
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The Linen Closet

Date: 05 22 1962
Description: One woman is handing folded linens to another woman while they are standing in a large closet. Caption reads: "The linen closet received a thorough going o...
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Policemen Recovering from Knife Wounds

Date: 12 05 1957
Description: A nun is handing a glass to a man in a bed. Another man — who has numerous stitches along the side of his face — is standing next to the bed. Caption reads...
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George Henderson Looking Over Tickets

Date: 10 14 1959
Description: A man is looking at a stack of tickets that are paper clipped together. Behind him, similar stacks are arranged on shelves. Caption reads: "With his bac...
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Rolf Persinger

Date: 06 23 1960
Description: A man is playing a violin at the front of a classroom of students. Caption reads: "Rolf Persinger of the Chicago symphony orchestra worked Thursday with mu...

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