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| Date: | 06 05 1956 |
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| Description: | A woman is modeling a dress with a shawl and a train. Behind her women are sitting at tables watching her go by. Caption reads: A dress worn by actress ... |
| Date: | 11 24 1954 |
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| Description: | Two young women are holding up four sketches of dresses. Caption reads: "Modest formal dresses were sketched in a contest for pupils of Milwaukee Ca... |
| Date: | 01 23 1955 |
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| Description: | Close-up of small metal rings next to a machine. Caption reads: "The tiny rings popping out of this machine at a rapid clip are silver brazing parts... |
| Date: | 04 07 1960 |
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| Description: | A man is working on a metal horn on a lathe. Several similar horns are stacked behind him. Caption reads: "A cornet slowly takes shape on a lathe at... |
| Date: | 10 16 1982 |
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| Description: | View through a doorway towrads three women sitting and standing at a table. A child and other people are sitting nearby. Caption reads: "Miss Barbara Ch... |
| Date: | 02 26 1957 |
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| Description: | Three musicians are on a stage; an audience is in the background. One man in the foreground is playing the drums, another man is playing a tenor saxophone,... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a farm in mid-winter. Snow blankets the ground and some of the buildings. An orchard is in the foreground. |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of cars, trucks, and buses in a traffic jam. A sign is on the right for Rocco's, under a neon sign to "Drink Blatz Beer." |
| Date: | 05 30 1965 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a white shirt and pants is holding the arms of a woman who is wearing a white robe and spreading her arms out. They are both standing knee de... |
| Date: | 01 16 1962 |
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| Description: | Three students at folk fair. One student is sitting at a table slicing bread, with a student standing next to her who is holding a sausage on a plate. A th... |
| Date: | 03 28 1978 |
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| Description: | A woman is pushing a stroller with an infant in it while holding clothes wrapped in plastic. She is walking down a brick paved corridor near a storefront d... |
| Date: | 04 09 1968 |
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| Description: | A man and woman are standing and looking at a water fountain with an abstract art sculpture in it. Caption reads: "Visions of decorations dance in t... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Two African American men smiling while holding a poster. The poster includes a drawing of two smiling police officers and the text: "Milwaukee Policemen ar... |
| Date: | 11 09 1960 |
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| Description: | A uniformed police officer is sitting in a folding chair and moving pieces on a chessboard. Caption reads: "On duty Tuesday at the voting place in t... |
| Date: | 01 05 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of two people breaking ice with an ax and an ice breaking pole [a gaff?]; other people in the background are standing in a boat pushing poles... |
| Date: | 05 19 1954 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of several people sitting around a table with papers in front of them. Caption reads: "Meeting of City Police and Fire Commission. 7... |
| Date: | 10 24 1954 |
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| Description: | A woman and three children appear to be speaking in unison. In the foreground, another woman is gesturing and pointing to a piece of paper. Caption reads: ... |
| Date: | 11 24 1951 |
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| Description: | Duke Ellington is knotting his necktie in a mirror prior to a performance at the Milwaukee Arena. |
| Date: | 05 09 1952 |
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| Description: | Duke Ellington at the piano during a performance with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. The bassist is likely Joe Benjamin, and the drummer is Louie Bellson. O... |
| Date: | 12 24 1966 |
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| Description: | Followed by father James Groppi, their advisor, four members of the Milwaukee Youth Council of the National Association of Colored People (NAACP), are walk... |
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