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| Date: | 12 26 1954 |
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| Description: | Triplets blowing out the candles of their birthday cake. |
| Date: | 09 02 1954 |
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| Description: | A group of newly naturalized citizens registering to vote at City Hall. |
| Date: | 07 22 1954 |
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| Description: | A table full of silver dollars where bank workers are preparing them to be sent to American Can Co., a Milwaukee-based company which plans on paying its em... |
| Date: | 09 30 1957 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee Braves outfielder John DeMerit works out at Milwaukee County Stadium in 1957. A rookie in 1957, DeMerit made one appearance in that year's Worl... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Walter J. Keller, vice-president of the Marine National Exchange Bank, at a desk at the bank. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking on downtown street with traffic, in winter. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Unidentified people waiting or conferring, possibly lawyer and clients at a courthouse. |
| Date: | 08 03 1957 |
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| Description: | News portrait of Donald A. Buchanan of Minneapolis. Buchanan, then living at the Rescue Mission in Milwaukee, was overcome by gas while he was trying to re... |
| Date: | 06 05 1958 |
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| Description: | Miss Carmen Shields, 23, Milwaukee entry in the 1958 “Miss Wisconsin” contest, crowned at Pabst Blue Ribbon hall. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Uniformed boys' bugle corps passing along a street in a parade. A group of people watch from the sidewalk across the street. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Illuminated wheel at night, probably at the Wisconsin State Fair, photographed by time exposure so that it appears as a whirl of light. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Three children examining the contents of an apron pouch. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Three men wrapped up in blankets waiting at a stadium box office for tickets to go on sale. The man in the middle is reading a book. The man on the right h... |
| Date: | 03 02 1954 |
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| Description: | Stanley E. Bennett, a First Wisconsin National Bank cashier, listens to the handset while John T. Frymark, a Wisconsin Telephone Company central office for... |
| Date: | 04 27 1956 |
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| Description: | Four women wearing gowns and are gloves. One of the women is handing a gavel to another. Caption reads: "New officers of Emblem Club No. 44 of the Milwauke... |
| Date: | 03 01 1956 |
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| Description: | Two women are posing on the steps outside a building. Both have open books on their laps. Caption reads: "The month of March began on a good note Thursday ... |
| Date: | 01 10 1955 |
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| Description: | Four men standing together and smiling at each other. Two of the men are shaking hands. On the wall behind them is a Christmas card held in place by a smal... |
| Date: | 01 20 1955 |
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| Description: | Four men in tuxedos smiling and talking to each other. Drapes are in the background. Caption reads: "Among others at the dinner were (from left) W.W. Brown... |
| Date: | 11 1958 |
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| Description: | A boy is smiling and looking at the mascot, Smokey the Bear. Caption reads: "Nov. 1958. Smokey the Bear (James Coleman, U.S. Forester) and Thomas Smagalski... |
| Date: | 10 07 1954 |
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| Description: | A woman is smiling while pointing to a tile on a mosaic she is displaying in front of her. Two other mosaics are next to her. The caption reads: "A lecture... |
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