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Samson Passes Away

Date: 11 28 1981
Description: Veterinarians examining Samson, the Milwaukee Zoo's star 32-year-old gorilla, after attempting to revive him after he had collapsed while feeding in the zo...
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Rhudra Gets Surgery

Date: 12 13 1985
Description: Overhead view of Rhudra, an Indian rhinoceros, receiving surgery for a non-healing wound on the sole of his right, rear foot at the Milwaukee County Zoo. T...
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Classroom

Date: 10 06 1971
Description: Early childhood classroom in which two volunteer teachers are instructing children.
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Sleepover

Date: 06 21 1967
Description: Young female children celebrate a sleepover while four girls in bed watch another girl toss a pillow in the air. They are smiling gleefully while the pill...
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Father Reading to Son

Date: 12 28 1981
Description: Father reading "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain to his son.
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Stock Exchange Display

Date: 04 28 1968
Description: A group of businessmen and customers watch a board that displays the stock amounts of the American Stock Exchange in a board room.
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Office Baby

Date: 05 19 1965
Description: Mother brings baby to secretarial job.
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Meeting "Happy Tooth"

Date: 04 24 1989
Description: Children meet "Happy Tooth", a robot sponsored by Colgate toothpaste on a 30-state tour to promote dental hygiene to young school children.
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Double Wedding

Date: 01 17 1980
Description: High school students stage a mock double wedding in their Family Living class.
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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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Woman at Work

Date: 03 24 1969
Description: Young woman at work designing a magazine cover.
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Classroom Cave People

Date: 02 27 1984
Description: A sixth grade class dresses up as cave people to experience the likeness of living in pre-historic times.
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First Graders

Date: 06 01 1989
Description: First graders writing and drawing while lying on the floor.
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Kindergarten Astronauts

Date: 10 11 1968
Description: Kindergarten students wear space helmets they made from buckets as part of a class project designed to interest them in current events. A cardboard "Apollo...
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Information Filing and Storage

Date: 04 17 1964
Description: A clerk checks real estate property information in a vast filing system housed in a vault.
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Book Fair

Date: 04 25 1964
Description: A book sale is held by the Mothers Association of Milwaukee-Downer Seminary.
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Science Project

Date: 02 28 1964
Description: Two young boys work on a science project in a lab room.
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Department Store

Date: 11 30 1966
Description: Sears Roebuck department store interior.
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Bowling

Date: 02 13 1969
Description: The Wonder Bread team, an all-female bowling team getting ready to compete.
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Post Office

Date: 01 13 1968
Description: Post Office workers in mail room.

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