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Elevated View of Alley in City

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view from a hill of an alley connecting Park Hill Avenue and Mount Vernon Avenue, looking west from the Interurban Line. There is a person on top ...
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"Speedy Meade" Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Scene still from the Betzwood Film Co. silent film "Speedy Meade," featuring Louis Bennison as Speedy Meade.
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Campaign Buttons

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Description: Seven campaign buttons from three decades. The buttons "Better a Third Termer Than a Third Rater" and "No Man is Good Three Times" refer to Franklin D. Roo...
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View of Toelle Avenue

Date: 1925
Description: View down dirt road running through homes and trees in a neighborhood. A man stands in the road. Text at foot of photograph reads, "Toelle Ave. 138+12 Look...
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Elevated View of Street

Date: 10 30 1925
Description: Elevated view of street through a neighborhood from a railroad embankment. A truck and driver can be seen in the intersection. An elevated bridge is just v...
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Football Field and Bleachers

Date: 1925
Description: View of football field and bleachers from railroad embankment. In the foreground is rubble against a wooden fence. In the middle of the football field a nu...
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View of Dirt Road through Trees

Date: 10 31 1925
Description: View of dirt road running through trees. A man stands in the road. Some homes can barely be seen in the background beyond the trees. Text at foot of photog...
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Group Portrait of War Correspondents in Guam

Date: 04 1945
Description: A group of war correspondents, soldiers and officers pose outdoors on the sand in front of palm trees for a portrait in Guam. Many are holding a beverage a...
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Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz and Staff

Date: 05 1945
Description: Group portrait of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admiral Nimitz is 9th from the left in th...
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Concert for Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz and Staff

Date: 05 1945
Description: An outdoor concert for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admiral Nimitz is 3rd from the right...
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Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz and Staff

Date: 05 1945
Description: The audience laughs or sings at an outdoor concert for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admi...
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10th Anniversary of the Signing of the Social Security Act

Date: 08 14 1945
Description: A large group of federal employees celebrating the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act.

Left to right standing: Evelyn S. Selecma...

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Wisconsinites Pose with Jackie Robinson

Date: 04 1960
Description: Stanley Zuckerman, Lloyd Barbee, Jackie Robinson, and David Obey are photographed as they are having a conversation. Zuckerman holds a cup, spoon and sauce...
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Presenting the Key

Date: 08 20 1964
Description: View of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Washington, standing on the sidewalk in the foreground with their backs to the camera, who were the first tenants of the Lapham P...
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Vel Phillips in Common Council

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Description: Vel Phillips in the Milwaukee Common Council chamber. Also pictured are Arthur Rynders from the Waterworks Department, Lloyd D. Knapp from the Public Works...
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Vel Phillips Greeting Woman

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a coat and fur scarf, is shaking the hand of Golda Meier. There are other unidentified men surrounding the two. In the background is ...
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Vel Phillips Pitching Baseball

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Description: View from behind batter and umpire of Vel Phillips pitching a baseball. She is wearing a Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council sweatshirt. There are three unidenti...
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Wisconsin Goodwill Tour

Date: 09 08 1961
Description: Outdoor group portrait of 22 men with their matching carry-on bags. The men are posed on the gangway and the tarmac in front of an airliner. The airplane i...
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Margaret McGuire and Family

Date: 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire (wearing the crown) and her family, with the photographers, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Obma, posing outdoors on the lawn at the Dodgeville-Mineral...
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Governor Rennebohm in Parade

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Elevated view of Governor Rennebohm, sitting in the front passenger seat of a convertible. He is riding in the parade to honor the first Alice in Dairyland...

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