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Mr. and Mrs. Leo Dobbs

Date: 08 25 1946
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Leo Dobbs. One was Helene Stratman-Thomas's cousin and well-acquainted with the Yuba musicians.
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Outdoor Group Portrait of the Yuba Band

Date: 08 25 1946
Description: Helene Stratman-Thomas and members of the Yuba band, many of whom had played together for forty years: Otto and Wincil Stanek, clarinet; George McGilvery a...
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Stasia Pokora

Date: 08 29 1946
Description: Stasia Pokora, Executive Secretary of the American Relief for Poland, sang Polish songs, many of which she learned from Polish immigrants who roomed at her...
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Shindig at the Teenbeat Club

Date: 1968
Description: Color advertising photograph of teenagers and members of a rock and roll band gathered in and around an International Scout pickup at the Teenbeat Club own...
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Woman Outside the "Downstairs Room"

Date: 1957
Description: View towards a woman in fancy evening dress speaking with a doorman or chauffeur outside Julius Monk's "Downstairs Room" nightclub. The tailgate of an Inte...
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3688 Tractor with Salesman and Customer Family

Date: 1981
Description: Color photograph of a salesman meeting with a customer's family next to an International Harvester 3688 tractor at a dealership. The photo appears to be st...
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WSP Peace March

Date: 06 1963
Description: Inter-racial demonstration at the second annual conference of Women Strike for Peace (WSP).
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Ed Nixon

Date: 04 1962
Description: Civil rights leader Ed Nixon, and his wife, seated on the front porch of their home.
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Movement Leader Ezekiel Bell

Date: 04 1962
Description: Ezekiel Bell, his wife, and son Frederick posed outside his house. Bell was the chair of the Community Service Committee which was credited with the succe...
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SCEF Conference

Date: 04 1962
Description: Bishop Edgar A Love, chairman of SCEF (Southern Conference Educational Fund) listens while Dorthy Vails, a leader of the Talladega College SNCC engages in ...
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Rutledge Pearson

Date: 1963
Description: Rutledge Pearson (on left), a former baseball player and president of the Jacksonville NAACP, speaking with a woman living on Caroline Lane, the poorest se...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Audience

Date: 07 19 1953
Description: View down the hill at the Madison Soap Box Derby on South Midvale Boulevard during a soap box derby race. One car is visible on the track and a large crowd...
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Women Polishing Truck Tires

Date: 1972
Description: Aileen Baumgardner of Merrillville, Indiana, is looking over the shoulder of Rusty Brda of Schiller Park, Illinois, as she is polishing the chrome discs on...
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Cameo Girls Cleaning Truck

Date: 1972
Description: Four "Cameo Girls," saleswomen for the Cameo Retail Division of Bestline Incorporated, using brooms to sweep snow from a pink-colored International Transta...
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Cameo Girls with Bestline Truck

Date: 1972
Description: Rusty Brda of Schiller Park, Illinois (left) and Aileen Baumgardner of Merrillville, Indiana, "Cameo Girl" saleswomen for Bestline Incorporated, carrying B...
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Anna Mae Davis

Date: 1932
Description: Anna Mae Davis, a Madison attorney, economist, and perennial candidate for attorney general on the Wisconsin Socialist Party ticket. This portrait is from ...
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Livestock in Waukesha Sales Pavilion

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Description: Either an auction or a judged show featuring dairy cattle at the Waukesha Sales Pavilion. Spectators are arranged on three sides of the stage. Poster on th...
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Loading Milk onto International Truck

Date: 1968
Description: Slightly elevated view of men loading milk pails onto the bed of an International pickup truck, while a woman carrying buckets is walking by, accompanied b...
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Westmorland Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1954
Description: Vickie and Tommy Vanderpool take time to enjoy their popsicles during a Fourth of July celebration.
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Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1954
Description: Jane Ostrem and Susan Behnke display their decorated doll buggies in the Maple Bluff Fourth of July parade.

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