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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | John Kaminski (who can barely be seen here in his Lincoln Beachey checkered cap), his mechanic, and onlookers attempting to ready his Curtiss pusher for fl... |
| Date: | 11 20 1966 |
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| Description: | As a crowd of onlookers watch, Santa Claus alights from his special holiday helicopter with the help of an aide at Southgate Shopping Center. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Fruits and Vegetables Building at the Wisconsin State Fair, showing the dining room and the tables decorated with lavish floral displa... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | North Water Street with City Hall in the background. Numerous horse-drawn vehicles are driving along the street and parked along the curbs, and pedestrians... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | A Milwaukee billboard advertising a lecture by Earl Browder, general secretary of the Communist Party-USA. The sign reads "Win the War Rally! Earl Browder,... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Washington Monument on Grand Avenue with a streetcar coming up the street in the background. Caption reads: "Washington Monument on Grand Ave., Milwaukee." |
| Date: | 05 01 1938 |
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| Description: | The Wisconsin Worker's Alliance May Day parade float. The float has three workers on it with tools and signs read "Roosevelt's Recovery Program: Never More... |
| Date: | 05 01 1938 |
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| Description: | Side view of a car parked at curb decorated to participate in the May Day parade. The car has two large megaphones mounted on top and a banner that reads, ... |
| Date: | 05 01 1938 |
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| Description: | May Day parade with a closeup of a "memorial" float for company unions. A man leans on the parked float. The float features a faux grave and the gravestone... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Inside of the People's Bookstore. Bookshelves, counters and cabinets of leftist books. Some titles are visible including Battle for Asia, Women i... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Storefront of the People's Bookstore showing a Lincoln and Jefferson display. An awning is over the adjacent smoke shop on the left, and on the exterior wa... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View from street of Willms home, 2025 S. 31st Street, Milwaukee. Home of Kunigunde (Dorn) Willms (1857-1941) and her daughters Anna (b. 1881) and Emma (189... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Bottle label for Blatz Red Star Ginger Ale. The label features the Blatz logo at the ... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Cranberry exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair. The display features crates of cranberries, a section of cranberry bog, cranberry products, and signs promot... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | William Behnke selling out after 60 years as the neighborhood grocer at North Avenue and 29th Street. There are four people behind the counter, and custome... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Part of a white pine blister rust exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair, including a cross section of a white pine tree. |
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