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Grand Avenue

Date: 09 1900
Description: View down Grand Avenue. A streetcar and a horse-drawn wagon are coming up the avenue. There are monuments in the median.
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Lily Pond

Date: 1900
Description: View of a lily pond in Mitchell Park. A man is working among the plants along the shoreline in the middle background.
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Crowds at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1900
Description: Crowds gather at games and other attractions at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Bernice Lindsay Under Sign

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Bernice Lindsay is standing under a new reflected street name sign in her honor. She is wearing a coat, a hat, and a broach. Beside her is a fire hydrant. ...
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Vel Phillips Introduces Bernice Lindsay

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips is in a dress on a podium. She is next to Bernice Lindsay, who is wearing a coat and a hat. Behind them is Reverend Lovell Johnson, who is wea...
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Martin Schreiber Addressing Group

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Alderman Martin E. Schreiber, President of the Milwaukee Common Council, is on a podium wearing a suit. On the left is Vel Phillips who is wearing a dress....
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Vel Phillips Addressing Group

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: 6th Ward Milwaukee Alderman Vel Phillips is wearing a dress and standing on a podium. To the right are Bernice Lindsay and Reverend Lovell Johnson standing...
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Vel Phillips and News Media

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips is on a podium wearing a dress. To the left are two members of the media holding recording equipment who are documenting the N Lindsay Street ...
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Lovell Johnson Addresses Group

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Reverend Lovell Johnson of St. Marks African Methodist Episcopal Church is on a podium in a coat and hat. On her right are Vel Phillips and Bernice Lindsay...
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Clinging to Windowsills

Date: 01 1883
Description: Photograph of an engraved image showing people clinging to a windowsill on the Newhall House attempting to escape the burning building. One woman in the fo...
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At the Morgue

Date: 01 1883
Description: Engraving showing people attempting to locate loved ones among the bodies recovered from the Newhall House fire.
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Anti-Police Violence Protest

Date: 1975
Description: Protestors marching in protest of police violence.
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Worker at Pfister & Vogel Tannery

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Description: Man working with leather at Pfister and Vogel tannery.
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Lester Carr

Date: 1890
Description: A light-colored horse is hitched to a small buggy driven by Lester Carr. Carr is wearing a hat and has a lap robe across his legs. The buggy is stopped on ...
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Brumder House

Date: 1890
Description: A view of the south (Wells Street) side of the two-story brick Italianate house at the corner of 10th Street purchased by George Brumder in 1882. An uniden...
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Isaac Coggs with Police Poster

Date: 1965
Description: Two African American men smiling while holding a poster. The poster includes a drawing of two smiling police officers and the text: "Milwaukee Policemen ar...

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