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Jack Johnson at Auto Race

Date: 10 02 1912
Description: African American heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson, drove up to Milwaukee from his home in Chicago to watch the Vanderbilt Cup race on October 2, 1...
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Booker T. Washington with Dick and Jenk Lloyd Jones

Date: 04 1914
Description: Booker T. Washington stands flanked by Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones (left) and Jenkin Lloyd Jones (right) near the shore of a Madison lake. Washington, desc...
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Men on Street near Puddle

Date: 1905
Description: Men standing around a puddle alongside a road near a small snowbank. One man is bending down near the puddle with a hammer in his hand. Signs for beer are ...
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Community Gathering

Date: 05 1924
Description: View of an outdoor gathering of an African American community.
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Booker T. Washington

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Description: A man thought to be Booker T. Washington speaks to a crowd of people from the porch of a building.
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Carson Gulley and Louie Shepard Cooking Out

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Description: Carson Gulley and Louie Shepard cooking out along the Wisconsin River at Prairie du Sac.
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Indian Ford Dam

Date: 06 1938
Description: View across water on a sunny day, where many anglers are fishing below the Indian Ford dam and bridge on the Rock river. Some of the men are fishing from t...

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