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Dickey Chapelle Covering Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ...
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Dr. Laura Ross Wolcott

Date: 09 06 1882
Description: Engraving of Dr. Laura Ross Wolcott, the first president of the Woman Suffrage Movement in Milwaukee.
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Speidel and Milwaukee County Zoo Model

Date: 02 20 1954
Description: Zoo director George Speidel and members of the Milwaukee County Zoological society talking over plans for the new zoo while looking at a tentative model fo...
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Alimony Payment

Date: 09 19 1958
Description: County worker collects alimony payment from an ex-husband.
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Locomotive Artifacts

Date: 03 29 1958
Description: A young boy rings a locomotive bell. Other artifacts of locomotive history are on the table before him with members of the Milwaukee chapter of the Nationa...
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Switchboard Operator

Date: 01 23 1958
Description: Female telephone switchboard operator at work.
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Milwaukee Aikido Club

Date: 02 14 1968
Description: An Aikido class in session.
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This Happy Breed

Date: 1956
Description: Winter scene with a family and their dog preparing for their descent down the hill on a toboggan. From left to right, Gene Anderson (my uncle), Betsy Marqu...
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Frankfurters on the Grill

Date: 08 22 1963
Description: "Picnicking in Mitchell Park provided a pleasant afternoon recently for these senior citizens who participated in the Milwaukee County Park Commission's pr...
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Baker and Bread

Date: 05 14 1964
Description: A baker removes multiple loaves of bread from the oven for consumption in both bakery and restaurant.
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Mother's Day

Date: 04 23 1963
Description: A grandmother with daughter and granddaughter. They are nicely dressed for mother's day.
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Baking Contest

Date: 08 15 1963
Description: Two women examine a prizing winning chiffon cake.
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Mail Room

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Description: Man sorting envelopes in a mail room near tall stacks of mail.
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U.S. Navy Veteran

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Description: Elderly Milwaukee veteran of the U.S. Navy salutes.
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Father Groppi in Police Wagon

Date: 1966
Description: Father Groppi is seated in the back of a police wagon with police officer after being arrested in front of his parish for the second night in a row.
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Milwaukee Works Employees Working on Diesel Engine

Date: 11 18 1937
Description: Two factory workers drill and grind valve slats into a diesel engine at Milwaukee Works. Photograph taken by Don Jones.
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Milwaukee Works Employee Reams Crankcases

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: Factory worker reams Diesel engine crankcases at Milwaukee Works.
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Internal Grinding of Tractor Roller Shell

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: Factory worker operates a machine that grinds the inside of a TracTractor (crawler tractor) track roller shell at Milwaukee Works. Photograph taken by Don ...
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Woman Making Spoon Bread

Date: 04 11 1969
Description: Mrs. Lloyd Knox demonstrating the technique of making spoon bread.
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Student with Drilling Machine

Date: 12 20 1961
Description: A student at the Milwaukee Vocational and Adult Schools operates a drill press.

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