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Eddie Mathews, Jr. at the Plate

Date: 09 07 1958
Description: Three-year-old Edwin Lee Mathews, Jr., dressed in a "Milwaukee Braves" uniform, takes a swing at a baseball. He is the son of Braves' Hall of Fame third ba...
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Tennis Players

Date: 03 12 1935
Description: Four young women tennis players greeting each other at the net at Tenney Park's new tennis courts. From left to right are: Alta Mae Freund, Violette Spence...
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Menominee Indian Performers

Date: 1958
Description: Four generations of men and boys pose for a portrait of Menoninee Indians in full dress standing outdoors near a gate and fence. A sign says: "Indian Vill...
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Vel Phillips at Bat

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Description: Vel Phillips grips the bat and ducks as the ball is pitched at a baseball game. The catcher is on the right. Chain link fencing, a bicycle and a residentia...
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Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne Picking Fruit

Date: 1949
Description: Alfred Lunt standing on a wooden ladder and picking plums from a tree in the Ten Chimneys orchard. Lynn Fontanne stands below holding a basket to collect t...
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Vel Phillips Pitching a Baseball

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a baseball glove, hat and a sweatshirt that reads "Milwaukee Commando NAACP Youth Council" pitching a baseball. In the background sta...
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Portrait of Male Employee Standing Outdoors

Date: 03 30 1926
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing on a sidewalk. Behind him is a set of steps next to a brick wall with an iron fence. The man is wearing worn clothes...
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Break from the Hunt

Date: 10 1931
Description: John Clarence Cudahy, left, and Walter Vail Johnston are resting against a split rail fence during the Washington County Fox Hunt. Both were members of the...
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December Days

Date: 1955
Description: A man sawing the top log in a pile of firewood with a handsaw. There is snow on the ground, and he is dressed warmly. Behind him is a tree, a stone and woo...
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Elderly Man with Two Crutches

Date: 01 29 1917
Description: Elderly man with two crutches posing standing on a wood sidewalk in front of a fence.
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Portrait of Man

Date: 02 28 1919
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing outdoors in the snow. A fence or building is in the background.
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Portrait of Man

Date: 03 03 1919
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing outdoors. A fence or building is in the background.

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