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Grocery Convention Display

Date: 1933
Description: The Fauerbach Beer display at the Grocery Convention. The display consists of many bottles of beer, beer cases, die cut cardboard displays, cloth bunting a...
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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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American Pharmaceutical Association Auxiliary

Date: 1955
Description: Juanita Fischelis discusses items with the other officers in the American Pharmaceutical Association Auxiliary.
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Delegates Talk Trade at Regular Common Carrier Conference

Date: 1970
Description: View of delegates talking trade in front of International trucks at the Regular Common Carrier Conference in Memphis, TN.
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Woman in Inupiat Clothing & Ho-Chunk Student

Date: 06 13 1935
Description: Deaconess Magdalene Klippen, of Chicago, former head of the Norwegian Lutheran Brevig Mission near Mary's Igloo, Alaska, wearing Inupiat clothing, and Lena...
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Phil La Follette at Progressive Convention

Date: 05 19 1934
Description: Former Governor Philip F. La Follette, the younger son of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., calling the roll on the proposal to form a new political party at the...
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William Evjue at Progressive Convention

Date: 05 19 1934
Description: William T. Evjue, editor of The Capital Times, presiding over the Progressive convention, at which the delegates launched a new political party, the Progre...
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Texaco Booth

Date: 07 24 1930
Description: The Texas Company Texaco motor oil booth at Engineers Convention.
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Native American Delegates

Date: 10 1898
Description: Native Americans, possibly delegates to council at the Leech Lake Agency. This image is part of a collection of images of the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle at Su...
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Native American Group

Date: 1898
Description: A group of Native Americans gathers, possibly during council at the Leech Lake Agency. This image is part of a collection of images of the Ojibwa-Pillager...
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Crimean Conference

Date: 02 1945
Description: Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Premier Joseph Stalin seated on the patio of Livadia Palace, Yalta, Crimea, Russia, ...
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Eisenhower Press Conference

Date: 12 05 1952
Description: Dwight (Ike) Eisenhower holds a press conference in the War Room at Eighth U.S. Army Headquarters in Korea.
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Wisconsin State Assembly

Date: 1947
Description: View from the back, of the State Assembly in session.
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Assembly and Conservation Commission Meeting

Date: 1947
Description: A Wisconsin State Assembly committee confers with members of the State Conservation Commission.
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Outdoor Meeting at Highlander Folk School

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Description: Four people have an informal meeting outdoors at Highlander School. Three of them are seated on the grass and one is seated on a chair. Myles Horton on the...
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Farmers Union Member at Courthouse

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Description: Farmers Union member in a courthouse meeting in Alabama.
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Civil Rights Activist

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Description: A female, African American Civil Rights activist wearing a fur pelt attending a meeting.
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John J. Walsh

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Description: Lawyer John J. Walsh, 1930 Regent Street, representing the Log Cabin Inn and the Varsity Club at the City Council's public hearings on the proposed legisla...
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Sleeping Businessman

Date: 1935
Description: An International Harvester dealer, T.F. Hogan, slouches in a couch and sleeps at a convention or meeting.
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Manfred Swarsensky at a Meeting

Date: 12 30 1970
Description: Rabbi Manfred Swarsensky, a holocaust survivor, is seated opposite another person. He is wearing eyeglasses and holding papers and appears to be in a meeti...

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