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Daisy Bates at Woolworth's Boycott

Date: 1962
Description: Daisy Bates and others at Woolworth's boycott.
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Unveiling Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Statue

Date: 1929
Description: Members of the La Follette family and guests in front of the Robert M. La Follette, Sr., statue in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol at the time of its unv...
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Man on Tall Ladder

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Description: Fire fighting scene in which a man is at the top of a very tall ladder mounted on a hook and ladder fire truck. A group of men observe. A haze of smoke fil...
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Forest Hill Cemetery Dike Damage

Date: 05 21 1933
Description: Two men examine a break in the dike and the wash out damage at Forest Hill Cemetery, Section 22. The house in the background is located at 454 Virginia Ter...
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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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Church on Easter Sunday

Date: 04 06 1969
Description: Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street.
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Pfeifer's Drugstore

Date: 1888
Description: Exterior view of Charles Pfeifer's Drugstore, founded in 1858. From left to right are Charles Pfeifer, Fred Pfeifer, Mrs. Adam Heeb, Fulda Pfeifer, Mrs. Ch...
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Watertown Rexall Drug

Date: 1909
Description: Colorful advertising displays line the counters of this turn-of-the- century drugstore, with rows of glass pharmaceutical bottles filling the shelves behin...
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E.S. Purdy's Drugstore

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Description: Interior view of the E.S. Purdy Drugstore, including four employees.
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Kimberly and Elwers Drugstore

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of the Kimberly & Elwers Drugstore. Pharmaceutical bottles line the shelves on the right side.
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The Silver Presentation Delegation

Date: 10 26 1945
Description: Members of the official Silver Presentation Delegation on board the USS "Wisconsin". Bottom left to right: Judge Rosenberry, Captain Roper, and Oscar Renne...
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Otto Boberg's Drugstore

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Description: Interior view of Otto Boberg's Drugstore.
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Counting Pennies at the Bank

Date: 11 09 1955
Description: A banker pours 12,320 pennies into a change maker. The man had saved the coins for over four years.
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Alimony Payment

Date: 09 19 1958
Description: County worker collects alimony payment from an ex-husband.
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Atomic Plant Demonstration

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Description: Elevated view of a demonstration of a nuclear reactor driven energy plant.
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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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Season Ticket Sorting

Date: 09 25 1956
Description: A man and two women with piles of paper tickets being sorted for the upcoming theater season at the Fred Miller theater.
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Men Wanted Poster

Date: 1930
Description: A U.S. government poster encouraging citizens to invest their money in banks and especially to buy U.S. Reconstruction bonds.
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Henry M. Youmans

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Description: Henry M. Youmans. Bottom of photographic halftone is inscribed: "Very Truly Yours, Henry M. Youmans."
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Francke at Exhibit

Date: 1955
Description: Pharmacist Donald Francke and a colleague examine a pictorial exhibit titled "Pharmacy's History: As an Organized, Active Force, Internationally". The exh...

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