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Two Faces of the UPWA

Date: 1948
Description: Two members of United Packinghouse Workers Local 1124 in New Orleans on strike against the Colonial Sugar Company. They graphically symbolize the UPWA's d...
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Little Rock Integration Crisis

Date: 09 1957
Description: Mob violence during the integration crisis in Little Rock. Probably taken between September 20th, when Governor Faubus withdrew the National Guard and Sept...
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Film Still from "Dad's Downfall"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still with one actor and six actresses in an interior setting that may be a dormitory.
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Film Still from "Dad's Downfall"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still depicting a group of men and women, some of the women dressed in gown costumes.
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Boys Group at Neighborhood House

Date: 02 1954
Description: "While others played games, this group of boys 'coached' from the sidelines." (photo caption in Wisconsin State Journal), L to R: Edward Abbott, Joh...
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Man Holding Frame Near Hives

Date: 1937
Description: A young man wearing a veiled hat stands next to hives while holding up a frame with bees on it. He holds a hive tool in his right hand.
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Alfred Lawson with "Winged America" Trophy

Date: 1919
Description: Vignetted waist-up portrait of Alfred Lawson, looking at the "Winged America" trophy he received from the Aerial League of America. The trophy depicts a pi...
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Hillside Block Unit — Midget Unit Christmas Party

Date: 1957
Description: A group of smiling children posing with three adults. They are standing behind a table covered with baked goods, and Christmas decorations are on the wall ...
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Christmas Party, Home Nursing Neighbors

Date: 1957
Description: Several women and children are standing and posing, with a Christmas tree behind them, and tables in front of them that have gifts on them. Caption reads: ...
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Baby Clinic and Rest Tent, Dane County Fair

Date: 08 1918
Description: Three women in nurse's uniforms are standing in a tent, where several children and women are seated on chairs. Displays of cribs, cloths (possibly diapers)...
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Green Bay Precinct Committeemen

Date: 11 04 1936
Description: Two men and a woman are sitting in the center, with the man in the middle holding up a piece of paper that they are looking at. A large group of people are...
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Musicians at a Picnic at Winnequah Point

Date: 1897
Description: Five men are sitting in a forest clearing and playing brass instruments. Winnequah Point is on the shore of Lake Monona in what is now the City of Monona....

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