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Freedom House Burning

Date: 1967
Description: Freedom House in flames after Milwaukee Police fired tear gas into the building. Two armed officers stand in front of the burning building. Both officers h...
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NAACP March with Police Escort

Date: 1967
Description: Father James Groppi (center) and the NAACP participate in a civil rights march. Police are armed and escorting the protestors. The marchers are passing an ...
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Father Groppi Resting with Marchers

Date: 1967
Description: Father James Groppi sitting with several of his fellow marchers, some in Milwaukee N.A.A.C.P. Youth Council shirts. Groppi has taken off one of his shoes.
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Architectural Views of City Buildings

Date: 1967
Description: Elevated view of a detail on the Marshall & Ilsley Bank building, under construction. There is a crane on the roof. On the left is the tower of St. John's ...
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Card Party

Date: 1967
Description: Middle-aged woman seated at an outdoor table with refreshments. She is wearing a hat made out of newspaper. The occasion is a card party arranged for older...
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Milwaukee March

Date: 1967
Description: Elevated view of a group of people marching in the street with Father James Groppi. There is a man driving a Milwaukee police vehicle in front, and one man...
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Teenagers Wearing Different Types of Ethnic Clothing

Date: 1967
Description: A group of young men and women are standing in a line outdoors wearing various types of ethnic clothing at the Holiday Folk Fair.
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King Gambrinus

Date: 1967
Description: Men in white jumpsuits are steadying a statue of King Gambrinus on a parade float at the Holiday Folk Fair. A line of men and women in various ethnic cloth...
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Standing with King Gambrinus

Date: 1967
Description: A man wearing Medieval European clothing is gesturing towards a statue of King Gambrinus on a parade float at the Holiday Folk Fair. Two boys, in matching ...
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Korean Women at the Holiday Folk Fair

Date: 1967
Description: Three women in traditional Korean hanbok are riding in the back of a horse-drawn wagon and waving to the photographer.
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Irene Janokuchi

Date: 1967
Description: Irene Janokuchi, the official Holiday Folk Fair hostess, is wearing a white and red Japanese kimono and holding a bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums.
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Irene Janokuchi in the Holiday Folk Fair Parade

Date: 1967
Description: Irene Janokuchi, the official Holiday Folk Fair hostess, is riding in a rickshaw in the parade. She is wearing a red and white kimono and holding a bouquet...
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Holiday Folk Fair

Date: 1967
Description: Women and men in traditional European and Middle Eastern clothing are waving from a white carriage pulled by four horses. A sign on the carriage reads: "Ho...
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Zoomobile

Date: 1967
Description: Children and adults are riding in the zoomobile. The driver is speaking through a microphone as they pass the bear enclosures.
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Giraffes at the Zoo

Date: 1967
Description: Children and adults are leaning against a railing watching a group of giraffes at the zoo.
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Elephants at the Zoo

Date: 1967
Description: Two women and five children are leaning on or sitting on a railing watching the elephants at the zoo.
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Mitchell Park Conservatory Domes

Date: 1967
Description: Elevated view of the three glass domes at the Mitchell Park Conservatory. Cars are parked in the parking lot and along the driveway, and groups of people a...

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