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The Armory from Mrs. Alden's

Date: 1894
Description: View of the Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) as seen from Mrs. Alden's on Frances Street, looking west toward Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison...
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Gardens Near Apartment Building

Date: 1943
Description: Elevated view of men and women working in a large garden behind what appears to be an apartment building.
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West State Street

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking east along West State Street between Eighth and Ninth Streets. Numerous buildings line the road, along which cable cars are travelin...
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West State Street

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking east between Second and Third streets. City Hall is visible in the left center background. Signs and billboards dot several buildin...
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Restaurant near Bridge

Date: 1932
Description: A "Tailoring and Remodeling" shop and restaurant are in the foreground at the entrance to a bridge, while a large utility pole with power lines, a number o...
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Ice Slide at Truax Field

Date: 02 23 1950
Description: Children play on an ice slide created by two residents of the barracks apartments at Truax Field. A swing set is in the background.
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Cars Parked on Crandon Avenue

Date: 04 1924
Description: View down a tree-lined street of cars parked near 68th and Crandon Avenue. Identical apartment buildings are on both sides of the street.
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Taliesin I Trellis and Plants in Courtyard

Date: 1912
Description: Taliesin I courtyard showing the trellis, plants, and rubble stone fireplace outside the workroom. The independent apartment entrance is at the left.
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500 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 500 block of State Street. Businesses include: (on Gilman Street) Wolf Kubley and Hirsig Toys, Hair House...
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Rear View of Parked Truck

Date: 03 30 1912
Description: Rear view of the bed of an International(?) truck parked on a city street. In front of the truck is a block filled with storefronts. Streetcar tracks run a...
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Workers with Parade Float Balloons Under Nets

Date: 11 25 1976
Description: People EW working with floats for a Thanksgiving Day Parade, either Macy's Parade in Manhattan, New York, or Gimbels' Parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
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Sampson Plaza Apartment Complex

Date: 04 09 1964
Description: View of the Sampson Plaza apartments from the inner courtyard. The 10 buildings feature ground-level parking under the buildings and elevator towers betwee...
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Racist Graffiti

Date: 1975
Description: Two students are standing behind a fence enclosing the yard of a housing project. Below their feet is a concrete retaining wall with racist graffiti spray ...
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Racist Graffiti

Date: 1975
Description: Two students stand next to a fence enclosing the yard of a housing project. Below their feet is a concrete retaining wall with racist graffiti spray painte...
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Racist Graffiti

Date: 1975
Description: View across street towards a man leaning against a street sign near the corner of a fence enclosing the yard of a housing project. On the right is a concre...
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Students and Effigy

Date: 1975
Description: A group of students in South Boston are boycotting school to protest court-ordered desegregation busing. One boy is grabbing the head of an effigy of an Af...
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Students and Effigy

Date: 1975
Description: A group of students are boycotting school to protest court-ordered desegregation busing. Two boys are holding an effigy of an African-American man. In the ...
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Students and Effigy

Date: 1975
Description: A group of South Boston teenagers posing with an effigy of an African-American man. In the background is a chain-link fence, shrubs and a housing project. ...
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Children Hanging Effigy in South Boston Project

Date: 1975
Description: Caption on the reverse reads: "Kids in S. Boston housing project preparing to hang an effigy of a black man." Children are lined up along a chain-link fenc...
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Students Hanging Effigy

Date: 1975
Description: Caption on the reverse reads: "S. Boston kids preparing to hang an effigy." One of the boys is standing on the top of the chain-link fence helping the boy ...

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