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Date: | 1968 |
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Description: | Father James Groppi (1930-) and school desegregation demonstrators marching in. Milwaukee holding signs that read "Stop School Segregation" |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Horse-drawn fire wagon coming down a cobblestone street in Milwaukee. The fact that automobiles are also in the photograph suggests that the transition to ... |
Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | Motor Corps of the National League for Women's Service. The corps performed errands and other services for all organizations engaged in war activities, ans... |
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Description: | Plate Steel Spiral Casing for 70,000 horse-power Niagara Falls hydraulic turbine unit at the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company erecting shop. The castin... |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | Man in car loaded with milk cans and a large pumpkin or squash looks at man on Harley-Davidson motorcycle. |
Date: | 12 07 1946 |
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Description: | Striking Allis Chalmbers workers and CIO supporters on parade in 1946. In later years it was common suggested that the Communist-dominated Milwaukee CIO h... |
Date: | 09 03 1945 |
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Description: | The 6th Ward Contingent represented a community on the march. Black men, women and children from the CIO and AF of L, from small business, brought a messa... |
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Description: | Large crowd looking at the damaged Christopher Columbus cruise vessel at dock. Constructed in 1893, the Christopher Columbus was the only pas... |
Date: | 12 11 1926 |
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Description: | Fire destroyed the Atlas Flour Mill, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. Thirteen engine companies, six truck companies, and two fire boats fought the... |
Date: | 1928 |
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Description: | Standing atop a special vehicle fitted with a body built to resemble a camera, Taylor found the ideal vantage point from which to cover a news event. The c... |
Date: | 05 02 1956 |
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Description: | Father demonstrates controls of a mini-race car as his daughter sits in the car. |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | Elevated view down Wisconsin Avenue looking west, with the RKO Riverside Theatre on the right, and a large Christmas sign on the corner of a building on th... |
Date: | 1965 |
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Description: | Women sun bathe near an express highway in Milwaukee. |
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Description: | Members of the Political Equality League in an early Ford automobile draped with bunting reading "Votes for Women." In the front seat is Mrs. B.C. Gudden. ... |
Date: | 10 04 1963 |
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Description: | A man surveys the damage to his car, and the aged tree that toppled onto it. |
Date: | 06 08 1963 |
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Description: | Bride and groom wait in the open convertible that is their transportation to their reception while a mechanic works under the hood. |
Date: | 07 07 1963 |
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Description: | Jehovah's Witnesses assembly camper doing laundry. |
Date: | 05 17 1956 |
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Description: | Aftermath of automobile accident. The cars plunged 17 feet over an embankment. Both drivers walked away from the crash. Onlookers look down from the embank... |
Date: | 07 20 1987 |
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Description: | A little girl offers her place at a fountain to a large Newfoundland-mix dog who takes a drink on a hot day. |
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