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Queen Maryann Kromrey

Date: 12 29 1955
Description: A woman in a formal gown is sitting and smiling, and holding a corsage. A statue of the Virgin Mary is standing on a table next to her. Caption reads: "The...
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Hays School Graduation Cake

Date: 06 14 1956
Description: Three young people and one adult woman are sitting around a cake shaped like a book with writing on its open pages. One young man is holding a knife over t...
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Mu Delta Sigma

Date: 1967
Description: A copy photograph of an image made in May, 1924, of the Iota chapter of Mu Delta Sigma at the Milwaukee University School comprising 21 young men. Those id...
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Milwaukee Public Schools Black Pupil Walkout

Date: 10 01 1977
Description: Several African-American teenagers are standing outside a building, some wearing coats and some under umbrellas. A sign reads: "Fight for the Right." Capti...
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UWM Protest Against Apartheid

Date: 12 10 1977
Description: Several people wearing coats, hats, and gloves are walking in a circle outside a building. One person is holding a sign that reads: "Drop the Holdings, Est...
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Wisconsin Education Association Annual Meeting

Date: 11 04 1966
Description: A woman wearing a leopard-print coat and a scarf over her head is looking at a person in the foreground on the left. Caption reads: "Teachers, arms laden w...
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Formal Dress Contest

Date: 11 24 1954
Description: Two young women are holding up four sketches of dresses. Caption reads: "Modest formal dresses were sketched in a contest for pupils of Milwaukee Ca...
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From Below the Border

Date: 11 05 1970
Description: Two young men are standing among a group of children. Many are wearing sombreros. One of the adults is playing a guitar. Caption reads: "FROM BELOW THE ...
Poster

Women Can Vote

Date: 1919
Description: Poster for school elections on Tuesday, March 18th, and April 1st, 1919. After 1901, women in Wisconsin were able to vote in school elections, which was an...
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Edward Evenson Plays Chess

Date: 11 09 1960
Description: A uniformed police officer is sitting in a folding chair and moving pieces on a chessboard. Caption reads: "On duty Tuesday at the voting place in t...
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Practice Job Interview

Date: 03 13 1968
Description: A young man is sitting at a table with a microphone in front of him. He is facing an older man, whose back is to the camera. Caption/article excerpt reads:...
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High School Job Fair

Date: 05 14 1968
Description: Three young women are sitting on one side of a table facing two men and a woman, whose backs are to the camera. Similar arrangements of groups are in the b...
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Practice Job Interview

Date: 03 13 1968
Description: A woman and a man are sitting at a table. The woman is speaking into a microphone. A tape deck in the foreground is connected to a television. Caption read...
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Flag Donation

Date: 03 31 1955
Description: A man is holding up one end of an American flag, and a boy and girl are holding up the other end. Several rows of seated children are looking on in the bac...
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A Costume Carnival

Date: 04 06 1989
Description: A boy in a costume is posing with his arms crossed wih his hands on his knees. Caption reads: "A costume carnival Pupils at Maple Dale Elementary S...
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Combined Choruses

Date: 04 26 1958
Description: A man is pointing to sheet music on a stand, as a young man and two young women are looking on. Caption reads: "The veteran Arion Musical club choru...
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Rolf Persinger

Date: 06 23 1960
Description: A man is playing a violin at the front of a classroom of students. Caption reads: "Rolf Persinger of the Chicago symphony orchestra worked Thursday with mu...
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Communications Class at the YWCA

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Description: Several women attending a class at the YWCA. The word "Communication" is written on a blackboard.

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