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The Brandels and the Taylors

Date: 1923
Description: E.W. Brandel, Mrs. Brandel, and the Taylors pose in chairs in front of a building. The man on the right is smoking a cigar, and behind them are windows wit...
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Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Zimmerman

Date: 1898
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman sitting outside their house relaxing in the yard. Mr. Zimmerman reads "The State" paper, and Mrs. Zimmerman has flowers in her hand.
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Mowrer-Cole Wedding

Date: 04 28 1939
Description: The wedding of journalist Richard Scott Mowrer of the "Chicago Daily News" (hat in hand) and Rosemund Emily Cole in Rome, Italy. Mowrer had just been expel...
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Hattie Fels Owen in Men's Suit

Date: 1908
Description: Hattie Fels Owen sitting in a wicker rocking chair. She is wearing a man's suit and hat and posing with a cigar.
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Sailors in a Bar

Date: 1942
Description: Two sailors and two women are seated at a table smoking cigarettes and drinking beer, while another woman stands playing an accordion for them. Around the ...
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In the Backyard

Date: 1900
Description: Edward Petersen, left rear, and his son William F. Petersen, right rear, pose behind three unidentified people sitting on a rustic bench in a yard. Edward ...
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Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland and Governor Rennebohm

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, chatting with Governor Rennebohm at the Kick-off for the Alice in Dairyland Program. She is wearing a full-length for...
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Albert Hammes in his Tobacco Field

Date: 10 13 1978
Description: Slightly elevated view of Albert Hammes, smoking a cigarette and tending to his tobacco crops. The flower tops have to be picked before harvesting to keep ...
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New Truax Field Officers Club

Date: 12 05 1953
Description: Guests at the Truax Field Officers Club formal "debt party" and dance celebrating the opening of the new clubhouse. Darlene Simmons is shown providing a "l...
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South Boston

Date: 1975
Description: A woman and a teenage girl are looking out the windows of a building during unrest following court-ordered school desegregation busing.
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Mary Griggs and Male Guest in Front of Main Lodge

Date: 1945
Description: Mary Griggs, wearing a salmon colored dress and cardigan is standing in front of the Main Lodge with a male friend who is wearing a gray suit and tie while...
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Septima Clark and Rosa Parks

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Description: Septima Clark (left) and Rosa Parks are sitting outdoors next to one another. Clark is holding her eyeglasses in her lap, and Parks is holding flowers.

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