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| Date: | 06 05 1958 |
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| Description: | Miss Carmen Shields, 23, Milwaukee entry in the 1958 “Miss Wisconsin” contest, crowned at Pabst Blue Ribbon hall. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders view of young couple, seated in subdued light in the Avant Garde Cafe Espresso. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Informal double portrait of Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Jones, 81 and 80, respectively at the time of their 60th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Jones were both bo... |
| Date: | 01 30 1987 |
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| Description: | A woman smiles for the camera as she poses with her bowling ball. The caption reads, "Bertha Eichelberger bowls in five leagues every week." She is wearing... |
| Date: | 03 1965 |
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| Description: | The caption with this photograph reads: "Dr. Walter Peterson (right), professor of history at Lawrence University, Appleton, with F. Gerald Ham, Wisconsin ... |
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| Description: | Indoor portrait of cowboy star Gene Autry, helping a boy to sit up in the saddle of his trick-riding horse, Champion. Both Gene Autry and the boy are dress... |
| Date: | 03 01 1956 |
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| Description: | Two women are posing on the steps outside a building. Both have open books on their laps. Caption reads: "The month of March began on a good note Thursday ... |
| Date: | 11 1958 |
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| Description: | A boy is smiling and looking at the mascot, Smokey the Bear. Caption reads: "Nov. 1958. Smokey the Bear (James Coleman, U.S. Forester) and Thomas Smagalski... |
| Date: | 10 12 1930 |
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| Description: | A smiling woman is posing with an open book (probably a Bible) in one hand, and has her other hand raised. Caption reads: "Preaches Here. A girl evangelist... |
| Date: | 08 30 1929 |
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| Description: | A boy is standing and posing wearing a tallit and a kashket, as well as a robe, tie, and wristwatch. Caption reads: "Cantor in City. A 13-year-old cantor w... |
| Date: | 12 29 1955 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 03 13 1955 |
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| Description: | A woman is sitting and smiling, and wearing a crown. She is holding an opened package, and next to her is a bag advertising Coca-Cola. Caption reads: "'... |
| Date: | 06 21 1983 |
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| Description: | Close-up head and shoulders portrait of a man and a woman. Caption at bottom reads: "Larry & Sherry Hawkinson," with Larry and Sherry circled. |
| Date: | 03 07 1979 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders close-up portrait of a woman and man posing with their heads close together. Caption reads: "Tamara and Crim Sacerdoteano." |
| Date: | 04 12 1989 |
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| Description: | A young man in a tuxedo and a young woman in a dress are posing on a staircase, with a bamboo plant behind them. Caption reads: "Courtney Thomey and Jenni ... |
| Date: | 11 24 1954 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 24 1951 |
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| Description: | Duke Ellington is knotting his necktie in a mirror prior to a performance at the Milwaukee Arena. |
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| Description: | Lithographic caricature of a man holding two vehicles, and surrounded by other vehicles and a factory. He is identified as Charles Abresch, a German immigr... |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Henry Ohl, Jr., general organizer/president of the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor, 1917-1940. He was a Socialist member of ... |
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