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Twins Enjoy Suckers

Date: 07 21 1958
Description: Three-year-old twins at an annual twins picnic licking lollipops.
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Abandoned Toddlers

Date: 01 13 1965
Description: Toddlers looking into the camera with tears in their eyes. They were found abandoned at the Central YWCA.
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Mathilda Hughes

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Description: Mathilda Hughes, wife of Louis Hughes. They were charter members of St. Mark's AME (African Methodist Episcopal) Church, and she was the first stewardess o...
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My Mamma Uses Atlas Flour

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Description: A little girl with corkscrew curls poses glumly. She wears a bib advertising Atlas Flour.
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Men's Fashions

Date: 12 18 1966
Description: A man models what was touted as the latest styles for men.
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John Rugee

Date: 1861
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of John Rugee, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
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Fish Bait

Date: 08 02 1963
Description: Contestant baits her hook in Washington Park at the annual Milwaukee county park commission's fishing rodeo.
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Five Cent Beer

Date: 08 20 1963
Description: Knights of Columbus member celebrates at an annual "gay nineties" party. He stands next to a sign that advertises beer at five cents a glass.
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Milwaukee Journal Photographer

Date: 1950
Description: Milwaukee Journal photographer with display of cameras and flash units. He is dramatically demonstrating the use of flash powder.
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Relaxing in the Barber Chair

Date: 06 1971
Description: Barber Mike Godsell sitting back and relaxing in his shop.
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Alice in Dairyland, Virgina Ruth Peterson

Date: 06 30 1950
Description: The 1950 Alice in Dairyland, Virgina Ruth Peterson, posed sitting on a fence after she was chosen for the title from a field of 18 in the final judging at ...
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U.S. Navy Veteran

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Description: Elderly Milwaukee veteran of the U.S. Navy salutes.
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Stasia Pokora

Date: 08 29 1946
Description: Stasia Pokora, Executive Secretary of the American Relief for Poland, sang Polish songs, many of which she learned from Polish immigrants who roomed at her...
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Elmer the Bull

Date: 1951
Description: Elmer, "husband" of Elsie the Cow, advertising mascot of the Borden Company, is shown with a young woman as he was being readied for participation as one o...
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Billy Huber, Motorcyle Racer

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Description: Billy Huber of Reading, PA, dubbed "America's most popular motorcycle competition rider" by the American Motorcycle Association, is shown astride his Harle...
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Twin Brothers Cheer Chicago White Sox

Date: 07 25 1967
Description: Twin brothers James and Thomas Quinn cheering for the Chicago White Sox at a baseball game.
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Judge Vel Phillips

Date: 1971
Description: Portrait of Vel Phillips in her judges's black robe with an American flag behind her. She was the 13th District Children's Court judge, the first woman and...
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Portrait of Anna Berger

Date: 1903
Description: Young woman facing to the right with her head turned toward viewer, hand on hip, wearing wire-rimmed eyeglasses, a flower in her hair, in long white dress ...
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Miss Lutie Stearns

Date: 1922
Description: Portrait of Lutie Stearns, copied from 'The Echo' of 1922, the Milwaukee Normal Annual.
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J. Robert Taylor

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Description: J. Robert Taylor, the first photographer for the Milwaukee Journal, poses in a formal portrait, standing with his pipe. He wears a cravat style tie ...

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