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Boxers Posing with their Coach

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Description: Six fighters in pugilistic poses, in the boxing ring with their coach. The Milwaukee Urban League provided community activities, like boxing, for children ...
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Rock Show

Date: 05 12 1963
Description: Three boys take a break from baseball to view the Wisconsin Geological Society's rock, gem and mineral show at Wauwatosa's Hart park recreational building.
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Starwagon

Date: 06 20 1963
Description: A member of the Milwaukee Astronomical society explains the telescope to children as they look at the stars from the starwagon at the Doerfler playground.
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4-H Band

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Description: 4-H Club band playing near the Police Station at the Wisconsin State Fair. In the background is the Agriculture Department's Milk House.
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Millinery Exhibit

Date: 1921
Description: 4-H millinery display team at the 1921 Wisconsin State Fair.
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Wiley with Milwaukee Boys Club

Date: 08 28 1962
Description: Senator Alexander Wiley, in the lobby of the Schroeder Hotel in Milwaukee, with a group from the Boys Club holding campaign signs. They presented him with...
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Groppi and the NAACP Youth Council Meeting

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Description: Father James Groppi meets around a large table with the NAACP Youth Council. Several of the men are wearing shirts with the word "Commando" on the back.
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Headquarters of the 'Billiken Club'

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Description: The exterior of a one-story building, the headquarters of the 'Billiken Club.'
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Interior of a Clubhouse

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Description: Interior of a clubhouse with a table, chairs, wall decoration, and a phonograph. Possibly the Can-Crushing Club.
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Polish Young People's Alliance

Date: 1917
Description: Composite group portrait of the Polish Young People's Alliance.
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National German Song Festival Attendees

Date: 07 28 1956
Description: Several people posing outside a Flying Tiger Line airplane, on the ground and on the airstair. The airstair has logos for Northwest Airlines. Caption reads...
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Robert Bealmear Plays the Drums

Date: 02 24 1962
Description: View of a young man, surrounded by drums in the foreground. Caption reads: "A Whitefish Bay youth, Robert Bealmear, of 5324 N. Kent av., beat the dr...

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