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| Date: | 12 13 1985 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of Rhudra, an Indian rhinoceros, receiving surgery for a non-healing wound on the sole of his right, rear foot at the Milwaukee County Zoo. T... |
| Date: | 09 26 1984 |
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| Description: | A woman uses an early commercial computer network that allows travel agents to book their own flights without the use of a telephone. |
| Date: | 06 22 1983 |
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| Description: | Woman stays cool by sitting in a small plastic pool while pouring cups of water on her head. |
| Date: | 03 19 1989 |
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| Description: | Children celebrating their heritage during Ethnic Pride Day at Our Savior's Lutheran Church Hall, 3022 West Wisconsin Avenue. The celebration, which highl... |
| Date: | 03 10 1980 |
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| Description: | An outdoor broomball game in action in the snow. |
| Date: | 12 26 1982 |
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| Description: | A Target retail store is flooded with customers returning Christmas gifts. |
| Date: | 02 25 1988 |
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| Description: | A man hands out information while holding a sign reading "Stop All Nuclear Testing" in front of the Reuss Federal Building. |
| Date: | 11 12 1987 |
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| Description: | A waitress serves a group of older Italian-American men in a diner. |
| Date: | 07 15 1987 |
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| Description: | A woman finishes a display of Bay View High School photographs from the 1950s as part of an any-year reunion at the Festa Italiana on the Summerfest ground... |
| Date: | 09 06 1988 |
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| Description: | A woman overlooks the Labor-at-the-Lakefront festival next to a banner that reads "Buy Union," "Buy Made in USA," and "Keep the Heart of America Beating." |
| Date: | 05 14 1987 |
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| Description: | A couple holds hands and reads together while sitting on a bench. |
| Date: | 10 24 1984 |
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| Description: | Walter Mondale campaigns for president in 1984 during his failed run against Ronald Reagan. |
| Date: | 12 29 1987 |
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| Description: | Bored travelers at General Mitchell International Airport, apparently taking their cue from a droopy travel poster advertising vacations in the sunny Carib... |
| Date: | 09 10 1983 |
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| Description: | Liz Walden looks over empty boxes of laundry soap collected in a Refund Swap Convention at Our Lady of Good Hope School. |
| Date: | 08 06 1987 |
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| Description: | Two women coax a stubborn calf at the State Fair. |
| Date: | 08 03 1981 |
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| Description: | Despite rain and fog, people turned out to enjoy a street festival sponsored by the Guadalupe Center at 239 W. Washington Street in Milwaukee. There were e... |
| Date: | 07 10 1985 |
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| Description: | People, including a very eager little girl, stand around a concession stand to buy popcorn, peanuts, cotton candy, snow-cones, and other snacks at the 50th... |
| Date: | 11 25 1980 |
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| Description: | Holocaust survivor Flora van Brink Hony Bader (nee Melkman) at her Milwaukee residence. |
| Date: | 12 22 1980 |
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| Description: | Holocaust survivor Cyla Tine Stundel in her residence. |
| Date: | 12 19 1980 |
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| Description: | Holocaust survivor Israel Wolnerman, his wife Irene, and their daughter Ann at their residence. Wolnerman was among thousands of prisoners from Staltach (a... |
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