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Linda Luna Washing Clothes at Migrant Worker Camp

Date: 07 1970
Description: Linda Luna of Auraura, Illinois washes clothes at a basin outside a cabin in a migrant worker camp in Door County. Several articles of clothing are lying i...
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Mexican Independence Day Parade

Date: 09 18 1989
Description: A group of people are standing and sitting, including several children in the back of a truck. Caption reads: "Spectators lined the Mexican Independence Da...
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Raymond Taylor

Date: 07 05 1989
Description: A boy is posing wearing a hat. Behind him is a star-shaped balloon with an American flag pattern. Caption reads: "Raymond Taylor, 8, waited for the judging...
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A Small Place for a Little Music

Date: 09 08 1977
Description: A woman is standing with her hands on her hips, looking down at a group of children. All the children are wearing hats, several of which are "Bicentennial ...
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Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 05 1977
Description: A uniformed man wearing sunglasses is standing and looking to his right. Sitting on the curb next to him are two children, who are also wearing sunglasses....
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Circus Parade

Date: 07 03 1989
Description: Three children are sitting on a platform. They are wearing animal costumes and holding American flags. Caption reads: "Two youngsters dressed as animals to...
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Knights of Old

Date: 05 30 1989
Description: Two people in armor battling with practice swords. Caption reads: "KNIGHTS OF OLD — Eric Chance (left) and Scott Hall engaged in battle as they fought to b...
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Trying Stilts

Date: 09 05 1989
Description: A boy walking on a pair of stilts. Caption reads: "Mark Emiley, 13, stands tall as he tries a pair of stilts during a garage sale in Cedarburg Monday."
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Surprise Birthday Card

Date: 10 04 1981
Description: Overhead view of a man standing on a lawn. He is holding up 5 fingers on one hand and making a zero with the other. On his lawn someone has painted "50 TOM...
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Students for a Democratic Society Booth — Marquette University

Date: 10 22 1966
Description: A young man and woman are seated at a booth and speaking to one or more people who have their backs to the camera. Behind them is a sign that reads: "le bo...
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1,000,000th Passenger

Date: 12 16 1966
Description: A man in a coat and hat is walking down the airstairs of a plane. Caption reads: "Andrew Depta, of Cable (Bayfield county), set a Gen. Mitchell field recor...
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Getting Ready for Spring

Date: 03 19 1985
Description: Rear view of a man driving a tractor, which is pulling a manure spreader. Caption reads: "GETTING READY FOR SPRING - A farmer took advantage of a nice wint...
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Dry Fields

Date: 05 08 1986
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man driving a tractor across a field, sending dust clouds into the air. Caption reads: "Dry fields were evident as a farmer pre...
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Leonhard Weiss Jr.

Date: 08 14 1989
Description: A man driving a tractor that is dragging a mower. Caption reads: "Leonhard Weiss Jr., an Oak Creek weed commissioner, cut 8-foot-tall weeds on Milwaukee Co...
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Cookout Celebration

Date: 07 07 1989
Description: Four men are standing and sitting at a picnic table while holding pieces of paper and talking. Behind them groups of people are relaxing. Caption reads: "C...
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Portable Bond Station

Date: 08 12 1984
Description: Two men are standing in front of a table, flanked by uniformed police officers. Other people are sitting at the table, looking through paperwork. Another o...
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Sauk County Junior Deputy Sheriff Shooting Practice

Date: 04 06 1968
Description: Two men assisting two children in firing guns. Caption reads: "Shooting on a rifle range is part of the program for the Sauk county junior deputy sheriff p...
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Letterwinners Club

Date: 05 02 1989
Description: In the left foreground a woman is leaning on a fence while watching three people cleaning a half empty pool. Caption reads: "About 50 members of the Letter...
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Rachel Imsland and Mark Evans at Blue Mound State Park

Date: 06 01 1983
Description: Two people are leaning against a railing overlooking at forest. Caption reads: "Rachel Imsland, 25, and Mark Evans, 28, both of Iowa City, Iowa, viewed the...
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First Woman Meter Maid

Date: 06 11 1970
Description: A uniformed female officer writing in a book, as a uniformed male officer is smiling and looking on over her shoulder. A parking meter is in the foreground...

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