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Church on Easter Sunday

Date: 04 06 1969
Description: Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street.
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Girl Scouts Making Punch

Date: 11 14 1966
Description: African American junior Girl Scouts pouring fruit juice into a punch bowl as they prepare to entertain their parents.
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Ethnic Pride Day

Date: 03 19 1989
Description: Children celebrating their heritage during Ethnic Pride Day at Our Savior's Lutheran Church Hall, 3022 West Wisconsin Avenue. The celebration, which highl...
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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing dressing gown, stands in the doorway of a train and signs autographs for clamoring fans, with a train porter in uniform standing by.
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Beatrice Gulley's Birthday Party

Date: 01 09 1934
Description: Beatrice Gulley's (Mrs. Carson Gulley) birthday party. Group portrait of family and friends posing around a small table with birthday cake and flowers.
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African American Family Group

Date: 10 16 1948
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of African American families sitting along a long table, celebrating a birthday party at the Workmens Circle Clubhouse, 4...
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Halloween Parade

Date: 10 31 1977
Description: Thousands of people from the inner city flocked to a Halloween Party given to help keep children off the street during the holiday.
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Daisy Bates with President Eisenhower

Date: 1958
Description: Daisy Bates shakes hands with President Eisenhower at the Summit Conference.
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Willie Mae Small

Date: 1977
Description: Willie Mae Small, 107 years old, sits in a chair off to the side during an outdoor service (church?).
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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: Mary Hawkins, assisted by Thorwald Anderson, Checker Cab driver, arrives for a Thanksgiving dinner served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its...
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Dottie Hildebrandt Modeling "Grey Mist" Hat

Date: 03 30 1953
Description: Dottie Hildebrandt, a Wauwautosa senior in Recreation at the University of Wisconsin, trying on spring hat, assisted by Lonnie Graham. The hat, titled "Gra...
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Operetta Scene

Date: 12 17 1982
Description: Operetta Scene - The Hansberry-Sands Theater Company performed a scene from "Black Nativity" at St. Agnes Church, 4055 N. 25th St.
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Carson Gulley Standing Behind Buffet Table

Date: 01 30 1945
Description: Elevated view of chef Carson Gulley, standing behind a buffet table.
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Carson Gulley Christmas Card

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Description: Bea and Carson Gulley's Christmas card promoting their catering service. Text on the card reads: "A Blessed Christmas."
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Blessed Martin House

Date: 04 22 1948
Description: Four women sewing a 'sleeping garment' at the Blessed Martin House, 746 West Washington Avenue, an interracial and interfaith center sponsored by Madison C...
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaking at Highlander

Date: 08 1957
Description: Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at Highlander's 25th Anniversary, August-September, inside Highlander Library.
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25th Anniversary of Highlander

Date: 09 02 1957
Description: 25th Anniversary event in the Highlander Folk School Library. Pictured are Rosa Parks, Myles Horton, Aubrey Williams, and Martin Luther King, Jr. among ot...
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Michelle Obama at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Date: 02 18 2008
Description: Michelle Obama, wife of politician Barack Obama, greeting Wisconsin State Representative Jennifer Shilling at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
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Carson Gulley, Caterer

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Description: Carson Gulley, the well-known University of Wisconsin-Madison chef, serving a catered meal at the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed First Unitarian Society Meeti...
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Award to Chavez

Date: 1969
Description: Cesar Chavez (center) head of the Farm Workers Organizing Committee, receives a Ghandi commemorative medal from Theodore Mazarello (left) of the Gandhi Cen...

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