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Staying Cool Outside

Date: 06 22 1983
Description: Woman stays cool by sitting in a small plastic pool while pouring cups of water on her head.
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Farmer's Birthday

Date: 07 07 1983
Description: John Fitzsimmons and Barton Voegeli take a break from discing the fields to eat the birthday cake that Voegeli's wife made to celebrate the occasion.
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Refund Swap Convention

Date: 09 10 1983
Description: Liz Walden looks over empty boxes of laundry soap collected in a Refund Swap Convention at Our Lady of Good Hope School.
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Parking Meters for Sale

Date: 10 04 1983
Description: A man looks over parking meters that are some of the items for sale at the first Milwaukee County Recycling Center sale.
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Brookfield Days Roller Coaster

Date: 06 23 1983
Description: Aimee Weiss(left), 10, and Darby Cusick, 11, both of Elm Grove, take a spin Thursday on one of the rides at Wirth Park.
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An Eye for Ice Cream

Date: 06 19 1983
Description: Tina Polley looked through a pair of large clown eyeglasses as she ate an ice cream cone at an Ice Cream and Pie Social at St. Francis Episcopal Church.
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Vegetable Display, Milwaukee County 4-H Fair

Date: 07 24 1983
Description: Tammy Meiller, 16, of the Blue Eagles 4-H Club, looks over a display of vegetables in the Milwaukee County 4-H Fair at the Mayfair Mall Shopping Center.
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Cleaning Cow Barn

Date: 12 11 1983
Description: Delmer Staus of Waukesha County shoveling contents of one of his cow barns into a manure spreader.
Poster

"Krise des Marxismus?" Poster

Date: 06 03 1983
Description: Poster announcing a discussion at Ernst Bloch University on the 100th anniversary of the death of Karl Marx. Poster has black text and image on a white bac...
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Group Portrait of Paul Soglin and Other Former Mayors

Date: 1983
Description: Paul Soglin posing with a group of five former mayors. Left to right: Former Mayor F. Halsey Kraege, 1943-1947, Former Mayor George Forster, 1950-1955, For...
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Ebenezer Church of God in Christ

Date: 08 15 1983
Description: Members of a choir singing, with microphones in front of them. Caption reads: "Members of the Ebenezer Church of God in Christ performed a gospel drama Sun...
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Joyce Rhoades Washing Storm Windows

Date: 11 04 1983
Description: A woman is washing several windows that are leaning against the side of a building. Front of image is captioned: "Joyce Rhoades of Merrillan, WI. washed st...
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Little Mower, Big Helper

Date: 04 24 1983
Description: A man is mowing a lawn with a gas-powered mower. Behind him is a boy pushing a toy lawn mower. This photograph has two accompanying captions. The April 24,...
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Milwaukee Public School Student Art Display

Date: 03 08 1983
Description: Two room divider panels are displaying several works of art. Framed between the two panels is a man standing on the other side of the panels. Caption reads...
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Larry and Sherry Hawkinson

Date: 06 21 1983
Description: Close-up head and shoulders portrait of a man and a woman. Caption at bottom reads: "Larry & Sherry Hawkinson," with Larry and Sherry circled.
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Jim Kreilkamp and Roy Heldt

Date: 09 29 1983
Description: Two shirtless men are standing in freshly poured cement using shovels. A third man is standing behind them. Caption reads: "Jim Kreilkamp (left) and Roy He...
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Holding Hands

Date: 07 24 1983
Description: Close-up of two people holding hands, one white and one black. Caption reads: "Black-white couples say that racial difference is no big deal for them, but ...
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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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Flushing Tar Dye

Date: 07 29 1983
Description: A man is using a hose to wash a street. Behind him, a man is driving by in a car. A sign for Doc's Coin Mart is on the building behind the car. Caption rea...

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