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Jogging Group

Date: 09 13 1968
Description: YMCA running club members take a run.
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Milwaukee Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 17 1963
Description: Elevated view of Grand Champion soap box coaster crossing the finish line.
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Proxmire Supporters Celebrate

Date: 08 28 1957
Description: Jubilant Proxmire supporters dance in the streets in Milwaukee after Democrat William Proxmire won the special election to fill the seat left vacant by the...
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Ice Cream at the Corner Grocery

Date: 05 07 1964
Description: The corner grocery is a pleasant place for the pause that refreshes. Thaddeus Moore, 9, of 3271 N. 14th Street, had a cone. Anthony McMillon, 7, of 3287-A ...
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Pulling a Hearse out of the River

Date: 04 01 1958
Description: An antique 82-year-old horse-drawn hearse, pushed by pranksters into the Milwaukee River near the North Avenue bridge, being pulled out by a tow-truck, as ...
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Children Racing "Automobiles"

Date: 1957
Description: Small boys on cement track racing small battery-powered “automobiles” around a curve.
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Milwaukee's Air Terminal

Date: 06 21 1955
Description: Night view of the air terminal at Mitchell Field. In the foreground is the wing and propeller of a large airplane.
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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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Wheeler's Mill

Date: 1978
Description: A man standing behind a pile of oats in bags on a loading dock. He is relaxing with one foot on the oats and his arms are crossed on his knee. Behind him a...

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