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| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Loretta Falci (Lorenzina Fiocco Falci), an Italian woman, preparing sarsa, tomato paste on boards on the porch of her home, 622 Milton Street, as she holds... |
| Date: | 05 23 1948 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the home of Julia Barton at 14 South Broom Street. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a man on a Farmall Super A tractor following a curving line of furrows in a field with a cultivator. |
| Date: | 12 06 1947 |
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| Description: | Walter Reuther, President of the United Automobile Workers (right), after delivering address to the Wisconsin State CIO convention, December 6, 1947. To h... |
| Date: | 12 05 1947 |
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| Description: | George Weaver, secretary of the national CIO Committee to Abolish Discrimination, appearing at the Wisconsin State CIO convention. |
| Date: | 04 12 1941 |
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| Description: | A view from the corner of State and Gorham Streets toward the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior of north walkway of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is on the left, and a car... |
| Date: | 03 1946 |
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| Description: | CIO members joined Lincoln Brigade veterans in a demonstration on Wisconsin Avenue last week to demand the breaking off of U.S. diplomatic relations with F... |
| Date: | 04 22 1948 |
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| Description: | Strike vote, Local 1173, United Steelworkers of America (Nordberg Manufacturing Company). Members of the Nordberg Steel Co., Local 1173, took a strike v... |
| Date: | 04 20 1948 |
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| Description: | Packinghouse workers and their CIO supporters protest Armour and Company's "back-to-work" day, April 20, 1948. "The 'back to work' movement of Armour & C... |
| Date: | 04 24 1948 |
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| Description: | "Inter-City Fun Fest" dance sponsored by the Amalgamated Lithographers of America. Chicago's Mrs. Peggy Schabert dances with Mr. Gil Naps, Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 07 31 1948 |
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| Description: | The Victors - There was fun and entertainment at the picnic sponsored by Nash-Seaman Body Local 75, UAW, Sunday at the Old Heidelberg park. Some 4,500 loc... |
| Date: | 08 12 1948 |
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| Description: | One of the many demonstrations organized by the People's Progressive Party in Milwaukee to fight the ever-rising cost of living. The campaign includes the ... |
| Date: | 10 27 1948 |
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| Description: | Officers of Auxiliary No. 2, United Automobile Workers (Seaman Body Company) celebrate their thirteenth anniversary at the Tic Toc Club. Left to right: K... |
| Date: | 09 03 1945 |
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| Description: | Workers and soldiers marched together in Milwaukee's first Labor Day parade in many years, sponsored by the CIO, to demonstrate the common interest of all ... |
| Date: | 09 03 1945 |
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| Description: | The 6th Ward Contingent represented a community on the march. Black men, women and children from the CIO and AF of L, from small business, brought a messa... |
| Date: | 07 19 1946 |
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| Description: | Young demonstrators at the CIO's "Don't Buy a Depression" rally. |
| Date: | 04 1946 |
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| Description: | Members of Local 1131, United Electrical Workers (Louis Allis Company) cast votes for a strike. |
| Date: | 01 31 1948 |
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| Description: | Installation of officers, Local 1131, United Electrical Workers (The Louis Allis Company), South Side Armory Hall. Left to right: Phil Smith, field org... |
| Date: | 02 1948 |
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| Description: | Paul Steffes, secretary-treasurer of Local 75, United Automobile Workers (Seaman Body Company) at his desk. |
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