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| Date: | 06 1981 |
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| Description: | Winnebago Enterprises trailer, advertising drive-up cigarette sales. |
| Date: | 11 28 1981 |
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| Description: | Veterinarians examining Samson, the Milwaukee Zoo's star 32-year-old gorilla, after attempting to revive him after he had collapsed while feeding in the zo... |
| Date: | 08 15 1981 |
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| Description: | Michael Persten standing behind the prescription counter of The Medicine Shop, a pharmacy he opened in Wauwatosa. |
| Date: | 12 28 1981 |
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| Description: | Father reading "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain to his son. |
| Date: | 06 29 1981 |
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| Description: | Weightlifter grimaces in a push to raise weights over his head. |
| Date: | 03 14 1981 |
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| Description: | Onlookers watch as participants flail around in a mud pit wrestling ring. One spectator wears a bird costume. |
| Date: | 07 11 1981 |
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| Description: | A male mail carrier taking a break sitting in a mailbox on the sidewalk in a neighborhood. |
| Date: | 10 11 1981 |
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| Description: | Jim Niemann decorates dipped chocolates at his family's business, Niemann's Home Made Chocolate Shop. |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of an International 5288 tractor with dual rear tires in a studio. |
| Date: | 10 14 1981 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of an International 884 4WD tractor with enclosed cab in a studio. |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of International Cub Cadet 582 and 782 tractors in a studio. |
| Date: | 04 1981 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of an International 274 tractor with mounted No. 144 cultivator in a studio. |
| Date: | 10 1981 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of an International 274 diesel tractor in a studio. |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of an International 5288 tractor with dual rear wheels in a studio. |
| Date: | 07 26 1981 |
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| Description: | Maynard Entringer of South Milwaukee is awarded the World Championship of the Kraut Eating Contest by the Queen of the Kraut Festival, Sharon Kerkman of Bu... |
| Date: | 08 03 1981 |
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| Description: | Despite rain and fog, people turned out to enjoy a street festival sponsored by the Guadalupe Center at 239 W. Washington Street in Milwaukee. There were e... |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | Front cover of an advertising brochure for the 1981 limited edition International Transtar 4300 Eagle Brougham semi-truck featuring color illustration and ... |
| Date: | 10 19 1981 |
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| Description: | Publicity photograph of the CO-9670 Eagle tank trailer. The truck featured an "ultra-premium" cab-over heavy-duty truck design. Standard features included ... |
| Date: | 04 05 1981 |
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| Description: | 400 people march to a rally where they demand that the birthday of Martin Luther King, (January 15) be declared a national holiday. |
| Date: | 06 06 1981 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of the north side of the old bridge over Rocky Run in the Town of Hiles, Wood County, Wisconsin. |
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