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Milwaukee Zoo

Date: 1970
Description: A Polar Bear is sprawling on the rock foundation of its enclosure.
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Splash Party

Date: 08 01 1970
Description: To escape the heat, teenage girls have a water fight in the backyard pool they built.
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Senior Citizens Card Game

Date: 09 10 1968
Description: Elderly women sit around a card table and play cards at a new senior center.
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Vending Machines

Date: 04 20 1967
Description: High school freshman use vending machines for lunch.
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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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Heavy Load

Date: 06 24 1988
Description: A caravan of carts full of recyclables is towed by the man who collected them to earn a little extra cash.
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Vince Lombardi at the Pro Football Writers Dinner

Date: 02 10 1969
Description: Green Bay Packers football coach, Vince Lombardi, being interviewed at the professional football writers dinner.
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Foosball Game Room

Date: 12 30 1976
Description: Elevated view of young people playing foosball in The Game Room, a former pizza restaurant, owned by Rosemary Mantekas at 2655 S. Kinnickinnic Avenue.
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Anti-Nuclear Protest

Date: 02 25 1988
Description: A man hands out information while holding a sign reading "Stop All Nuclear Testing" in front of the Reuss Federal Building.
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Banner Event

Date: 09 06 1988
Description: A woman overlooks the Labor-at-the-Lakefront festival next to a banner that reads "Buy Union," "Buy Made in USA," and "Keep the Heart of America Beating."
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Milwaukee Braves Fan

Date: 10 04 1964
Description: A vocal fan in the bleachers wears a sign reading "I like Eddie Mathews. She sits in front of a large sign reading "We love the Braves. Don't leave." The s...
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Nuns and a Motorcycle

Date: 03 01 1968
Description: Teachers from St. Rose Catholic School, 514 N. 31st St., Sister Mathia (left) and Sister Geran, visited a show of the artworks of the 1930's in the mezzani...
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Isaac Coggs with Police Poster

Date: 1965
Description: Two African American men smiling while holding a poster. The poster includes a drawing of two smiling police officers and the text: "Milwaukee Policemen ar...
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Carving the Turkey

Date: 11 25 1965
Description: A man takes pleasure in the carving of the Thanksgiving turkey, with other food items in the foreground and vending machines behind him.
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Skill and Safety Class

Date: 10 15 1966
Description: Instructor George Finco (right) teaches skill and safety to students Michael Edler (left) and Jeff Zinuticz in the Custer High School foundry.
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Students in Automotive Class

Date: 01 17 1967
Description: Charles Richter (foreground) works on an engine as William Pritzl (left, background) and Timothy Hendricks work on a chassis in a high school vocational ca...
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Architectural Views of City Buildings

Date: 1967
Description: Elevated view of a detail on the Marshall & Ilsley Bank building, under construction. There is a crane on the roof. On the left is the tower of St. John's ...
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UW-Milwaukee Students

Date: 10 15 1984
Description: Four students are standing and sitting outside a building and talking. Caption reads: "Student activism has waned on college campuses and students now are ...
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Classroom

Date: 10 06 1971
Description: Early childhood classroom in which two volunteer teachers are instructing children.
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Father Reading to Son

Date: 12 28 1981
Description: Father reading "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain to his son.

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