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| Date: | June 1864 |
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| Description: | Civil War General Winfield Scott Hancock and division commanders, (standing left to right) Generals Barlow, Birney, and Gibbon (previously commander of the... |
| Date: | August 25 1885 |
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| Description: | Gates of Heaven Synagogue. Designed by August Kutzbock. |
| Date: | August 12 1984 |
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| Description: | A bikini-clad woman snaps a self-portrait with a long cable release attached to a camera as she is tossed into the air by a group of men on the beach. Othe... |
| Date: | May 16 1989 |
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| Description: | Sixth grade class members show off their trophy for being "no-hitters." The plaque reads, "Hitting always hurts." |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Dr. Nicholas Senn demonstrates surgical techniques at Rush Medical College. |
| Date: | November 18 1966 |
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| Description: | Two men carry signs to protest exploitation of tenants who are members of Local 404 by their landlord who is manager of College Barber Shop. |
| Date: | February 15 1987 |
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| Description: | A woman mail carrier pushes her cart with a full mailbag along a sidewalk edged by snowy lawns. |
| Date: | November 20 1988 |
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| Description: | Mail-order shopper with too many choices ponders her next purchase. |
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| Description: | An engraving from a painting of Robert E. Lee signing the document that would end the war between the states in the presence of Ulysses S. Grant and their... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Spectators at a high school basketball game are urged to support the team by jumping cheerleaders. |
| Date: | March 04 1937 |
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| Description: | Wells Printing Company's new plant interior. Many pieces of letterpress equipment can be seen; type cabinets, a composing stone with set type on it and a p... |
| Date: | July 07 1983 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | December 29 1987 |
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| Description: | Bored travelers at General Mitchell International Airport, apparently taking their cue from a droopy travel poster advertising vacations in the sunny Carib... |
| Date: | November 03 1967 |
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| Description: | Workers sort mail into bins in a railroad mail car. |
| Date: | September 23 1927 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of University of Wisconsin students on Bascom Hill, with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the distance. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee looking southwest toward the county courthouse under construction in the public square west of St. John's Cathedral. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Wes Covington swings his bat at the Milwaukee Brave's spring training camp. |
| Date: | August 22 1963 |
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| Description: | Group plays cards underneath the shady trees in Mitchell park. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Two early Ringling Brothers' circus clowns, whose photographs appeared in the "Ringling Annual" under a section titled "Last of the Old-Time Clowns". |
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