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Young Sculptor
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Thurman Butler, 16, with the sculpture he made while practicing cutting and welding techniques in a foundry course at Milwaukee Technical college. He called the sculpture Boy in Poverty.
May 13, 1968
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Skill and Safety Class
October 15, 1966
Instructor George Finco (right) teaches skill and safety to students Michael Edler (left) and Jeff Zinuticz in the Custer High School foundry.
Two Women Near Campers
April 7, 1968
Two women in bikinis are walking their dogs by a row of campers at Terry Andrae State Park.
Milwaukee Journal Photographer
1950
Milwaukee Journal photographer with display of cameras and flash units. He is dramatically demonstrating the use of flash powder.
Willie Klopfenstein: Skier At Work
January 13, 1959
A man is leaning over a large sculpture of a woman and carving it. He is wearing a beret, a scarf, and a workshirt. Several other sculptures — all apparently of religious themes — are behind him.
