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Fancy Wedding Cake

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Braatz top off the 26-layer wedding cake that Mrs. Braatz made for their daughter's wedding.
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Patients at Wisconsin State Tuberculosis Sanitorium

Date: 1908
Description: View of a group of men dressed in winter clothes, under blankets, sitting in an outdoor porch at the Wisconsin State Tuberculosis Sanitorium in Wales. Capt...
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Waiting in Line to Vote

Date: 02 21 1989
Description: Seven men wait for the polls to open Tuesday morning at the New Berlin Administration Building.
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Police with Riot Sticks

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Description: Waukesha police recruits practice using riot sticks.
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Will Ferderer Calling Square Dance

Date: 05 01 1989
Description: A man is speaking into a microphone in the foreground, while several people are dancing in the background. Caption reads: "The Clover Leaf Squares, a Menom...
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"1865 Military Ball" at Old World Wisconsin

Date: 06 01 1989
Description: A costumed couple is dancing while four women in costumes are clapping their hands. Caption reads: "Dancers strutted their stuff at an '1865 Military Ball'...
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Will Ferderer

Date: 05 01 1989
Description: Close-up of a man speaking into a microphone. Caption reads: "The Clover Leaf Squares, a Menomonee Falls group devoted to square dancing, honored one of th...
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Will Ferderer

Date: 05 01 1989
Description: Two women are removing a man's shirt. Caption reads: "The Clover Leaf Squares, a Menomonee Falls group devoted to square dancing, honored one of their own ...
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Ricky Chones

Date: 06 27 1989
Description: A man in a wheelchair is passing a basketball to someone in the foreground. Caption reads: "The Waukesha Park and Recreation Department, in cooperation wit...
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Solange Ruzinksi

Date: 09 17 1964
Description: A woman is standing and smiling while holding a dish for a couple dining at a table. The table in front of them is holding a plate of food, a soup tureen, ...
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Mexican Day of Independence Celebration

Date: 09 17 1989
Description: A young man and woman are dancing together on a stage. Other dancers and people are sitting at tables in the background. Caption reads: "The La Casa Senior...
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Frank & Anna Kreuser

Date: 1914
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a woman and a man standing and posing together around a pedestal. The man is wearing a suit with a corsage of flowers, and t...
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Visions of Decorations

Date: 04 09 1968
Description: A man and woman are standing and looking at a water fountain with an abstract art sculpture in it. Caption reads: "Visions of decorations dance in t...
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Breath Control

Date: 12 1976
Description: A man plays a Baritone Tuba for an old-time Civil War band. He is wearing a uniform.
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Technicolor Dreamcoat

Date: 07 14 1989
Description: Ten people posing on stage, in costume. On the curtain behind them is the word Joseph. Caption reads: "TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT — The Village Players of Mukwo...
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It's time for Follies!

Date: 04 14 1989
Description: A man has linked arms with two women and is posing looking at the camera. The group is wearing costumes consisting of vests and straw boater hats. Caption ...
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Chief Whitefeather

Date: 07 1927
Description: Quarter-length portrait of a man wearing a feathered headdress, claw necklace, and vest. He is holding a bow. Caption reads: "Chief Whitefeather — Indian M...

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