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Boy with Radio Kit

Date: 10 02 1954
Description: Boy with radio kit, experimenting with a two tube radio receiver.
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Triplets with Birthday Cake

Date: 12 26 1954
Description: Triplets blowing out the candles of their birthday cake.
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Registering to Vote

Date: 09 02 1954
Description: A group of newly naturalized citizens registering to vote at City Hall.
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Silver Dollars

Date: 07 22 1954
Description: A table full of silver dollars where bank workers are preparing them to be sent to American Can Co., a Milwaukee-based company which plans on paying its em...
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Polo Game

Date: 07 24 1957
Description: Elevated view of a polo game in action.
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John DeMerit, Milwaukee Braves

Date: 09 30 1957
Description: Milwaukee Braves outfielder John DeMerit works out at Milwaukee County Stadium in 1957. A rookie in 1957, DeMerit made one appearance in that year's Worl...
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Vel Phillips Riding a Bicycle

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Description: A group of bicycle riders on the street, with a smiling Vel Phillips in the lead. She is wearing a sweater, scarf, gloves, slacks and lace up shoes. Other ...
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Vel Phillips at Bat

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Description: Vel Phillips grips the bat and ducks as the ball is pitched at a baseball game. The catcher is on the right. Chain link fencing, a bicycle and a residentia...
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Fishing Contest

Date: 1940
Description: View of large crowd of boys and girls fishing along the shoreline with bamboo poles at a lake. Very likely a sponsored "fishing contest." There are a few p...
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Boy on Wooded Path

Date: 1963
Description: Young boy, photographed from behind, running along a wooded path.
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Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 31 1962
Description: View along side of street towards a teenage brass band marching down the street in a Memorial Day parade in West Allis. A group of young children stand on ...
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Wisconsin Delegates at the Democratic National Convention

Date: 08 16 1956
Description: View down row of chairs at the Democratic National Convention showing Mrs. Ethel McMurray of Stevens Point, and Richard McKnight of South Wayne, Wisconsin,...
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Walter J. Keller

Date: 1957
Description: Walter J. Keller, vice-president of the Marine National Exchange Bank, at a desk at the bank.
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Winter Traffic

Date: 1956
Description: Elevated view looking on downtown street with traffic, in winter.
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Waiting at the Courthouse

Date: 1955
Description: Unidentified people waiting or conferring, possibly lawyer and clients at a courthouse.
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Gary Kolb Scores

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Description: Elevated view of home plate umpire, Chris Pelekoudas, watching as Milwaukee Braves outfielder Gary Kolb slides into home ahead of the tag from Pirates catc...
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Donald A. Buchanan in Profile

Date: 08 03 1957
Description: News portrait of Donald A. Buchanan of Minneapolis. Buchanan, then living at the Rescue Mission in Milwaukee, was overcome by gas while he was trying to re...
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"Miss Wisconsin"

Date: 06 05 1958
Description: Miss Carmen Shields, 23, Milwaukee entry in the 1958 “Miss Wisconsin” contest, crowned at Pabst Blue Ribbon hall.
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King and Queen

Date: 04 1957
Description: Costumed figures placing crowns on the heads of two children in wheelchairs, probably as king and queen at an institutional party.
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Lunch in the Police Car

Date: 1954
Description: Patrolman Stanley Szczepanski eats lunch while sitting in his police car.

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