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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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Women Walking Poodles

Date: 1965
Description: Two women, one walking a pair of toy poodle dogs, on a sidewalk in front of the Churchill Hotel.
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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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Fans at a Badgers Game

Date: 1965
Description: Section of an active crowd of University of Wisconsin students yelling and cheering at a campus rally to work up spirit before a football game. Annotated: ...
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Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Jones

Date: 1932
Description: Informal double portrait of Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Jones, 81 and 80, respectively at the time of their 60th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Jones were both bo...
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Card Party

Date: 1967
Description: Middle-aged woman seated at an outdoor table with refreshments. She is wearing a hat made out of newspaper. The occasion is a card party arranged for older...
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Bernice Lindsay with Street Sign

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Bernice Lindsay posing with the street sign named after her. Part of the N. Lindsay Street Dedication ceremony. She is wearing a coat and a hat. Three unid...
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Vel Phillips Greeting Woman

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a coat and fur scarf, is shaking the hand of Golda Meier. There are other unidentified men surrounding the two. In the background is ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Last Covered Bridge Historic Marker

Date: 05 23 1965
Description: One of the last covered bridges in Wisconsin, located in Cedarburg, received an official state historical marker. The Last Covered Bridge historical marker...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Delavan's Circus Colony Historic Marker

Date: 08 09 1963
Description: Gordon Yadon, a member of the Mabie Brothers circus tent, and Mary Lou Lawrence, aerialist and trapeze artist, reading the historical marker documenting De...
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Eddie Cantor

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: Eddie Cantor on stage at Centurama standing at a microphone with another man. People are standing in the background watching.
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Eddie Cantor on Stage at Centurama

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: View of Eddie Cantor on stage standing in front of a microphone. There is a band below him on the left, and people are sitting in chairs on the stage behin...
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Eddie Cantor on Stage at Centurama

Date: 07 03 1946
Description: Eddie Cantor on stage at Centurama standing at a microphone with another man. People are standing in the background watching.
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Eddie Cantor on Stage at Centurama

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: Man putting a feather and headband on Eddie Cantor, on stage at Centurama.
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Eddie Cantor on Stage at Centurama

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: Eddie Cantor and another man standing on the stage at Centurama.
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Ski Hill

Date: 11 1938
Description: View down hill towards skiers enjoying a sunny winter day on a ski hill in Wisconsin. One man is relaxing by lying on his back with his skis crossed up in ...
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Marquette University Students in March

Date: 03 01 1956
Description: Two women are posing on the steps outside a building. Both have open books on their laps. Caption reads: "The month of March began on a good note Thursday ...
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Sisters Can Enjoy Baseball

Date: 04 17 1970
Description: Two women smiling and looking towards where one of them is pointing. They are holding a large flyer (a scorecard?) and are sitting among other women in a s...
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Frank and Louise Rombalski

Date: 04 07 1985
Description: Outdoor portrait of a man and woman posing together. They are both wearing jackets, and snow is on the ground, and a barn is in the background. Caption rea...

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