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Pie in the Face

Date: 12 10 1968
Description: Roland Sieg wiping pie from his face while smiling, after someone threw enough ping pong balls in a bucket to win a chance to hit him with a pie at a carni...
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Railroad Mail Car

Date: 11 03 1967
Description: Workers sort mail into bins in a railroad mail car.
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Fighting the Fire

Date: 09 19 1959
Description: View towards a firefighter standing with his back to the camera as he is aiming a fire hose towards the flames.
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Teachers Picket

Date: 11 08 1967
Description: Teachers protest the lack of a "concrete offer" for a new contract in front of the Milwaukee vocational school.
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Self-Service Supermarket

Date: 1953
Description: A cashier checking out a customer's purchases while another customer is filling her grocery cart with items at the D. Kurman company market.
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Marine Captain Joseph McCarthy

Date: 1944
Description: Joseph R. McCarthy in his Marine Corps uniform at the time of his first campaign for the United States Senate. He is holding a piece of his campaign litera...
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Milwaukee Journal Photographer

Date: 1950
Description: Milwaukee Journal photographer with display of cameras and flash units. He is dramatically demonstrating the use of flash powder.
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Rose Bowl Bound

Date: 12 18 1952
Description: University of Wisconsin football fans get their Badger memorabilia on the way to the Rose Bowl played January 1st, 1953.
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Relaxing in the Barber Chair

Date: 06 1971
Description: Barber Mike Godsell sitting back and relaxing in his shop.
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Working at the Parker Pen Factory

Date: 10 16 1952
Description: A worker is using a machine to cut metal strips for fountain pen nibs at the Parker Pen factory.
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Railroad Speed Recorder

Date: 03 05 1939
Description: George Jung, a Milwaukee Road speed recorder, comparing speed tapes from locomotives with master tapes covering the same division. The scale of the tapes i...
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Muskego Fair Souvenirs

Date: 08 28 1967
Description: Gary Ksicinski is surrounded by stuffed animals and other souvenirs as he waits for customers at his concession booth at the annual Muskego VFW fair.
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Haney and Stengel

Date: 09 28 1958
Description: Fred Haney, manager of the 1958 National League pennant winning Milwaukee Braves, confers with his American League counterpart, Casey Stengel, manager of t...
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Smokey The Bear, Woodsy Owl and Kids

Date: 06 05 1989
Description: People costumed as Smokey The Bear and Woodsy Owl play outdoors with children as a forest service worker looks on.
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Sheep at the Wisconsin State Fair

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Description: Men preparing their sheep for judging at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Marquette ROTC Annual Review

Date: 05 14 1967
Description: Members of Marquette University's naval ROTC line up on campus for their annual review.
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A Massing of the Colors

Date: 05 29 1963
Description: Local veterans groups present a massing of the colors at the Wood cemetery.
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Hank Aaron Cartoon

Date: 1954
Description: Cartoon of young Hank Aaron swinging a bat, surrounded by other images of him, and text. Aaron broke his ankle as a major league rookie, on Sept. 5, 1954. ...
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Sliding Into Home Plate

Date: 09 22 1956
Description: A baseball player sliding into home plate as the umpire is looking on.
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Baseball Players and Umpire

Date: 09 13 1957
Description: Umpire surrounded by baseball players, who are probably arguing with him.

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