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Winter Basketball

Date: 02 11 1955
Description: A winter scene with boys playing basketball in the snow, with temperatures around 10 below zero.
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Radishes

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Description: A woman pours water from a watering can onto several varieties of radishes she has displayed for sale.
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Baiting the Hook

Date: 07 27 1941
Description: An elderly man looking blissful, sitting in a boat getting ready to cast his line.
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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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Cut Fence

Date: 09 10 1963
Description: A boy repairing the fence at the Golden Guernsey Dairy cooperative McKerrow Farms.
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Barn Fire

Date: 05 12
Description: Spectators watch at night as intense flames burn a barn down to its stone foundation.
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Walking in the Rain

Date: 1957
Description: A woman in business attire walking with an open umbrella on a rainy day in downtown Milwaukee. To her left is the Civil War monument, "The Victorious Charg...
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Milwaukee Railroad Yards

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of the Milwaukee rail yards.
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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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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks

Date: 1953
Description: Mary Ellen Jenks, the 1953 Alice in Dairyland, inspecting a frog with three young boys.
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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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Kids at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 08 28 1934
Description: Louis Schmidt sharing his hamburger with Ruth Eleanor Hughes on children's day at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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World Food Fair

Date: 09 18 1967
Description: Ferris wheels and agricultural machinery are some of the things that attract fair-goers at the World Food Fair.
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Strolling Hog

Date: 1947
Description: Boys, in background, watching as a pig, in the foreground, is taking a stroll around the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.
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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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Twin Brothers Cheer Chicago White Sox

Date: 07 25 1967
Description: Twin brothers James and Thomas Quinn cheering for the Chicago White Sox at a baseball game.
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Milk and Baseball

Date: 06 04 1956
Description: Milk is distributed at an Eau Claire Braves baseball game by Doris Olsen, a finalist in the "Alice In Dairyland" contest.
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British Women Watching Baseball Game

Date: 09 02 1958
Description: Two young British women, Hilary Birley and Cecily Thompson, watching their first baseball game at a Cubs-Braves double header.

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