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Depictions of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Date: 04 29 1865
Description: Illustrations on the "National Police Gazette" front page depicting various events regarding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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Vel Phillips Embracing Angie Brooks

Date: 02 1970
Description: Vel Phillips is embracing Angie Brooks, former United Nations representative to Liberia. Ms. Brooks is wearing a fur coat, turban and earrings. Both women ...
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Man Cooking Over a Camp Fireplace

Date: 1930
Description: Man cooking over a camp fireplace in a wooded area.
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Governor Julius P. Heil Greets Young Cadets at St. John's Military Academy

Date: 06 04 1939
Description: Left to right: Brigadier General Ralph M. Immell; Cadet Lieutenant Howard B. Woodside; Governor Julius Heil; Cadet Captain Henry Fromm; Col. Roy Farrand, h...
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Vel Phillips Sharing a Drink

Date: 07 1980
Description: Vel Phillips stands between two women. They are all holding wine glasses. The woman on the left is wearing glasses and a turtleneck. The woman on the right...
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Vel Phillips Marching at Lincoln Memorial

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Description: Vel Phillips (left) is marching with the Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council. In the background is the Lincoln Memorial. Other unidentified youth council members...
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Milwaukee March

Date: 1967
Description: Elevated view of a group of people marching in the street with Father James Groppi. There is a man driving a Milwaukee police vehicle in front, and one man...
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Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland

Date: 08 08 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire receives a lei made of orchids in a ceremony making her the Queen of the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition at the State Fair. The lei was fl...
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Manpower, Inc. Sales Promotion "Convention"

Date: 10 31 1968
Description: Several people wearing straw boaters are holding signs and posing with a man dressed as Uncle Sam. Signs include such slogans as: "WIN with WINTER, SHINE w...
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Walther Supporters

Date: 04 03 1968
Description: Many people are standing or sitting in a room with "Walther for Mayor" signs on the wall. Some are looking at a television in the foreground. Caption reads...

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