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Salmon Fishing

Date: 10 07 1977
Description: Man and woman napping on the rocks with their hats down over their eyes as they fish for salmon.
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Northwest Airlines Pickets

Date: 07 09 1970
Description: Picket line of striking Northwest Airlines ticket agents and office workers who were represented by the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks.
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Classroom

Date: 10 06 1971
Description: Early childhood classroom in which two volunteer teachers are instructing children.
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Mother Feeding Infant

Date: 09 01 1971
Description: A young mother feeds her infant baby food outdoors.
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Recycling Newspapers

Date: 06 05 1971
Description: A young Cub Scout member of Pack 86 from Trinity Presbyterian Church hands newspapers he saved to an employee of Shapiro Paper and Metal Co. The task was p...
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Lawn Maintenance

Date: 08 12 1977
Description: A man picks up grass from a lawn, with garbage bags of mowed lawn clippings lined up behind him. A lawn mower stands on the sidewalk nearby.
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Children in Sack Race

Date: 08 11 1971
Description: Children wearing large sacks up to their waists and racing each other.
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Pinata

Date: 08 05 1970
Description: Children playing with a pinata at night.
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College Dorm

Date: 08 27 1971
Description: Deborah Weishapl of Union, NJ tosses a stuffed Snoopy doll to new roommate Kathy Vokaty of Edina, MN as they move into their dorm in O'Donnell Hall at Marq...
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Foosball Game Room

Date: 12 30 1976
Description: Elevated view of young people playing foosball in The Game Room, a former pizza restaurant, owned by Rosemary Mantekas at 2655 S. Kinnickinnic Avenue.
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Skate Boarders

Date: 08 16 1977
Description: Skateboarders take a break.
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Skateboarding

Date: 10 10 1977
Description: View down sidewalk of a skateboarder doing a handstand on a skateboard. Pedestrians are watching from the left.
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Children Sledding

Date: 1975
Description: A winter scene with excited children on a toboggan.
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Children Racing

Date: 07 10 1971
Description: Children in a foot race.
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Splash Party

Date: 08 01 1970
Description: To escape the heat, teenage girls have a water fight in the backyard pool they built.
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Bullheaded Bovine

Date: 08 13 1970
Description: A boy tries to convince a Hereford to walk down a ramp at the fairgrounds.
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Teeter Totter

Date: 09 12 1971
Description: Children fashioned their seesaw using a board, and a barricade with a sign that reads: "Road Closed" that they found in an empty lot.
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Christmas Chocolates

Date: 12 03 1979
Description: An employee of Kehr's Kandy Kitchen packages candy for holiday sales.
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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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Judge Vel Phillips

Date: 1971
Description: Portrait of Vel Phillips in her judges's black robe with an American flag behind her. She was the 13th District Children's Court judge, the first woman and...

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